BMA: Black Media Archive

This special episode of the TV show "Open Mind" was titled "Race Relations in America" (1963) and features a round table discussion between guests: Malcolm X, Alan Morrison, Wyatt Tee Walker, and James Farmer. The original episode was broadcast on June 12, 1963, with this follow up special airing on November 13, 1992.

This Betty Boop cartoon (1932) co-stars Satchmo himself, Louis Armstrong and his orchestra playing "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You". A mix of animation and some live action footage, Koko and Bimbo take Betty Boop on a jungle safari, where they run afoul of a cannibal tribe caricaturing Louis Armstrong and his band members.

This Betty Boop cartoon (1932) co-stars Satchmo himself, Louis Armstrong and his orchestra playing "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You". A mix of animation and some live action footage, Koko and Bimbo take Betty Boop on a jungle safari, where they run afoul of a cannibal tribe caricaturing Louis Armstrong and his band members.

Movie: The conclusion of "Go Down, Death!" (1944) is based on the poem by James Weldon Johnson, and is the story of a bar owner who attempts to discredit the new preacher with whom he is feuding by framing him with a photo showing him drinking with women with bad reputations. This story is a morality tale and a classic example of a "race film" from the early 1940s.

Movie: The conclusion of "Go Down, Death!" (1944) is based on the poem by James Weldon Johnson, and is the story of a bar owner who attempts to discredit the new preacher with whom he is feuding by framing him with a photo showing him drinking with women with bad reputations. This story is a morality tale and a classic example of a "race film" from the early 1940s.

Movie: "Go Down, Death!" (1944) is based on the poem by James Weldon Johnson, and is the story of a bar owner who attempts to discredit the new preacher with whom he is feuding by framing him with a photo showing him drinking with women with bad reputations. This story is a morality tale and a classic example of a "race film" from the early 1940s.

Movie: "Go Down, Death!" (1944) is based on the poem by James Weldon Johnson, and is the story of a bar owner who attempts to discredit the new preacher with whom he is feuding by framing him with a photo showing him drinking with women with bad reputations. This story is a morality tale and a classic example of a "race film" from the early 1940s.

This is a part of two different interviews with former slaves Ms. Alice Gaston and Mr. Isom Moseley, both of Gee's Bend, Alabama (1941). Interview conducted by Mr. Robert Sonkin. This interview is part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection: Voices From the Days of Slavery (Former Slaves Tell Their Stories), available online.

This is a part of two different interviews with former slaves Ms. Alice Gaston and Mr. Isom Moseley, both of Gee's Bend, Alabama (1941). Interview conducted by Mr. Robert Sonkin. This interview is part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection: Voices From the Days of Slavery (Former Slaves Tell Their Stories), available online.

These are two PDF files of broadsides/flyers/ads for separate slave auctions. The first by the J.F. Moses Company (1859) of Lumpkin, GA. The second a notice of a slave auction and conditions of purchase by Louis D. DeSaussure (1860) of Charleston, SC (includes a list of slaves' ages and abilities).

These are two PDF files of broadsides/flyers/ads for separate slave auctions. The first by the J.F. Moses Company (1859) of Lumpkin, GA. The second a notice of a slave auction and conditions of purchase by Louis D. DeSaussure (1860) of Charleston, SC (includes a list of slaves' ages and abilities).

This instructional film (1950) provides a Eurocentric view of the plantation system and its effect on Southern U.S. culture.

This instructional film (1950) provides a Eurocentric view of the plantation system and its effect on Southern U.S. culture.

This is a short clip of a speech given by Paul Robeson.

This is a short clip of a speech given by Paul Robeson.