14 videocassettes of 14 (u-matic) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
Public service or institutional television messages targeting the African-American community that aired in 1985. Advertisers are American Citizenship Education Project (voting), American Telephone and Telegraph Company (literacy), Anheuser-Busch (charities; featuring Lou Rawls), Boy Scouts of America, City Colleges of Chicago (literacy), International Business Machines Corporation (business), National Crime Prevention Council, National High Blood Pressure Education Program, National Association of Secretaries of State (voting; featuring Debbie Allen, Ollie E. Brown, Chris Chambliss, Eric Dickerson, Vince Ferragamo, James Ingram, Bruce Jenner, Quincy Jones, Dale Murphy, Norman Nixon, Ray Parker, and Bubba Smith), New York State Dept. of Commerce (minority business enterprises; featuring Mario Cuomo), United Negro College Fund, WBZ-TV (race relations), WNEV-TV (dropouts), and WPLG-TV (history, Benjamin Banneker, Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights workers, clock and watch makers, Charles Richard Drew, history, Martin Luther King jr., physicians, teachers, and Daniel Hale Williams). Some of these entries did not receive awards.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.