The powerbroker : Whitney Young's fight for civil rights / Bluegate ; executive producer, Bonnie Boswell ; directed by Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton ; written and produced by Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton.
Publisher:
PBS Distribution,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Narrator: Alfre Woodard. Originally produced in 2012.
Contents:
Introduction -- Corporate section -- March on washington -- Lincoln Institute -- WWII -- LBJ -- Black power -- Vietnam -- After King's death -- Nixon -- Death and epilogue.
Summary:
The Powerbroker tells the story of Whitney Young, who biographer Nancy Weiss Malkiel called 'the inside man of the black revolution.' A social worker who became the executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to his death in 1971, he was denigrated by black power advocates, but by challenging America's business and political communities directly, Young was able to make in-roads where other civil rights leader could not.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.