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    Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights

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    Poster of the movie Independent Lens: The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights
    2013     Documentary    
    55 minutes
    Original titleThe Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights
    CountryUSA

    Whitney Young was one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders of the civil rights era. As head of the National Urban League, he fought for the rights of thousands but was often criticized by the very people he was trying to help.

    Directed byTaylor Hamilton, Christine Khalafian
    Written byBonnie Boswell, Taylor Hamilton, Christine Khalafian

    Featuring

    Alfre Woodard
    Amiri Baraka
    Julian Bond
    Bonnie Boswell
    Ramsay Clark
    Dennis Dickerson
    John Hope Franklin
    Charles Hamilton
    Dorothy Height
    Roy Innis
    Vernon Jordan
    Kenneth Chenault
    James M. Lawson Jr.
    John Lewis
    James Linen
    Eleanor Love
    John Mack
    Manning Marable
    Marc H. Morial
    Donald Rumsfeld
    Eugene Victor Wolfenstein
    Laura Young
    Howard Zinn

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