Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1984-11-18

Duration: 00:10:51

Subjects: Civil Rights | Todd, Thomas N., 1938- | Richardson, Rupert | Young, A.Z., 1920-1993 | African Americans

Contributors:

• Hinton, Rob Host
• Todd, Thomas Speaker
• Richardson, Rupert Interviewee
• Young, A.Z. Interviewee

This segment from the November 18, 1984, episode of the series “Folks” features the first part of Rob Hinton presenting highlights of a passionate speech given by Thomas Todd, a civil rights activist and the former president of Operation PUSH, in New Orleans. He discusses his views on the progress made by African Americans, African Americans as a race built by the law, and the bleak future of black America. Hinton also conducts an in-studio interview with Rupert Richardson, the president of the Louisiana NAACP, and A.Z. Young of the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs, on their reaction to Todd’s speech.