Black Journal premieres on NET (1968-06-12)

CTL-E-4569 · Event · other · 1968

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National Educational Television launches Black Journal on June 12, 1968, produced by Black talents; the first episode features Coretta Scott King, a Poor People's Campaign report, and Black reaction to Robert Kennedy's assassination.

Notes

RELP105 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-023307.

Relationships

Coretta Scott King — related to
The premiere episode of Black Journal on June 12, 1968 included Coretta Scott King addressing Harvard's graduating class.
Tony Brown — related to
Tony Brown took over leadership of Black Journal in 1971; the series later transitioned to commercial television as Tony Brown's Journal.

Referenced by

Say Brother premieres on WGBH (1968-07-15) — related to → this record

Sources

THIRTEEN/WNET, 'Historic Black Journal Streams for the First Time'. https://www.thirteen.org/blog-post/historic-black-journal-streams-for-the-first-time/

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