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Black Journal was an American public affairs television program on National Educational Television (NET) and later WNET. It covered issues relevant to African-American communities with film crews sent to Atlanta, Detroit, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and Ethiopia. The program was originally an hour-long broadcast each month. In 1971, the journalist Tony Brown took over leadership and later the series transitioned to commercial television under the name Tony Brown’s Journal. The series later returned to public television in 1982 under the new name. Other executive producers included documentary filmmakers Madeline Anderson, William Greaves and St. Clair Bourne.
Original Release
06/12/1968
US Release
06/12/1968
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lou House | Self - Host / Himself |
William Greaves | Self - Host / Himself |
Ponchitta Pierce | Self - Reporter / Self |
Jesse Jackson | Self |
Coretta Scott King | Self |
Melvin Van Peebles | Self |
Billy Taylor | Self |
John Henrik Clarke | Self |
Amiri Baraka | Self |
Fannie Lou Hamer | Self |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #2.1 | Monday, 23 June 1969 |
3 | Episode #2.3 | Monday, 25 August 1969 |
6 | Episode #2.6 | Monday, 01 December 1969 |
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Directors
Peter Downey, Phil Ruskin, Marvin Schlenker
Writers
Morton Silverstein, Godfrey Cambridge
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lou House | Self - Host / Himself |
William Greaves | Self - Host / Himself |
Ponchitta Pierce | Self - Reporter / Self |
Jesse Jackson | Self |
Coretta Scott King | Self |
Melvin Van Peebles | Self |
Billy Taylor | Self |
John Henrik Clarke | Self |
Amiri Baraka | Self |
Fannie Lou Hamer | Self |
Charles Evers | Self |
Rhody McCoy | Self |
Claude Lewis | Self |
Betty Shabazz | Self |
William Marshall | Self |
Aretha Franklin | Self |
Roscoe Orman | Boy (segment, "Black Theatre") |
Godfrey Cambridge | (segment, "Mass Media Satire") |
Estelle Evans | Mother (segment, "Black Theatre") |
J.J. Barry | (segment, "Mass Media Satire") |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William Greaves | Executive Producer |
Alvin H. Perlmutter | Executive Producer |
Barbara Gordon | Producer |
Ned Schnurman | Producer |
Horace Jenkins | Producer |
Ann Delaney | Producer |
Phillip Burton Jr. | Producer |
Kent Garrett | Producer |
Alvin H. Perlmutter | Producer |
St. Clair Bourne | Producer |
Charles Hobson | Producer |