- unitid
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{"value"=>"23916", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b22102206", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Positively 1993", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1979 - 1990", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1979/1990"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Positively Black collection"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"131 video_recordings", "unit"=>"video_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"title\">Positively Black</span> is a public affairs television program that first aired on New York City's WNBC-TV in 1970, and was hosted by community activist Gustav \"Gus\" Heningburg through the 1990s. The Positively Black collection consists of 131 video recordings of episodes broadcast from 1979 to 1990."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p><span class=\"title\">Positively Black</span> is a public affairs television program that first aired on New York City's WNBC-TV in 1970. Community activist Gustav \"Gus\" Heningburg (May 18, 1930- October 15, 2012) hosted the show from 1972 through the 1990s, occasionally joined by journalist Carol Jenkins (November 30, 1944-). The program continues to air weekly on WNBC.</p> <p>Through the first decades of <span class=\"title\">Positively Black</span>, its weekly half-hour episodes generally focused on one or two topics relevant to Black communities, with in-studio or on-location discussions and interviews. The program, as well as Heningburg as its host, garnered many awards and critical praise, including a 1977 nomination from the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Outstanding Informational Program; Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) Awards for Merit in 1979, 1983, and 1988; a 1988 CEBA Award for Excellence; the 1981 Newsmakers Award from the Long Island Chapter of the National Association of Media Women, and WNBC-TV's award for Outstanding Contributions and Talent on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of \"Positively Black\" in 1990. Notable guests have included Romare Bearden, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and Spike Lee.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of 131 video recordings and is organized sequentially with gaps by episode number from Episode #339 through Episode #547, broadcast from 1979 to 1990. The bulk of the collection consists of the broadcast episodes. Outtakes are available for three episodes: Episode #360: \"An interview with John H. Johnson, Part 2\"; Episode #409: \"Shirley Chisholm\"; and Episode #436: \"The State of Affairs between Blacks and Jews in New York.\" The original collection documentation unevenly informs episode details such as the topics covered, guest information, and the item dates, which are the earliest provided and may reflect the original taping or broadcast date.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>WNBC-TV, 1993.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Anika Paris</span>, archivist, and <span class=\"name\">Shola Lynch</span>, curator. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2023</span>.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) collection, Sc MIRS CEBA 1986. Gus Heningburg Papers, The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library. https://newarkpubliclibrary.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/58.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection, and a grant from the Mellon Foundation supported the digitization."}
- date_start
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1979
- keydate
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1979
- date_end
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1990
- date_inclusive_start
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1979
- date_inclusive_end
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1990
- extent_statement
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131 video_recordings
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Positively Black collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}