The Black Woman | Stan Lathan 1970 (Part 1 and 2)

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The Black Woman
By: National Educational Television and Radio Center; Indiana University, Bloomington
The Black Woman (Stan Lathan, 1970, 52 min., 16mm courtesy of Indiana University Libraries), a 1970 episode of the public television series Black Journal (later known as Tony Brown’s Journal), focuses on the relationship of Black women to Black men, white society, and the struggle for Black liberation. Nikki Giovanni is joined by poet/activists Bibi Amina Baraka and Sonia Sanchez, anthropologist Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, singer Lena Horne, and other Black women who discuss their role in contemporary society and the problems they confront. The episode includes performances by Giovanni, Roberta Flack, and dancer Loretta Abbott.
Directed by Stan Lathan
Publication date: 1972
Publisher: NET, Indiana University