Black Journal: Ep 10 (1969) [Black Politics, Education & Healthcare in the Deep South]

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Politics in the Deep South studies the work of black office holders and aspirants, such as State Senator Leroy Johnson of Georgia and Charles Evers, who heads an all-black slate in Fayette, Mississippi. It also examines the failure of the black electorate to make greater inroads into the white-dominated political scene, noting such factors as threats of violence, economic intimidation, and alienation from the political process.



On the floor of the Georgia State Senate, Senator Johnson is seen in a floor fight for a teacher tenure bill, which was defeated through the pressure of white teachers, who fell that they need less protection than their black opposites.



The health needs of black residents in the Deep South range such problems as bad sanitation, lack of water, inadequate nutrition and the high mortality rate of mothers during childbirth. The episode visit the Tufts Clinic and the Community Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, which provide virtually the only medical care for blacks in a four county area. At the Tufts Clinic, viewers see an interview with the only black obstetrician in Mississippi and it will examine comprehensive medical health plans throughout the area.



At a county clinic, the segment observes the prenatal work of a team for the University of Florida, operating under a Children's Bureau Grant. The program also reports on the Lowndes County (Alabama) OEO Health Project and the work being conducted at Menarry University, an all-black medical school in Nashville, Tennessee.



On the subject of welfare, the program will investigate the handling of surplus commodities and the distribution of food stamps. This program also includes a commemorative tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was murdered a year ago. Another segment on Black Journal is devoted to highlights from this week's UN hearings on apartheid in South Africa. Following the excerpts from the hearings, a discussion of South African apartheid with Miss Yahne Sangare, a Liberian journalist who is UN foreign correspondent for some 20 African papers.



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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