Students Speak Out 1969

Black Boston | Education | Politics

From 1969:  In this clip a Brandeis student talks about the recent confrontation at the college as a symbol of the black people’s demand for power in an environment that influences their lives. He says the students have come to realize that their fathers and grandfathers lived in a country that did not allow them to be men. And they are demanding the right to be men and they are willing to die.

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Riots & the Birth of Black Television

Arts & Culture | Black Boston | Politics

 

How the riots following the death of Martin Luther King gave birth to black television.

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