1970BLACK NEWS SHOW
TV SHOW, BLACK JOURNAL, WITH HOST LOU HOUSE, COVERAGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING BLACK AUDIENCE, 1970
12/28/70
Black poetess Nikki Giovanni interviews singer Lena Horne in this special Black Journal program focusing on the Black woman. Miss Horne speaks candidly about her divorce and remarriage to a white man, orchestral conductor Lennie Hayton. She admits that she “failed” her first husband: “I had married first a Black man and I wasn’t a big enough woman to help him,” she says.
12/28/70
Black poetess Nikki Giovanni interviews singer Lena Horne in this special Black Journal program focusing on the Black woman. Miss Horne speaks candidly about her divorce and remarriage to a white man, orchestral conductor Lennie Hayton. She admits that she “failed” her first husband: “I had married first a Black man and I wasn’t a big enough woman to help him,” she says.
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| 01:02:06 14.26 |
NET LOGO
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| 01:02:12 20.08 |
BLACK JOURNAL OPENING, AFRICAN INSPIRED GRAPHIC
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| 01:02:43 51.94 |
BLACK COMMERCIAL, BLACK MODELS WITH AFROS AND BRAIDS POSE IN SAND DUNES AT THE BEACH, SEXIST MESSAGE
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| 01:03:26 94.63 |
HOST, TONY BROWN, INTRODUCES SHOW ABOUT BLACK WOMEN
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| 01:04:13 141.36 |
FOUR BLACK WOMEN SIT AND DISCUSS THE ROLE OF BLACK WOMEN, VARIOUS DRESS, WESTERN AND AFRICAN, WOMAN IN WOOL WINTER COAT, HEADDRESS, TALK ABOUT REDIRECTING POWER TO BLACK PEOPLE
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| 01:05:26 214.21 |
JOAN HARRIS BLACK WOMAN, TV HOSTESS TALKS ABOUT BLACK MATRIARCHY, AND BLACK WOMAN VERSUS WHITE WOMEN
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| 01:06:49 297.42 |
MARTHA DAVIS OF HARLEM DRUG FIGHTERS TALKS ABOUT HOW BLACK MEN HAVE BEEN DEGRADED BY WHITE MEN AND THE SYSTEM
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| 01:08:00 368.8 |
PANEL OF BLACK WOMEN LISTENING AND AGREEING WITH DAVIS
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| 01:08:22 390.81 |
JOAN HARRIS AGREES
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| 01:08:29 397.69 |
BLACK WOMAN WITH HEADDRESS, VERTA MAE GROSVENOR, TALKS ABOUT WHAT SLAVERY DID TO THE BLACK MAN, DOESN'T MIND BEING SUBSERVIENT TO BLACK MAN NOW
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| 01:09:11 439.65 |
JOAN HARRIS ARGUES THAT WOMEN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK TEN PACES BEHIND BLACK MEN, MOYNIHAN REPORT, MATRIARCHY
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| 01:10:09 497.24 |
MARIAN WATSON, BLACK TV PRODUCER, MENTIONS "THE UNITED STATES OF EUROPE", "THE MAN"
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| 01:11:08 556.2 |
AMINA BARAKA (MRS LEROI JONES) TALKS ABOUT "THE NATION"
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| 01:11:57 605.23 |
JOAN HARRIS GETS ANGRY ABOUT THE MYTH OF THE MATRIARCH AND MR. MOYNIHAN
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| 01:12:47 655.54 |
AMINA BARAKA TALKS ABOUT NEW VALUE SYSTEM, START WITH YOURSELF
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| 01:13:35 703.83 |
JEAN FAIRFAX, OF THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, ASKS ABOUT "THE BLACK NATION"
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| 01:13:48 716.16 |
AMINA BARAKA TALKS ABOUT BEING CULTURAL NATION WITHOUT POLITICAL POWER
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| 01:14:05 733.22 |
JEAN FAIRFAX GLARES AT BARAKA
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| 01:14:12 740.92 |
BARAKA TALKS ABOUT BEING THE INSPIRATION FOR THEIR MEN
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| 01:14:55 783.85 |
BLACK WOMAN WITH AFRICAN HEADDRESS LISTENS, CUTS OTHER LISTENERS
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| 01:15:46 834 |
NOVELLA NELSON
???
