DVD
The powerbroker : Whitney Young's fight for civil rights
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Narrator, Alfre Woodard.
Publication Information
[Boston] : PBS Distribution, c2013.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
This documentary tells the story of Whitney Young, whom biographer Nancy Weiss Malkiel called "the inside man of the black revolution." The film follows Young as he shuttles between the streets of Harlem and the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, tying the needs of Main Street to the interests of Wall Street. In the Oval Office, Young advised Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon and guided each along a path toward historic change. By challenging America's business and political communities directly, Young was able to make in-roads where other civil rights leaders could not.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as an episode of the television series Independent Lens on PBS in 2013.