The powerbroker : Whitney Young's fight for civil rights / Bluegate ; executive producer, Bonnie Boswell ; directed by Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton ; written and produced by Bonnie Boswell, Christine Khalafian, Taylor Hamilton.

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The Powerbroker tells the story of Whitney Young, who biographer Nancy Weiss Malkiel called 'the inside man of the black revolution.' A social worker who became the executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to his death in 1971, he was denigrated by black power advocates, but by cha...

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Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Blue Gate Entertainment (Firm)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors: Boswell, Bonnie B. (Screenwriter, Producer)
Khalafian, Christine (Screenwriter, Producer, Director)
Hamilton, Taylor (Screenwriter, Producer, Director)
Woodard, Alfre, 1953- (Narrator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Optional captions in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2013]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Young, Whitney M.
African Americans > Biography.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans.
Civil rights workers.
United States.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Feature films > United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Whitney Young's fight for civil rights.
Power broker.
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