Black Journal; 26

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Series
Black Journal
Episode Number
26
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
WQED (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
AAPB ID
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BLJL 000026
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Episode Description
Soul City, an experimental Black community established last January at the site of an old Southern tobacco plantation in Warren County, North Carolina, is described by its founder, Floyd McKissick. The 2,500 acre settlement is presently inhabited by 56 black men, women and children who live in communal style and harvest tobacco. McKissick hopes to build a city there, which in 17 years will have a population of 50,000.In another segment, Black Journal investigates the social conditions in the Desire Housing Project in New Orleans. Dissatisfaction over these conditions was alleged by some residents to have led to the September 15 shootout between police and members of the National Committee to Combat Fascism, a group closely connected to the Black Panther Party. The shootout, which started, according to residents, when the police "sneaked up" on NCFF headquarters, resulted in 17 injuries, none of them policemen.Black Journal reports that 10,594 persons live in the housing projects, 8,312 under 21 years of age. Sixty-one percent of the families earn less than 53,000 annually.Desire residents testify to the less-than-adequate municipal services. One resident, who complains that buses and trains pass by the housing project without stopping, says "everybody is looking in on you like a zoo." Another resident describes the uncompleted swimming pool at the project as "the size of a bathtub." Residents say their complaints to the city have gone unanswered. "All we do is meet with the city and nothing is done," says a woman.In another segment, Black Journal interviews Alice Coltrane, widow of famed jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, who died three years ago. Mrs. Coltrane, who plays the harp, says her late husband was her musical "direction." She adds, "So many of the things he did in music I would have done the same way." A mother of four children, whose ages range from three to 10, Mrs. Coltrane says her children are always "first in my life. If I do go to concerts, I have to do it - but I never take that much time from home."In another segment, four African ambassadors to the United States have called on Black Americans to form a "constituency" for African nations which would represent African interests and act as a pressure group in Washington.Appearing on NET's Black Journal, the African envoys stress that Black Americans, in addition to developing cultural ties with Africans, could also perform a political service to these nations by demanding changes in American foreign policy toward Africa. The ambassadors are: Cheikh Ibrahima Fall, ambassador of the Republic of Senegal; Leonard Oliver Kibinge, ambassador of Kenya; Mainza Chona, ambassador of Ghana.Mr. Kibinge states, "I think that 30 million Black Americans here could be a very strong constituency, a constituency that could be a very strong lobby for Africa."I feel that a Black man can never be free as long as another Black man, whether in Africa, Rhodesia, or anywhere else, is being discriminated against on the basis of his color."Also appearing on the program and expressing similar sentiments are Ofield Duxes, former aide to Humber Humphrey and Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., chairman of the House sub-committee on African Affairs.Duxes says Blacks in the United States should "wake up to the political realities that the African nations do not have a constituency have as Latin America, as white Europe. So Black Americans will have to become very much aware of the necessities and the needs of developing nations of Africa."Among the foreign policy changes Duxes recommends is the abolition of the Congressional provision, which he terms the "Rule of 10," which restricts allocation of economic assistance to more than 10 African nations of Africa."On the same theme, Rep. Diggs declares, "all of our political organizations, the NAACP, the Urban League, the Black Panthers, in addition to all their demands about the domestic situation, ought to demand a change in American foreign policy toward Africa."Also featured in this program:-Profile on two Black football stars in Black Journal's "Grapevine" segment: Mike Cooper, quarterback for Penn State; and Eddie McAshan, quarterback for Georgia Tech College.-A march across the country, terminating at United Nations headquarters in New York City, where a petition protesting Black genocide will be presented."Black Journal," an NET production, is seen on public television the last Monday of each month.Executive producer: Tony Brown
Series Description
Black Journal began as a monthly series produced for, about, and - to a large extent - by black Americans, which used the magazine format to report on relevant issues to black Americans. Starting with the October 5, 1071 broadcast, the show switched to a half-hour weekly format that focused on one issue per week, with a brief segment on black news called "Grapevine." Beginning in 1973, the series changed back into a hour long show and experimented with various formats, including a call-in portion. From its initial broadcast on June 12, 1968 through November 7, 1972, Black Journal was produced under the National Educational Television name. Starting on November 14, 1972, the series was produced solely by WNET/13. Only the episodes produced under the NET name are included in the NET Collection. For the first part of Black Journal, episodes are numbered sequential spanning broadcast seasons. After the 1971-72 season, which ended with episode #68, the series started using season specific episode numbers, beginning with #301. The 1972-73 season spans #301 - 332, and then the 1973-74 season starts with #401. This new numbering pattern continues through the end of the series.
Broadcast Date
1970-10-26
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
01:04:06
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Chicago: “Black Journal; 26,” 1970-10-26, Library of Congress, Thirteen WNET, WQED, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 19, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-62-dz02z1335r.
MLA: “Black Journal; 26.” 1970-10-26. Library of Congress, Thirteen WNET, WQED, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 19, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-62-dz02z1335r>.
APA: Black Journal; 26. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, Thirteen WNET, WQED, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-62-dz02z1335r