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Legacy In Action
The Whitney Young Film and Leadership Development Project, made possible in part, by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is an exciting effort created by...
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Powerbroker Filmmaker Bonnie Boswell on How Her Youth Shaped Her Film
Read the full article here. Bonnie and Uncle Whitney Filmmaker Bonnie Boswell has an unusually close tie to her forthcoming film, The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights. Whitney Young,...
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A Cherished Last Letter of Civil Rights Leader Whitney Young, Jr.
The article was originally published on the PBS Independent Lens’ blog. Journalist Bonnie Boswell has many fond memories of her uncle Whitney Young, Jr., a pivotal behind-the-scenes player in the civil...
View ArticleEurweb: ‘Powerbroker’ Whitney M. Young, Jr. Subject of a New PBS Doc
Click here for the original story on Eurweb. The accomplishments of late civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, Jr. have been largely forgotten. The celebrated and controversial life of Young, once...
View ArticleRespecting and Disrespecting Black History
Read the original story here. Two ways to observe Black History Month via the media: “When a rapper says he’s gonna ‘pop a pill’ then ‘beat that p*ssy like Emmett Till,’ that’s when we know that he...
View ArticlePhotos of the USC Screening
The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight For Civil Rights was screened at the Annenberg School of University of Southern California on Feb. 11, 2013.
View ArticleNine Community Cinema
On February 6, 2013, Nine Community Cinema in St. Louis Missouri held a public screening of “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights,” at the Missouri History Museum. Whitney M. Young...
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Trailer
The Powerbroker follows Whitney Young’s journey from segregated Kentucky to the national campaign for equal rights. During the turbulent 60s, he was a dilpomat between those in power and those...
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