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Newspaper of record : the Pittsburgh Courier : 1907-1965 / a film by Kenneth Love ; written by Bill Doorley.
Annenberg Circulation Desk DVD PN4882.5 .N49 2009
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pittsburgh Courier Publishing Co.
- Pittsburgh Courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1910 : National ed.).
- Courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : National ed.).
- Pittsburgh courier (Pittsburgh, Pa. : 1955 : National ed.).
- African American newspapers--Pennsylvania--History.
- African American newspapers.
- African American journalists--20th century--Interviews.
- African American journalists.
- African American press--20th century--History.
- African American press.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Interviews.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Spec. director's cut edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Kenneth A. Love International, [2009]
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC all regions.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- "The Pittsburgh Courier was the leading Black newspaper of the last century. No mere journal of African American life, the Courier was a muckraking crusader in the vanguard of the civil rights movement. Its fourteen national editions had a peak circulation of over three hundred fifty thousand. With accounts from Courier reporters and employees, and scholars like John Hope Franklin ... reveals the role of the Pittsburgh Courier in reporting and shaping African American history"--Container.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Vernell Lillie.
- Credits:
- Editor, Tom Dubensky ; selected original music, Henry Shapiro ; animation, Dean Mougianis.
- OCLC:
- 631789503
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