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- Identifier
- wwu:31408
- Title
- KVOS Special: Dick Gregory
- Date
- 1966-02-13
- Description
- Stand-up comic, entertainer, author, nutritionist, and civil rights activist Dick Gregory is interviewed by Andy Anderson. Gregory comments upon a range of topics including the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, segregation, recent civil rights legislation, Martin Luther King, local and regional Black leaders, the philosophy of the protest movement, protests, nonviolence, pacifism, and social justice in America. This reel also contains two public service announcement commercials. The advertisement preceding the episode is an animation cartoon produced by the American Dental Association, and promotes fluoride and fluoridation as a solution to tooth decay. The ad following the episode, produced by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, promotes clean water and cites a growing problem of pollution and contamination. Users are advised that this resource contains content that may be triggering and harmful, and language and terms that are outdated and offensive.
- Digital Collection
- KVOS Channel 12 Films
- Type of resource
- Moving image
- Object custodian
- Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
- Related Collection
- KVOS Channel 12 Film
- Local Identifier
- kvos_special_31_01_s48