Revolution Televised.pdf

Was the Revolution Televised? 53
cation has its own problems. We were in 60 markets, [moving back
to PBS now] we will probably be in 200. We’ll also appear in better
time slots, out of the Sunday morning public affairs ghetto.” 63 Tony
Brown’s Journal remains in production on PBS.
On a national level, Black Journal challenged the mainstream
white imaginings of African American political and social issues; it
also confronted the industry that sought to represent black society.
Documentary programs such as CBS Reports, while touting themselves
as objective, were produced in a time when America was
attempting to contain rising black social and political movements.
Black Journal provided a space for black people to speak for themselves
in political, social, and cultural arenas.