Black Journal: The Black Woman

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

16mm film of Episode 28 of the television show Black Journal aired on National Educational Television (NET). The episode is in black and white and begins with text flashing on the screen just before a countdown begins. The screen becomes white and the TV station’s logo appears in the top left-hand corner of the screen. In the center of the frame, [THE BLACK WOMAN] appears in black letters. The episode opens with the show’s executive producer, Tony Brown, wearing a suit and sitting in front of an image of a woman smiling. He states that, “This show will concentrate on one of the greatest institutions in the world: the black woman.” The next scene begins with four women sitting in a semicircle. It is a panel discussion between six women: Roberta Flack, Joan K. Harris, Jean Fairfax, Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, Bibi Amina Baraka and Marion-Etoile Watson.

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