Produced by
Bergen Community College, American, founded 1965
CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
Subject of
Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
President Hoover, Herbert Clark, American, 1874 - 1964
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Sr., American, 1882 - 1945
President Truman, Harry S., American, 1884 - 1972
President Eisenhower, Dwight D., American, 1890 - 1969
President Kennedy, John F., American, 1917 - 1963
Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
Evers, Medgar, American, 1925 - 1963
Date
1970s
Medium
aluminum and polycarbonate with paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
Diameter: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Duration: 31 min., 35 sec.
Description
A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College with the title The Presidency and Civil Rights: A Personal Memoir. It consists of a white DVD (a) and a paper program (b).
The white DVD (a) has the program title, date, and college logo printed on it and the program is part of a nationally televised series called The American Presidency: The Men and the Office and features former president of the NAACP Roy Wilkins chronologically discussing the consequences of various presidencies on the lives of African Americans. It opens with Wilkins describing the importance of the "American Dream" to African Americans and how some state-sanctioned institutions such as slavery and the Supreme Court have historically imposed racial inferiority on them. Through a combiniation of narration by Wilkins as well as archival imagery and audio, the program touches on the impact of numerous presidents and African American activists such as Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Lyndon B. Johnson. It also touches on other issues such as the death of Medgar Evers; the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church; as well as the impact of the Civil Rights Act.
The paper program (b) is white and has a sketch of a silhouette sitting at the Resolute desk. The Bergen Community College logo can be seen below the sketch as well as text that reads [THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY: THE MEN and THE OFFICE].
Classification
Time-based Media - Moving Images
Type
sound films
color films (visual works)
dvds
Topic
Civil rights
Communities
Education
Politics
Race relations
Television
United States History
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture,Gift of Dr. Philip Dolce on behalf of Bergen Community College
Object number
2022.90.4.1ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Bergen Community College
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b280872c-4e6a-4332-afcf-50f6b832a992

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