- Produced by
- Bergen Community College, American, founded 1965
- CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
- Subject of
- Dr. Clark, Kenneth, American, 1914 - 2005
- Ralph Ellison, American, 1913 - 1994
- Date
- 1970s
- Medium
- aluminum and polycarbonate with paper
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
- Duration: 29 min., 11 sec.
- Description
- A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College titled The Negro in the 20th Century. 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 features a conversation between Ralph Ellison and Dr. Kenneth Clark. Topics discussed in the recording include the factors that have influenced the northward migration of African Americans during the twentieth century; the impact of the anti-lynching bill; the impact of Black migrants from other countries in the Americas, such as Marcus Garvey, on domestic life; as well as whether there is a separate Black experience in the United States. The conversation ends with a discussion of the various liberation movements that have been impacted by the Civil Rights Movement.
- The paper program (b) is blue and has four (4) photographs of different aspects of American life on it. One features people driving cars, another features an airplane, a third features an aerial shot of a city and a fourth features a group of people standing together. Text in white beside the Bergen Community College logo reads [THE TRANSFORMATION OF / AMERICAN SOCIETY].
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Movement
- Anti-Lynching Movement
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Education
- Great Migration
- Immigration
- Migrations
- Race relations
- 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
- 2022.90.5.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Bergen Community College
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




