NEW YORK ILLUSTRATED: THE IRREPRESSIBLE SHIRLEY CHISHOLM (TV)
Summary
One in this public affairs series devoted to issues that concern the greater New York area. This program, narrated by Bill Ryan, profiles Shirley Chisholm, freshman member of the House of Representatives and the first black woman elected to Congress. Chisholm, who represents the 12th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York, is shown conferring with Rep. Allard K. Lowenstein of New York; campaigning against James Farmer, former national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); speaking to Bedford-Stuyvesant's Unwed Mother Association; and broadcasting her weekly New York radio show from the House recording studio in Washington, D.C. Chisholm discusses the importance of elementary education; her reaction to the media's portrayal of her; and her opinion about the current state of Congress. Ryan provides information about her background and gives a brief overview of the bills she has co-sponsored to date. Also included are interviews with Assistant Majority Leader Hale Boggs and members of Chisholm's staff; and a segment in which Chisholm reads some of her poetry, and her husband, Conrad Chisholm, talks about their relationship. Commercials deleted. (This series occasionally runs under the title "New Jersey Illustrated" or "Connecticut Illustrated"; series dates unverified.)
Details
- NETWORK: WNBC-TV
- DATE: September 20, 1969 Saturday 7:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:25
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T90:0117
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: New York State - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Biography; Blacks in politics; Women in politics; Bedford-Stuyvesants Unwed Mother Association; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: WNBC (New York, NY) - TV series, 1964-1976
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Joseph Michaels … Executive Producer
- Joan W. Konner … Producer, Writer
- Robert Geissinger … Music (Misc. Credits), Music supervised by
- Bill Ryan … Narrator
- Shirley Chisholm
- Allard K. Lowenstein
- Conrad Chisholm
- Hale Boggs
- James Farmer