Black Journal: Episode 6 (1968)[Black Police Officers, Seminole Indians and more]

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The dilemma of the black policeman; focusing on the men in the middle of New York and Los Angeles, and the conflict they can find within their own community. The African influence on the Eleo Pomare Dance Company, a black New York-based modern ballet troupe. Black Power and the church. The conference of the National Committee of Negro Churchmen, held in St. Louis. During the conference, black ministers held an impromptu sit-in to protest their treatment at the Gateway Inn, and then left the Inn en masse. Includes a discussion of the Black Power philosophy by the ministers, who represent virtually all major Protestant sects. The case of the Seminole Indians and the state of Florida. The Seminoles, an Indian tribe that intermarried heavily with escaped Negro slaves, have never made peace with the United States. Their contention that they are the true owners of Florida was supported in a recent Supreme Court decision, entitling them to a large financial compensation. The liberation of South West Africa, a territory originally mandated by the UN and currently under the control of South Africa. The fate of South West Africa will be addressed by the head of the liberation movement. The painting of Earl Sweeting, photographs of a series of murals, done for public buildings in Ghana by the American artist, depicting stages of ancient African history. The work being performed by Bio-Medical Careers Inc., a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, to interest Negro high school and college students in medicine and allied fields. Black Journal began as a monthly series produced for, about, and - to a large extent - by black Americans, which used the magazine format to report on relevant issues to black Americans.


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