The Powerbroker : Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights The Powerbroker
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Originally broadcast, Feb. 18, 2013, on PBS.
Narrator: Alfre Woodard.
The Powerbroker tells the story of Whitney Young, who biographer Nancy Weiss Malkiel called 'the inside man of the black revolution.' A social worker who became the executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to his death in 1971, he was denigrated by black power advocates, but by challenging America's business and political communities directly, Young was able to make in-roads where other civil rights leader could not.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen, 5.1 Surround.
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Independent lens (Television program)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PUBLISHED
[Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2013]
Year Published: 2013
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781608838882
1608838889
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Boswell, Bonnie B.
Khalafian, Christine.
Hamilton, Taylor.
Woodard, Alfre, 1953-
Blue Gate Entertainment (Firm)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Young, Whitney M.
African Americans -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.