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Positively black collection.

Title
  1. Positively black collection.
Published by
  1. New York, N.Y. : WNBC-TV, 1979-1990.
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Additional authors
  1. Heningburg, Gus
  2. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Description
  1. 131 videocassettes
Summary
  1. Positively Black is a public-affairs program broadcast on WNBC-TV (Channel 4) New York, examining the political and cultural life of the African American community since 1970. Gus Heningburg, the highly respected Newark-based activist and negotiator, was the program's host and driving force beginning in the late 1970s to 1990. The collection consists of 131 complete episodes hosted by Heningburg from 1979 to 1990. Notable guests included Romare Bearden, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and Spike Lee. For an item level episode list see the finding aid link.
Uniform title
  1. Positively black (Television program)
Subject
  1. Lee, Spike,
  2. Jenkins, Carol, 1944-
  3. Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
  4. Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
  5. Bearden, Romare, > 1911-1988
  6. Television news programs
  7. Public affairs television programs
  8. Nonfiction television programs
  9. United States > Race relations
  10. African Americans > Social life and customs
  11. African Americans > Social conditions
  12. African Americans > Politics and government
  13. African Americans > Political activity
  14. African Americans > Intellectual life
  15. African Americans > Economic conditions
  16. African Americans > Civil rights
Genre/Form
  1. Nonfiction television programs.
  2. Public affairs television programs.
  3. Television news programs.
Call number
  1. Sc MIRS Positively 1993
Credits (note)
  1. A. WNBC-TV public affairs presentation.
Title
  1. Positively black collection.
Publisher
  1. New York, N.Y. : WNBC-TV, 1979-1990.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Credits
  1. A. WNBC-TV public affairs presentation.
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  1. Finding Aid for the collection
  2. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound
Added author
  1. Heningburg, Gus, host.
  2. Heningburg, Gus, interviewer.
  3. WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Added title
  1. Positively black (Television program)
Research call number
  1. Sc MIRS Positively 1993
  2. Sc Visual VRB 284, 3190-3199, 3201-3230, 3232-3278; 3280-3322, 4369 U-matic
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