Initial Broadcast Date: April 11, 1976
30 minutes -- Color
Anthropologists Dr. Allen Counter and David Evans of Harvard discussed their research centered on the Djuka tribe. Counter and Evans showed film of their latest expedition to the Surinam interior, recording many tribal rites and customs of these descendants of African slaves brought to South America by the Dutch in the early 17th century. Arthur Burghardt continued his portrait of Frederick Douglass drawn from the abolitionist’s own words.
“Black Journal” is a production of WNET New York.
Executive producer: Tony Brown
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