CBS REPORTS: THE HARLEM TEMPER (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. This report argues that the absence of explicitly institutionalized racism in the northern United States presents a special set of problems for African-Americans living there. The lack of a clearly defined enemy makes the struggle for freedom from oppression difficult to articulate, resulting in frustration and malaise. Reporter Harry Reasoner examines various responses to these problems made by African-Americans in Harlem, interviewing representatives of organizations ranging from the moderate National Urban League and NAACP to the more radical nationalist groups. Included are interviews with the following individuals: Housing Council member Jesse Gray; civil rights attorney Paul Zuber; NAACP representatives James Haughton and Florence Rice; historian Richard B. Moore; African nationalist Chief Ogunshye; CORE member Gladys Harrington; psychiatrist Lonnie MacDonald; parent activist Thelma Johnson; National Urban League director Whitney Young, Jr.; business executive Hope Stevens; and Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Malcolm X and black nationalist leader Lewis Michaux are seen delivering speeches but are not interviewed. Marcus Garvey appears in archival footage. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 11, 1963 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:48
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T80:0809
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Blacks - Politics and suffrage; Congress of Racial Equality; Harlem; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Racism; U S - Civil rights; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1959-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Fred W. Friendly … Executive Producer
- Steven Fleischman … Producer, Writer
- Harry Reasoner … Reporter
- Marcus Garvey
- Jesse Gray
- Gladys Harrington
- James Haughton
- Thelma Johnson
- Lonnie MacDonald
- Malcolm X (Malcolm Little; El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz)
- Richard B. Moore
- Chief Ogunshye
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
- Florence Rice
- Hope Stevens
- Whitney Young
- Paul Zuber