(live)
STILL OF SMILING ELDERLY BLACK WOMAN, MONTAGE OF BLACK WOMEN
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| 01:19:08 1036.48 |
NIKKI GIOVANNI RECITES POEM AS LENA HORNE LISTENS
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| 01:20:06 1094.66 |
LENA HORNE TELLS STORY
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| 01:20:54 1142.86 |
NIKKI GIOVANNI INTERVIEW WITH LENA HORNE, TALKS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE FREEING HER BE WHAT SHE IS INSIDE, "THEY REALLY DIDN'T KILL ANYTHING BLACK IN ME"
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| 01:23:03 1270.98 |
LENA HORNE TALKS ABOUT BEATING A MAN WITH HER SHOE IN LOS ANGELES, "I AM VIOLENT IN A WAY"
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| 01:24:27 1355.48 |
NIKKI GIOVANNI ASKS ABOUT WHY LENA SURVIVED, LENA TALKS ABOUT HER ANCESTORS, BILLIE HOLIDAY AND DINAH WASHINGTON, TALKS ABOUT LOSING HER FATHER AND SON
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| 01:26:27 1475.48 |
LENA HORNE TALKS ABOUT HER MARRIAGES TO A BLACK MAN AND WHITE MAN
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| 01:27:14 1522.16 |
LENA HORNE IS ASKED ABOUT THE ANGELA DAVIS CASE, CALLS IT "CALCULATED, GENOCIDAL"
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| 01:28:27 1595.76 |
STILL OF ANGELA DAVIS
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| 01:28:35 1603.11 |
MODERN DANCE, BLACK FEMALE DANCER PERFORMS WITH BAND AND SINGER
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| 01:30:48 1736.01 |
BLACK WOMEN TALKING, MARTHA DAVIS TALKS ABOUT K BUILDING, A HOSPITAL IN HARLEM, PEOPLE TOOK OVER HOSPITAL FOR DRUG ADDICTS
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| 01:32:46 1854.44 |
JEAN FAIRFAX SAYS YOU MUST WORK FOR ALL CHILDREN NOT JUST BLACK CHILDREN, MARTHA DAVIS DISAGREES
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| 01:34:25 1953.52 |
MARIAN WATSON DISAGREES STRONGLY, ACCUSES JEAN FAIRFAX OF HAVING AN AIR CONDITIONED OFFICE AND NOT UNDERSTANDING, BLACK WOMEN DISAGREE, MARTHA DAVIS SPEAKS
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| 01:36:09 2057.66 |
BLACK GIRL, KALI, RECITES POEM "THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE" VERSION, "BURN BABY BURN"
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| 01:36:33 2081.78 |
LORETTA ABBOTT DANCES, AFRICAN INSPIRED MODERN DANCE
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| 01:38:54 2222.02 |
CORRESPONDENTS SEGMENT, TITLE GRAPHIC
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| 01:39:08 2236.09 |
STEEPLE OF THE SHRINE TO THE BLACK MADONNA IN DETROIT
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| 01:39:18 2246.87 |
PAINTING OF THE BLACK MADONNA
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| 01:39:25 2253.62 |
BLACK REPORTER, GEORGE MARTIN, IN DETROIT OUTSIDE SHRINE OF THE BLACK MADONNA
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| 01:39:32 2260.48 |
REV. ALBERT CLEAGE, JR OF THE SHRINE OF THE BLACK MADONNA TALKS ABOUT WOMAN'S DAY AT THE SHRINE
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| 01:40:00 2288.74 |
BLACK WOMEN SPEAK IN THE CHURCH TO CONGREGATION OF BLACK WOMEN, AFROS, NATURAL HAIR, BLACK WOMEN POWER
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| 01:41:41 2389.45 |
REV. CLEAGE TALKS ABOUT BLACK WOMEN, BLACK MADONNA, LIBERATION STRUGGLE
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| 01:43:03 2471.23 |
BLACK WOMEN IN CHURCH, 1970S FASHIONS, AFROS, SINGING
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| 01:43:19 2487.01 |
CLIPS FROM THE WOMEN'S FESTIVAL AT THE SHRINE OF THE BLACK MADONNA
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| 01:43:40 2508.5 |
BLACK REPORTER TALKS IN SHRINE CONCLUDES REPORT, BACK MADONNA PAINTING
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| 01:43:53 2521.76 |
BLACK GIRL, KALI, RECITES VERSION OF LADYBUG POEM, "LADYBIRD, LADY BIRD"
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| 01:44:07 2535.52 |
NIKKI GIOVANNI INTERVIEWS LENA HORNE ABOUT TURNING DOWN APPEARANCE ON WHITE SHOW AND THE SISTERHOOD, "BLACK MAFIA"
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| 01:45:10 2597.92 |
LENA HORNE SPEAKS ABOUT HER PROFESSIONAL FUTURE
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| 01:46:02 2650.84 |
PANEL OF BLACK WOMEN TALKING ABOUT USING RESOURCES IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AMINA BARAKA, FUTURE OF SISTERHOOD, FREEDOM, BLACK NATIONALISTS
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| 01:47:58 2766.12 |
BLACK WOMEN SMILING AND JEAN FAIRFAX RESPONDS
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| 01:49:04 2832.08 |
ROBERTA FLACK
"ANGELITOS NEGROS"
(live)
ROBERTA FLACK PLAYS PIANO AND SINGS SONG ABOUT BLACK ANGELS IN SPANISH, BASS SOLO
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| 01:51:09 2957.43 |
NIKKI GIOVANNI TALKS ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD, RECITES, MENTIONS THE NAMES OF THOSE KILLED IN THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
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| 01:53:20 3087.95 |
ROBERTA FLACK
"ANGELITOS NEGROS"
(live)
ROBERTA CONTINUES SONG
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| 01:54:40 3168.48 |
MAIL IN INFORMATION FOR SHOW
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| 01:55:05 3193.33 |
HOST TONY BROWN READS EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS FROM "SISTERS"
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| 01:56:37 3285.37 |
KIM WESTON
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM, STAFF AND SINGER IN PARK, CLOSING CREDITS
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| 02:00:32 3520.48 |
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