The Black Contribution Part 1

Description

This film, introduced by Benjamin Hooks, Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and hosted by actor / writer Roscoe Lee Brown, the film presents material from noted Afro-American poets, novelists, and playwrights, including a reading from the Langston Hughes poem "Lennox Avenue Mural," the Margaret Walker poem, "For My People," the Gwendolyn Brooks poem, "Paul Robeson," and an excerpt from the Lorraine Hansberry play "A Raisin in the Sun." The film also includes an interview with writer James Baldwin.

Collection

Records of the Agency for International Development

Series

Moving Images Relating to International Development Programs and Activities