Harlem: A Self-Portrait

ID #: 
604
Playing Time: 
58 min
Color or BW: 
Color and B&W
Description: 
The 1959 CBS News special offers a unique look at a city within a city, capturing the mood and tenor of a community where, at the time, police, not politicians, were the power and six out of seven officers were white.
Keywords: 
20th century, African American history, CBS News, Civil Rights Movement, Harlem, New York City, nonviolence, police corruption, politics, racial issues, racism, United States