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Great black women [videorecording] : achievers against the odds

Format
VHS; Video
Summary
Brief interviews with 20th century black women including segments from videos and films. Music: The Pointer Sisters, Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Patti LaBelle, Tina Turner. Civil rights: Coretta Scott King, Fannie Lou Hamer, June Johnson. Sports: Valerie Brisco Hooks, Carla Dunlop, Jayne Kennedy. Actresses: Oprah Winfrey, Butterfly McQueen, Lena Horne, Whoppi Goldberg, Moms Mabley. Dancers: Carmen de Lavellade, Judith Jamison, Debbie Allen. Politics: Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Katie Hall. Educator: Marva Collins. Television: Phylicia Rashad, Leslie Uggams. Models: Naomi Sims, Sheila Johnson. Business and social work: Mother Hale, Dr. Lorraine Hale, Erla McClaney, Brenda Andrews. Author: Maya Angelou.
Director
William B. Huggins
Performer(s)
Tanya Hart, host.
Release Date
1991
Run Time
52 min.
Notes
VHS format [NTSC]
Credits
Director, William B. Huggins ; producer, Valerie F. Whitmore.
Published
Princeton, N.J. :Films for the Humanities,1991.
Description
1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
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