Basic Info
First Air: July 02, 1968
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
Last Episode
Name: Portrait in Black and White
Season: 1, Episode: 7
Air Date: 1968-09-02
Runtime: 60 min
Results of a CBS News poll measuring racial attitudes. Walker presents on white racism and changes in white attitudes, Kuralt on African-American extremism and also on black pride.
Of Black America
1968
Overview
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.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Bill Cosby
Mike Wallace
John Mosedale
Harry Reasoner
George Foster
Hal Walker
Charles Kuralt
Self
Crew
Vern Diamond
Producer
Susan Garfield
Producer
Martin Carr
Producer
Andrew Rooney
Producer
Jay L. McMullen
Producer
Peter Wolff
Producer
Lloyd Weaver
Producer
Peter Davis
Producer
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