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NAACP Convention (1977-02-28)
About this film
Following its 68th annual convention, Jim Lehrer hosts a discussion of the work being done by the NAACP, and its popular perception, for The MacNeil/Lehrer Repot. Guests include the Commissioner of the NAACP, a youth leader from the organization, a young woman who has left the organization, and a reporter who follows the developments of African American organizations like the NAACP. Discussion includes the popular view of the organization, how attitudes toward it differ by age, the question of what the organization is doing now, and the possible benefits that could arise from using direct action, such as strikes and marches, in addition to ongoing court cases.
Directors & creators
Vecchione, Al
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, NAACP, Jim Lehrer, Benjamin Hooks, Roy Wilkins, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell, Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Charlene Hunter, James Meredith, Federal Communications Commission, Congress of Racial Equality, American Civil Liberties Union, Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act, school desegregation, Little Rock Central High School, Birmingham bombings, Niagara Falls, St. Louis, civil rights movement, Black national anthem, voter registration
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