BMA: Black Media Archive
Summary: The Black Media Archive is a multi-media collection of African and African-American history, including speeches, archival video, movies, music, and more. It exists as a central resource of Black history in multi-media formats.
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In 1949 this song, "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?", written and performed by Woodrow Buddy Johnson became an instant classic.
In 1949 this song, "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?", written and performed by Woodrow Buddy Johnson became an instant classic.
This episode is part of an interview with civil rights activist and community organizer Septima Poinsette Clark discussing her involvement in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). (July 30, 1976)
This episode is part of an interview with civil rights activist and community organizer Septima Poinsette Clark discussing her involvement in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). (July 30, 1976)
This episode is part of an interview with civil rights activist Mabel Williams, wife of Robert Williams discussing their lives in Monroe, North Carolina. (August 20, 1999)
This episode is part of an interview with civil rights activist Mabel Williams, wife of Robert Williams discussing their lives in Monroe, North Carolina. (August 20, 1999)
On July 22, 1990, historian and author John Hope Franklin appeared with host Richard D. Heffner on the show "Open Mind" to discuss the topic of "The Uses of the Past".
On July 22, 1990, historian and author John Hope Franklin appeared with host Richard D. Heffner on the show "Open Mind" to discuss the topic of "The Uses of the Past".
This episode is a 78 RPM recording of blues legend Hattie Hart singing her classic "Won't You Be Kind?" (1929).
This episode is a 78 RPM recording of blues legend Hattie Hart singing her classic "Won't You Be Kind?" (1929).
This episode is a 78 RPM recording of Blind Blake singing "You're Gonna Quit Me Blues" (late 1920s).
This episode is a 78 RPM recording of Blind Blake singing "You're Gonna Quit Me Blues" (late 1920s).
In the cartoon "Little Ol' Bosko and the Cannibals" (1937), Bosko's imagination puts him in the jungle full of cannibal, jazz singing, cookie eating frogs that try to get the cookies he is delivering to his Grandma.
In the cartoon "Little Ol' Bosko and the Cannibals" (1937), Bosko's imagination puts him in the jungle full of cannibal, jazz singing, cookie eating frogs that try to get the cookies he is delivering to his Grandma.
In this episode, author Alice Walker reads her short story, "Roselilly" (1973), the story of a rural African-American woman from Mississippi who is about to escape poverty and disgrace by marrying a man she barely knows, a Muslim from the North. Afterwards she describes the story and how she wrote it about her first marriage to a civil rights attorney.
