Past Voices – William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs on ‘Black Rage’ / KRON News Footage From 1968

grier and cobbsKRON News footage from September 2nd 1968 featuring views of William H. Grier & Price M. Cobb walking down Fillmore Street in San Francisco (between McAllister and Turk), with reporter Art Brown. They are discussing the issues raised by and impact of their recently published book about African American civil rights, called ‘Black Rage’. It should be noted that ABC produced a TV special about this book in 1969 called ‘To Be Black’. Thanks to historical researcher and consultant Paul Lee for positively identifying the location where this news footage was shot.

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How psychiatrist William Grier, dead at 89, predicted BlackLivesMatter with ‘Black Rage – Justin Wm. Moyer / Wash Post

2 Comments on "Past Voices – William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs on ‘Black Rage’ / KRON News Footage From 1968"

  1. Jacqueline Hubbard | September 14, 2015 at 4:10 PM |

    EXCELLENT COMMENTARY

  2. Paul W. Turner | September 14, 2015 at 5:16 PM |

    Read this book decades ago. A great book. Grier was the father of the actor David Allen Grier.

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