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Additional authors

1. Alvarez, Tom.
2. Reynolds, Violet.
3. WRTV (Television station : Indianapolis, Ind.)
4. World Institute of Black Communications.
5. CEBA Collection.

Description

1. 1 videocassette of 1 (U-matic) (26 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segments; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Tells the story of Sarah Walker and the company she founded, the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, which made health and beauty products for Afro-Americans. The story is told through the use of still photographs and an interview with Mrs. Violet Reynolds, chairwoman of the board of the Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company.

Subject

1. African American women executives > Biography
2. African American business enterprises > History
3. Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company History
4. Biographies
5. Hairdressing of African Americans
6. Black films and programs
7. Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919
8. African American businesspeople

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.
2. Black films and programs.

Call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-84

Note

1. This program forms part of the Communications Excellence to Black Audiences (CEBA) Award Collection, a competition sponsored by the World Institute of Black Communications, Inc.

Title

1. Nine leaves on a sprig / WRTV, Indianapolis ; produced and directed by Tom Alvarez.

Imprint

1. Indianapolis, Ind. : WRTV, 1980-12.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Alvarez, Tom. Production personnel. Director
2. Reynolds, Violet.
3. WRTV (Television station : Indianapolis, Ind.)
4. World Institute of Black Communications.
5. CEBA Collection.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual VRA-84 Service copy.
2. Sc Visual VRB-217 Original of: Sc Visual VRA-84.