1937 Federal Works Agency Film We Work Again
This 1937 Federal Works Agency film was a New Deal documentary the promoted programs to put unemployed black Americans t…
Reel America
The Secret of Selling the Negro
2021-02-13T23:29:57-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvYjFmXC8yMDIxMDIxMzIzNDQ1NzAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==This film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, and Jet magazines encourages businesses to open their minds to the growing black middle class of the 1950s. The U.S. Commerce secretary uses statistics to make an appeal, and scenes of African Americans shopping and at home are accompanied by a narrator who argues against racial stereotypes.
This film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, and Jet magazines encourages businesses to open their minds to…
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This film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, and Jet magazines encourages businesses to open their minds to the growing black middle class of the 1950s. The U.S. Commerce secretary uses statistics to make an appeal, and scenes of African Americans shopping and at home are accompanied by a narrator who argues against racial stereotypes. close
This film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, and Jet magazines encourages businesses to open their minds to… read more
This film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, and Jet magazines encourages businesses to open their minds to the growing black middle class of the 1950s. The U.S. Commerce secretary uses statistics to make an appeal, and scenes of African Americans shopping and at home are accompanied by a narrator who argues against racial stereotypes. close
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