African American models picket Channel 2

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Film Date
Sep-68
Film Reference Number
KTVU 84-15
Description
KTVU News footage from September 1968 featuring views of African American models picketing outside KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland in an attempt to get television coverage of their fight to secure jobs in the Bay Area's TV and advertising industry. A spokeswoman states that: "We're trying to get news coverage to let people out in the audience the advertising firms know that these black women are qualified for jobs in TV." Includes views of the models picketing and holding up signs one of which reads "Black is Beautiful." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.