Episode 1

Black Journal • Season 1 • Episode 1

About this episode

The program includes the following segments: "Class Day Address," in which Coretta Scott King addresses Harvard's graduating class; "Press," which gives a history of the Negro press, with commentary provided by C. Gerald Frazer of The New York Times; "Profile of a Jockey," featuring jockey Ronny Tanner; "Black Panthers," featuring Black Panther leader Huey Newton; "Mass Media Satire," a satiric sketch on television executives starring Godfrey Cambridge; and "New Breed Fashions," "Students," and "Poor People's Campaign."