BMA: Black Media Archive

Movie: This episode is the film "Black Fist" (1975), starring Richard Lawson as a young fighter who is brought into the world of a Los Angeles illegal street fighting ring.

Movie: This episode is the film "Black Fist" (1975), starring Richard Lawson as a young fighter who is brought into the world of a Los Angeles illegal street fighting ring.

This episode is a 1968 interview with poet and playwright Leroi Jones (interviewed by Earl Anthony) about his life and work.

This episode is a 1968 interview with poet and playwright Leroi Jones (interviewed by Earl Anthony) about his life and work.

This episode is a collection of two songs by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long". Recorded on July 22, 1929 in New York City, "Ain't Misbehavin" was composed by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf for an all-Black revue titled "Hot Chocolates." The band includes Louis Armstrong on trumpet and vocals, Homer Hobson on trumpet, Fred Robinson on trombone, Bert Curry and Crawford Wethington on alto saxes, Jimmy Strong on tenor sax, Gene Anderson on piano, Mancy Cara on banjo, Peter Briggs on tuba and Zutty Singleton on drums. This Orchestra may have single-handedly been responsible for making swing style jazz one of the most popular musical genres during the 30s and 40s.

This episode is a collection of two songs by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long". Recorded on July 22, 1929 in New York City, "Ain't Misbehavin" was composed by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf for an all-Black revue titled "Hot Chocolates." The band includes Louis Armstrong on trumpet and vocals, Homer Hobson on trumpet, Fred Robinson on trombone, Bert Curry and Crawford Wethington on alto saxes, Jimmy Strong on tenor sax, Gene Anderson on piano, Mancy Cara on banjo, Peter Briggs on tuba and Zutty Singleton on drums. This Orchestra may have single-handedly been responsible for making swing style jazz one of the most popular musical genres during the 30s and 40s.

The conclusion of the television movie "Black Brigade", or "Carter's Army", which aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 27, 1970. A WWII drama, it starred a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Rosie Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gunn.

The conclusion of the television movie "Black Brigade", or "Carter's Army", which aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 27, 1970. A WWII drama, it starred a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Rosie Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gunn.

"Black Brigade" is re-release title of the television movie "Carter's Army", which aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 27, 1970. A WWII drama, it starred a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Rosie Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gunn.

"Black Brigade" is re-release title of the television movie "Carter's Army", which aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on January 27, 1970. A WWII drama, it starred a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Glynn Turman, Rosie Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gunn.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! This episode is a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on April 19, 1961. Southern Baptists were not unified in their posture toward the Civil Rights movement and in 1961 the outcome was far from certain. In this speech, you will hear Dr. King cast his vision for the church’s role in racial reconciliation.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! This episode is a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on April 19, 1961. Southern Baptists were not unified in their posture toward the Civil Rights movement and in 1961 the outcome was far from certain. In this speech, you will hear Dr. King cast his vision for the church’s role in racial reconciliation.

This episode is the short documentary film "Introduction to Haiti" (1942) which presents a tourist's view of Haiti: its history, tradition, daily life of the people, Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Henri Christophes' Palace. Presented in Kodachrome. If you can, please contribute to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts.

This episode is the short documentary film "Introduction to Haiti" (1942) which presents a tourist's view of Haiti: its history, tradition, daily life of the people, Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Henri Christophes' Palace. Presented in Kodachrome. If you can, please contribute to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts.

This episode is the book "The Negro Problem: a series of articles by representative American Negroes of today" (1903). Contributions include: Industrial Education for the Negro by Booker T. Washington, The Talented Tenth by W. E. Burghardt DuBois, The Disfranchisement of the Negro by Charles W. Chesnutt, The Negro and the Law by Wilford H. Smith, The Characteristics of the Negro People by H. T. Kealing Representative American Negroes by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and The Negro's Place in American Life at the Present Day by T. Thomas Fortune.