Black Caucus on Oakland School District

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Please note: the camera was slightly out of focus when shooting this report. KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 21st 1969 in Oakland, featuring scenes from a public hearing in which a member of the Black Caucus criticizes the school district's selection process for choosing a new Superintendent. He concludes emphatically that: "You are jiving if you think we are gonna allow you to pit us against fighting another brother. The enemy is you. The enemy ain't that brother and we ain't gonna let you run that game on us!"

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
10/21/69
Recording medium
16mm, color co-magnetic sound film
2:18
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival news film
Identifier
KPIX 100478
Views
2415

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