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Additional authors

1. Davis, Ossie
2. Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009
3. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
4. Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010.2010
5. Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), Jr., 1935-2021
6. Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010
7. Boswell, Bonnie B.
8. Khalafian, Christine
9. Hamilton, Taylor
10. Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
11. Blue Gate Entertainment (Firm)
12. PBS Distribution (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. The Powerbroker tells the story of Whitney Young, who biographer Nancy Weiss Malkiel called 'the inside man of the black revolution.' A social worker who became the executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to his death in 1971, he was denigrated by black power advocates, but by challenging America's business and political communities directly, Young was able to make in-roads where other civil rights leader could not.
2. The Powerbroker, directed by Christine Khalafian and Taylor Hamilton, chronicles Whitney Young's rise from segregated Kentucky to the national movement for civil rights as head of the National Urban League. The film includes archival footage, photos, and interviews compiled by Young's niece, award-winning journalist Bonnie Boswell Hamilton. Interviews include Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vernon Jordan, Dorothy Height, Ossie Davis, Howard Znn, and John Hope Franklin.

Uniform title

1. Independent lens (Television program)

Alternative title

1. Whitney Young's fight for civil rights
2. Power broker

Subject

1. Biographical television programs
2. African American civil rights workers > Biography
3. African Americans > Biography
4. Young, Whitney M
5. Video recordings for the hearing impaired
6. Documentary television programs
7. Civil rights workers > United States > Biography
8. Nonfiction television programs

Genre/Form

1. Biographical television programs.
2. Documentary television programs.
3. Nonfiction television programs.
4. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Corporate section -- March on washington -- Lincoln Institute -- WWII -- LBJ -- Black power -- Vietnam -- After King's death -- Nixon -- Death and epilogue.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1540

Credits (note)

1. Screenwriters, Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton ; producers, Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton ; executive producer, Bonnie Boswell ; editor, Christine Khalafian ; composer, Didier Leplae, Joe Wong ; produced by Bluegate, LLC.

Event (note)

1. Premiered February 18, 2013.

System details (note)

1. DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen, 5.1 Surround.

Language (note)

1. Optional captions in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Title

1. The powerbroker: Whitney Young's fight for civil rights / directed by Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton.

Publisher

1. [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2013]

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 video Region 1

System details

1. DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen, 5.1 Surround.

Performer

1. Narrator: Alfre Woodard.

Credits

1. Screenwriters, Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton ; producers, Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton ; executive producer, Bonnie Boswell ; editor, Christine Khalafian ; composer, Didier Leplae, Joe Wong ; produced by Bluegate, LLC.

Event

1. Premiered February 18, 2013.

Language

1. Optional captions in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Davis, Ossie, interviewee.
2. Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009, interviewee.
3. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., interviewee.
4. Height, Dorothy I. (Dorothy Irene), 1912-2010.2010, interviewee.
5. Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), Jr., 1935-2021, interviewee.
6. Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010, interviewee.
7. Boswell, Bonnie B., screenwriter, producer.
8. Khalafian, Christine, screenwriter, producer, director.
9. Hamilton, Taylor, screenwriter, producer, director.
10. Woodard, Alfre, 1953- narrator.
11. Blue Gate Entertainment (Firm)
12. PBS Distribution (Firm)

Added title

1. Independent lens (Television program)

Other standard identifier

1. 841887018913

Publisher no.

1. INL61408 PBS

ISBN

1. 9781608838882
2. 1608838889

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1540