Black on Black

Visions and Voices: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative

Monday, October 27, 2008 : 5:00pm

University Park Campus
Annenberg Auditorium

Admission is free.


Journalism professor Joe Saltzman screens his Emmy-winning doc, produced after the devastating ’60s riots in South L.A.

Following the devastating South Los Angeles riots in the mid-1960s, journalism professor Joe Saltzman produced the Emmy Award–winning documentary Black on Black. On the 40th anniversary of its premiere, Saltzman will screen and discuss the film.

The program will look at how conditions have changed for African Americans over the past four decades in Los Angeles and across the country.

Speakers will include leaders from the civil rights movement in Los Angeles and the journalists who covered it.

Organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication. Co-sponsored by the Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs.