Directed by
McCutchen, Dick, American, 1925 - 2001
Produced by
National Educational Television, American, 1954 - 1970
Narrated by
McCutchen, Dick, American, 1925 - 2001
Subject of
Howard University, American, founded 1867
Harris, Michael, American
James Nabrit, Jr., American, 1900 - 1997
Rev. Dr. Walker, Wyatt Tee, American, 1929 - 2018
Hare, Nathan PhD, American, born 1933
Brown, Claude, American, 1937 - 2002
Potter, Lou, American
Brown Frazier, Marie, American
Proctor, Samuel, American, 1921 - 1997
Owned by
D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
Date
1968
Medium
acetate film
Dimensions
Duration: 25 Minutes
Length (Film): 900 Feet
Caption
This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
Description
Part One of a documentary film with the title Color Us Black. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
The documentary focuses on the circumstances surrounding the 1968 student-led rebellion and subsequent shut down of Howard University. Narrated by Dick McCutchen, it explores the causes of the shut down through interviews with students such as then-student body president Michael Harris and several unidentified women who attend the university; civil rights leaders such as Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, and Marie Brown Frazier; school administrators such as James Nabrit Jr. and Samuel Proctor; academics, including former sociology professor Dr. Nathan Hare; as well as Howard University alumni such as Claud Brown and Lou Potter. These individuals opine on topics such as whether students at Howard University were being forced to adopt a white, mainstream image, black bourgeoise and chasm between students, the administration and faculty.
Place used
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
DC Public Library Film Collection
Portfolio/Series
Black Journal
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
sound films
black-and-white films (visual works)
16mm (photographic film size)
Topic
Activism
Black power
Documentary films
Education
Film
HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
Identity
Public television
Resistance
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.55.55.1a
Restrictions & Rights
Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57deecbbd-e864-48a7-b967-f80104824a84

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