From Tulsa’s Black Wall Street to the streets of 1970s Harlem, we celebrate the Black filmmakers who documented the world around them and captured an indelible chronicle of history. I
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1) Rev. Harold M. Anderson Documented Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood district following the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921, capturing the resurgence of the city’s Black Wall Street from the 1940s-1960s. I 🎥: Harold Anderson Black Wall Street Collection
2) Edsel B. Stallings was a member of The Montford Point Marines, the first Black Marines in WWII. On April 9, 1968, Stallings captured footage of Martin Luther King Jr.’ funeral procession through Atlanta. I 🎥: Prelinger Archives
3) William Miles was a producer and director at WNET/Thirteen in New York and documented daily life in 1970s Harlem. I 🎥: Miles Educational Films