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Film, Video One tenth of a nation. The arts Arts / Container title: Negro in the arts

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Title

  • One tenth of a nation. The arts

Other Title

  • Arts
  • Container title: Negro in the arts

Summary

  • This series highlights the contributions of African Americans to their communities and the nation. This film discusses the contribution of various African American artists in the United States. This includes painters Charles White, Ernest Crichlow, Jewel Simon, and Eugene Grigsby and jewelry, Art Smith. Popular composers Jessie Mae Robinson and Ulysses Kay are also featured. Photographer Gordon Parks is recognized for his work in Life Magazine while author Ann Petry is celebrated for her successful novel The narrows.

Names

  • Cannon, John, 1921-2001, narrator
  • American Newsreel Corporation (1952-1956), production company

Created / Published

  • United States : [distributor not identified], 1954.

Headings

  • -  African American artists
  • -  African American composers
  • -  African American authors
  • -  White, Charles,--1918-1979,--depicted
  • -  Crichlow, Ernest,--1914-2005,--depicted
  • -  Petry, Ann,--1908-1997,--depicted
  • -  Parks, Gordon,--1912-2006,--depicted
  • -  Robinson, Jessie Mae,--1919-1966,--depicted
  • -  Kay, Ulysses,--1917-1995,--depicted
  • -  Smith, Art,--1917-1982,--depicted
  • -  Grigsby, J. Eugene--(Jefferson Eugene),--1918-2013,--depicted

Genre

  • Educational television programs
  • Nonfiction television programs

Notes

  • -  Appearing: Charles White, Ernest Crichlow, Ann Petry, Gordon Parks, Jewel Simon, Jessie Mae Robinson, Ulysses Kay, Art Smith, Frank Neal, Christopher Bean, Eugene Grigsby, Yvonne Hunt.
  • -  Narrator: John Cannon.
  • -  One tenth of a nation a television documentary series premiered on WPIX (New York) on July 11, 1954.
  • -  According to Variety, April 28, 1954, One tenth of a nation was a television series produced by American Newsreel.
  • -  Sources used: Sterling, D. Freedom train, 1954, accessed via New York Public Library Digital Collections, April 7, 2020; Wikipedia WWW site, "J. Eugene Grigsby," accessed April 7, 2020; NAVCC digital donor inventory (MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection); Ross reports, July 4, 1945, p. 113 viewed September 6, 2024 via the Internet Archive; Variety, April 28, 1954, p. 37 viewed September 6, 2024 via the Internet Archive; TV guide, New York edition, October 2-8, 1954 (v. 2, no. 40) p. A-21 viewed September 6, 2024 via the Internet Archive; Broadcasting-Telecasting, May 3, 1954, p. 32 viewed September 6, 2024 via the Internet Archive.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 13 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600724

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Cannon, John, Narrator. One tenth of a nation. The arts. produceds by American Newsreel Corporation Uction Company [United States: distributor not identified, 1954] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020600724/.

APA citation style:

Cannon, J. (1954) One tenth of a nation. The arts. American Newsreel Corporation Uction Company, prod [United States: distributor not identified] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020600724/.

MLA citation style:

Cannon, John, Narrator. One tenth of a nation. The arts. prod by American Newsreel Corporation Uction Company [United States: distributor not identified, 1954] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020600724/>.