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Positively black collection : 131 items.
- Title
- Positively black collection : 131 items.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : WNBC-TV, 1979-1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc MIRS Positively 1993 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Description
- 131 videocassettes
- Summary
- Positively Black is a public-affairs program broadcast on WNBC-TV (Channel 4) New York, examining the political and cultural life of the African American community since 1970. Gus Heningburg, the highly respected Newark-based activist and negotiator, was the program's host and driving force beginning in the late 1970s to 1990. The collection consists of 131 complete episodes hosted by Heningburg from 1979 to 1990. Notable guests included Romare Bearden, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and Spike Lee. For an item level episode list see the finding aid link.
- Uniform Title
- Positively black (Television program)
- Subjects
- Lee, Spike,
- Jenkins, Carol, 1944-
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
- Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
- Bearden, Romare, > 1911-1988
- Television news programs
- Public affairs television programs
- Nonfiction television programs
- United States > Race relations
- African Americans > Social life and customs
- African Americans > Social conditions
- African Americans > Politics and government
- African Americans > Political activity
- African Americans > Intellectual life
- African Americans > Economic conditions
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Genre/Form
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Public affairs television programs.
- Television news programs.
- Credits (note)
- A. WNBC-TV public affairs presentation.
- Call Number
- Sc MIRS Positively 1993
- OCLC
- 1151628754
- Title
- Positively black collection : 131 items.
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : WNBC-TV, 1979-1990.
- Country of Producing Entity
- United States.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videocassette
- Credits
- A. WNBC-TV public affairs presentation.
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- Added Author
- Heningburg, Gus, host.Heningburg, Gus, interviewer.WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Added Title
- Positively black (Television program)
- Research Call Number
- Sc MIRS Positively 1993Sc Visual VRB 284, 3190-3199, 3201-3230, 3232-3278; 3280-3322, 4369 U-matic