Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
2. Bogle, Donald
3. Davis, Ossie
4. Dinkins, David N.
5. Dodson, Howard
6. Greaves, William
7. Gregorian, Vartan
8. Jacobs, Phoebe
9. Litwack, Leon F.
10. Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998
11. Miles, William, 1931-2013
12. Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019
13. Robeson, Paul, Jr., 1927-2014
14. Shabazz, Betty
15. Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010
16. Vega, Marta Moreno
17. Yellin, Jean Fagan
18. Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (New York, N.Y.)
19. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Description

1. 13 videodiscs (243 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. A ceremony to formally launch the establishment of a national iniative by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to preserve the records of the Black past. After the ceremony at the Mother African Methodist Episcopal Church, the event moves to the Schomburg Center where the curators of the various collections discuss their holdings.

Subject

1. Nonfiction films
2. Speeches
3. Interviews
4. African Americans > History
5. African diaspora
6. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Speeches.
3. Nonfiction films.

Contents

1. Disc 1. Church introduction, featuring Howard Dodson and David Dinkins and representatives of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (19 min.) -- Disc 2. Features Toni Morrison (18 min.) -- Disc 3. Howard Dodson, Vartan Gregorian, Toni Morrison and Ossie Davis (18 min.) -- Disc 4. Ossie Davis, Harry Belafonte (7 min.) -- Disc 5. Interview with Billy Taylor ; interview with Betty Shabazz ; interview with Paul Robeson, Jr. ; interview with Jean Blackwell Hutson ; interview with Marta Vega ; interview with Ossie Davis ; interview with Phoebe Jacobs ; interview with Leon Litwack (20 min.) -- Disc 6. Introduction, Howard Dodson; Harry Belafonte (23 min.) -- Disc 7. Harry Belafonte, continued; Howard Dodson introduces scholars who utilize the resources of the Schomburg Center: Jean Yellin, William Miles, William Greaves, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (22 min.) -- Disc 8. Jean Yellin; William Miles; (21 min.) -- Disc 9. Donald Bogle; Q&A with the scholars ; Howard Dodson introduces the collection curators of the Schomburg Center (23 min.) -- Disc 10. Schomburg Collection curators (22 min.) -- Disc 11. Schomburg Collection curators, continued (22 min.) -- Disc 12. Howard Dodson (22 min.) -- Disc 13. Ossie Davis closing remarks (6 min.)

Call number

1. Sc Visual Sc Visual DVD-1430

Note

1. Discs 1-4 take place at the Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Discs 5-13 take place at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Title

1. Schomburg Commission for the Preservation of Black Culture.

Publisher

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1987.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, interviewee.
2. Bogle, Donald, speaker.
3. Davis, Ossie, interviewee.
4. Dinkins, David N., speaker.
5. Dodson, Howard, speaker.
6. Greaves, William, speaker.
7. Gregorian, Vartan, speaker.
8. Jacobs, Phoebe, interviewee.
9. Litwack, Leon F., interviewee.
10. Hutson, Jean Blackwell, 1914-1998, interviewee.
11. Miles, William, 1931-2013, speaker.
12. Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019, speaker.
13. Robeson, Paul, Jr., 1927-2014, interviewee.
14. Shabazz, Betty, interviewee.
15. Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010, interviewee.
16. Vega, Marta Moreno, interviewee.
17. Yellin, Jean Fagan, speaker.
18. Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (New York, N.Y.)
19. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual Sc Visual DVD-1430