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Positively black.

Title
  1. Positively black. General Benjamin O. Davis.
Published by
  1. New York : WNBC-TV, 1991.

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Additional authors
  1. Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002.
  2. Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002
  3. Heningburg, Gus
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. was the first African American to graduate from West Point in the 20th century. In this interview conducted by Gus Henniburg on the television program "Positively Black" Davis discusses his recently published autobiography "Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American" and reflects on his personal experience with racial discrimination in the Armed Forces, his successful command of air combat units in World War II, and his rise to the rank of three-star general.
Uniform title
  1. Positively black (Television program)
Alternative title
  1. General Benjamin O. Davis
Subject
  1. Nonfiction films
  2. Interviews
  3. United States > Race relations
  4. Nonfiction television programs
  5. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
  6. Generals > United States > Interviews
  7. Television news programs
  8. African American fighter pilots > Interviews
  9. Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002 > Interviews
  10. African Americans > Civil rights
  11. African American generals > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Nonfiction television programs.
  2. Television news programs.
  3. Interviews.
  4. Nonfiction films.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-1177
Note
  1. Show no. 568-33.
Credits (note)
  1. Produced & directed by Harry McNeil.
System details (note)
  1. VHS, NTSC
Title
  1. Positively black. General Benjamin O. Davis.
Production
  1. New York : WNBC-TV, 1991.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
Credits
  1. Produced & directed by Harry McNeil.
Performer
  1. Host: Gus Henniburg.
Event
  1. Broadcast May 26, 1991.
System details
  1. VHS, NTSC
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Added author
  1. Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American.
  2. Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002, interviewee.
  3. Heningburg, Gus, host.
  4. Heningburg, Gus, interviewer.
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-1177
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