TV series
Of Black America
1968 · 1 season
A serious, historically grounded documentary series that examines racial injustice with clarity and emotional weight.
- Created by
- Perry Wolff
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Bill Cosby, Mike Wallace, John Mosedale
- Overview
- Of Black America was a series of seven one-hour documentaries presented by CBS News in the summer of 1968, at the end of the Civil Rights Movement and during a time of racial unrest (Martin Luther King had been assassinated that spring and riots in many cities had followed). The groundbreaking[1] series explored various aspects of the history and current state of African-American community.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Race, identity, justice, power
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Perry Wolff
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Bill Cosby, Mike Wallace, John Mosedale
