Martin Luther King Jr and The Power of Television Images

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For many years I taught at NYU’s Journalism School, and one of the classes I taught was about television and the Civil Rights Movement

Racism in America, instutional racism – the kind of racism that was enforced by Bull Connors, police dogs, fire hoses and lynchings had been an American staple since the end of the Civil War.

As slavery had been called the ‘peculiar institution’, so racism might have been called ‘the secret institution’.

That secret came to an end in the 1960s, when television cameras first headed south and showed the ugly side of racism to an America that preferred to remain unknowning.

Once the secret was out in the open, it was difficult, if not impossible to defend any longer.

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Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.