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"Which Way USA - Black Views on Race"
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“Which Way USA — Black Views on Race”
One of a series of short films produced in 1969 by Charles Grinker and Mert Koplin, “Which Way USA — Black Views on Race” provided brief portraits of many Black American leaders including Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, James Brown, Bobby Seale and others.
One of a series of short films produced in 1969 by Charles Grinker and Mert Koplin, “Which Way USA — Black Views on Race” provided brief portraits of many Black American leaders including Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, James Brown, Bobby Seale and others.
This episode features Malcolm X (1925-1965), El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm X was a former national representative, minister of the Nation of Islam. The Muslim fire-brand was a prominent proponent of Black racial pride and Black nationalism, whose voice served as a counterpoint to that of Dr. Martin Luther King. He was assassinated in 1965. His book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, remains influential decades later.
This episode features professional boxer Muhammad Ali, also known by his original name Cassius Clay. Ali is generally ranked as teh greatest heavyweight boxer of all time and was nicknamed the “GOAT” or “The Greatest”. In addition to his athletic achievements, Ali was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, an activist, entertainer, poet and philanthropist and one of the most enduring personalities of the 20th Century.
This episode features Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture (1941 – 1998). Carmichael was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement and the global Pan-African movement, and a key leader in the development of the Black Power movement. He became the “Honorary Prime Minister” of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and leader of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP).
This episode features H. Rap Brown, now known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, speaking about violence in American life. Al-Amin is a civil rights activist, black separatist, and convicted criminal. He was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s.
This episode features Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 –1972). Powell was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented Harlem from 1945-71. He often served as a national spokesman on civil rights and social issues. He also urged United States presidents to support emerging nations in Africa and Asia as they gained independence after colonialism. As chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, he supported the passage of important social and civil rights legislation under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
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