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Black news (New York, N.Y.).

Title
Black news (New York, N.Y.). 1981-01-17 [videorecording] / WNEW-TV, New York ; produced by Robert E. Martin ; directed by Chet Lishawa.
Publication
New York : WNEW-TV, 1981-01-17.

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Additional Authors
  • Martin, Robert E., 1948-
  • Lishawa, Chet
  • McCreary, Bill
  • Dukes, Hazel.
  • Gibson, Bob, 1935-2020
  • Robinson, Frank, 1935-2019.
  • Williams, Mary L.
  • Olatunji, Babatunde
  • WNEW-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
  • World Institute of Black Communications.
  • CEBA Collection.
Description
1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (24 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
The weekly broadcast of Black News for January 17, 1981. The prominent stories are: Hazel Dukes, head of the new York State NAACP comments on Reagan and his staff's admission that there is no poverty in America; the demonstration and celebration of Martin Luther King's birthday; the election of Bob Gibson to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Frank Robinson's hiring as manager of the San Francisco Giants; cold weather health problems; a profile of Mary Williams, a fur retailer in Brooklyn; and a brief interview with Babatunde Olatunji, who is leaving the U.S. to return to Africa after 35 years.
Subject
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Birth
  • Gibson, Bob, 1935-2020
  • Robinson, Frank, 1935-2019
  • Williams, Mary
  • Olatunji, Babatunde
  • African Americans > Economic conditions
  • African American baseball players
  • African American businesspeople > Interviews
  • Drummers (Musicians)
Genre/Form
  • News.
  • Black films and programs.
Note
  • Includes commercials.
  • This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) Award Collection, a competition sponsored by the World Institute of Black Communications, Inc.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRB-266
OCLC
NYPG89-F233
Title
Black news (New York, N.Y.). 1981-01-17 [videorecording] / WNEW-TV, New York ; produced by Robert E. Martin ; directed by Chet Lishawa.
Imprint
New York : WNEW-TV, 1981-01-17.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
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Added Author
Martin, Robert E., 1948- production personnel.
Lishawa, Chet, director.
McCreary, Bill, narrator.
Dukes, Hazel.
Gibson, Bob, 1935-2020, interviewee.
Robinson, Frank, 1935-2019.
Williams, Mary L., interviewee.
Olatunji, Babatunde, interviewee.
WNEW-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
World Institute of Black Communications.
CEBA Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRB-266 Original of Sc Visual VRA-830.
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