
Of Black America was a series of seven one-hour documentaries presented by CBS News in the summer of 1968, at the end of the Civil Rights Movement and during a time of racial unrest (Martin Luther King had been assassinated that spring and riots in many cities had followed). The groundbreaking[1] series explored various aspects of the history and current state of African-American community.
Air Date: 1968-07-02
Black American heritage, a psychiatrist analyzes African-American and white children's drawings, characterizations of...
Air Date: 1968-07-09
History of the military role of African-Americans, from the American Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War which was t...
Air Date: 1968-07-16
Kinship and degree of cultural interchange between Black America and Black Africa is covered. Ghanaian figures Tom Mb...
Air Date: 1968-07-30
Two parts, one on African-American athletes (including clips of Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, Arthur Ash...
Air Date: 1968-08-13
Current attitudes of white and black Americans toward African-American history are discussed. Explanation of the slav...
Air Date: 1968-08-20
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Air Date: 1968-09-02
Results of a CBS News poll measuring racial attitudes. Walker presents on white racism and changes in white attitudes...