COUNCIL ON BLACK MINNESOTANS:
An Inventory of the Council on Black Minnesotans Moving Image Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Council on Black Minnesotans, creator. | |
| Title: | Council on Black Minnesotans moving image collection. | |
| Dates: | 1985, 1987. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Recordings of speech and discussions with Commissioner Barbara Burke-Tatum of Massachussetts and seven episodes of Focus On, a cable access show designed to be a public forum with an Afrocentric perspective and point of view. Speech and discussions were hosted by the Council on Black Minnesotans (now the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage) in March 1985. Focus On (broadcast in 1987) was produced in the Twin Cities by Victor L. Propes, executive director of the Council on Black Minnesotans, in conjunction with Cable Access-St. Paul, Inc.; Continental Cablevision, Inc.; and Creative Focus. | |
| Quantity: | 8 master video files: digital, MOV and 8 user video files: digital, MP4. | |
| Location: | I.550 digital : See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Council on Black Minnesotans, Council on Black Minnesotans Moving Image Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2019.33
Processing Information:
Digital video files transferred from the master videotapes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, July 2019.
Processed by: Karen Obermeyer-Kolb, July 2019
Catalog ID number: 9989758140104294
Location of Master Files:
Digital master video files are maintained on the Society’s secure digital collections storage servers and are managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original videotapes were disposed after the videotapes were digitally reformatted into video files.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| I.550.1 dig | Events with Commissioner Barbara Burke-Tatum, March 20, 1985. (1 hour 37 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Commissioner Barbara Burke-Tatum presents and answers questions on public assistance initiatives in Massachussetts including employment and training programs. (13 minutes 40 seconds) | |||||||||||
| Lecture event and community discussion hosted by the Council on Black Minnesotans with Commissioner Barbara Burke-Tatum, designated Martin Luther King Lecturer in Public Policy. (1 hour 23 minutes) | |||||||||||
| Both recordings start abruptly. | |||||||||||
 Digital video | |||||||||||
| I.550.2 dig | Focus on racism and the Black family, January 22, 1987. (28 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Guest: Dr. Rose Brewer, University of Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||
| I.550.3 dig | Focus on Afrocentricity, 1987. (26 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Guest: Molefi Kete Asante, State University, New York. | |||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||
| I.550.4 dig | Focus on Black adoption, 1987. (29 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Guest: Joanne Neal Sloan of the Minnesota Adoption Unit. | |||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||
| I.550.5 dig | Focus on Black people and the constitution, March 25, 1987. (27 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Guest: Mahmoud El Kati, Macalaster College. | |||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||
| I.550.6 dig | Focus on higher education, March 25, 1987. (29 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Guest: John M. Taborn, University of Minnesota. | |||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||
| I.550.7 dig | Focus on the Black vet, 1987. (27 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Guests: James Cook, Sabathanl Community Center, and Steve Rollins, Minnesota Black Public Safety Officer. | |||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||
| I.550.8 dig | Focus on mother and daughter, May 1987. (17 minutes). | ||||||||||
| Guests: Barbra Berry and Rochelle Graves. | |||||||||||
| Digital video | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- African American families -- Minnesota.
- African American veterans.
- African Americans -- Education (higher).
- African Americans -- Interviews.
- African Americans -- Minnesota.
- African Americans -- Politics and government.
- African Americans -- Social conditions.
- African Americans -- Study and teaching.
- Persons:
- Propes, Victor.
- Document Types:
- Moving images (visual works).
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