OMG! I saw my great-grandfather and his business in this video! (Rowland & Mitchell Tailors - He's Fenton Rowland) Thank you so much for sharing this :)
I enjoyed watching this 1948 film on Durham’s Black community. I was in nursery school at the time, but remember many of the businesses from the 50s. The producer should have included Mechanics & Farmer’s Bank and Mutual Savings and Loan, which financed many of the small businesses mentioned. 🤔. Bob Perry
This is Amazing..I wish this was taught to us and incorporated in the school system so we can be taught our history..This is Powerful..Durham was ahead if it's time and we should be proud of this!!
I recognized some landmarks and buildings : NCCU HOEY ADMINISTRATION BLG. STANFORD WARREN LIBRARY HILLSIDE HIGH ( WHITTED JR ) MOVIE THEATER CHURCHES FANTASTIC VIEW OF THE HISTORIC PAST ..... WELL DONE !
Hi there. I don't think it has a copyright. I think it was produced by the US government in I think in the 1040's. I first got it on VHS about 20 years ago. Oops! excuse the typo! It was produced in 1948.
Don Parisher, the producer, is long dead. I suggest contacting Wilson Library at UNC or Duke's library. If your project is educational and not commercial, you might get use permission. Good luck!
OMG! I saw my great-grandfather and his business in this video! (Rowland & Mitchell Tailors - He's Fenton Rowland) Thank you so much for sharing this :)
Amazing footage of Durham! Every school in the city and state should be required to watch it. At least during Black History Month.
8:34 - 8:47. That's my great uncle W.G. Pearson II working behind the counter.
Prosperous times indeed. Sure wonderful to see all the smiles.
I enjoyed watching this 1948 film on Durham’s Black community. I was in nursery school at the time, but remember many of the businesses from the 50s. The producer should have included Mechanics & Farmer’s Bank and Mutual Savings and Loan, which financed many of the small businesses mentioned. 🤔. Bob Perry
This is Amazing..I wish this was taught to us and incorporated in the school system so we can be taught our history..This is Powerful..Durham was ahead if it's time and we should be proud of this!!
Blessings, I'm so glad I came across this video. We are relocating internationally in a few months to Durham NC. 💃🏿💃🏿👊🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇧🇧
Wow! All the kids in this film are 70+ now
Thank you so much for sharing this video. It is so enlightening for a transplant to the area, like me!
❤I love this.
I recognized some landmarks and buildings : NCCU HOEY ADMINISTRATION BLG. STANFORD WARREN LIBRARY
HILLSIDE HIGH ( WHITTED JR )
MOVIE THEATER CHURCHES
FANTASTIC VIEW OF THE HISTORIC PAST ..... WELL DONE !
When you see this glorious community, it makes me sad that it was torn apart by the false myth of "urban renewal".
Hi Elton! Any idea who owns the copyright to that footage. I'd love to use it in a project I'm doing?
Hi there. I don't think it has a copyright. I think it was produced by the US government in I think in the 1040's. I first got it on VHS about 20 years ago.
Oops! excuse the typo!
It was produced in 1948.
Don Parisher, the producer, is long dead. I suggest contacting Wilson Library at UNC or Duke's library. If your project is educational and not commercial, you might get use permission. Good luck!
This film was produced by the Durham Business & Professional Chain, Durham NC's oldest black business advocacy organization -- not the government.