Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from PBS Evening News for Friday, Oct 16, 1992


Title: Frontline: Clarence Thomas And Anita Hill: Public Hearing, Private Pain

Abstract:

An examination of the impact of the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation hearings on the black community with excerpts of statements by Thomas, Anita Hill, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, George Bush, Sam Fulwood of the "Los Angeles Times", Professor Roger Wilkins, Sen. Joseph Biden, Sen. Patrick Leahy, attorney Lester Johnson, Bishop John Adams, Sam Williams, media consultant Emily Tynes, Valerie Williams, Jim Lehrer (PBS), Sabrina Brown, Ella McDonald, Pauline Goodrich, author Paula Giddings, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Bobbie Crook, Reverend Wiley Jackson, Professor Patricia King, LeRoy Thomas, Sen. Alan Simpson, Spelman College students Abyssinia Washington, Gretchen Givens, and Tandra Simpkins, attorney Ruth Jones, Reverend Benjamin Lett, Professor Kimberle Crenshaw, and others.

Begin Time:09:00:00 pm
End Time:09:57:00 pm
TVN Record Number:656495
Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1992-2009 Vanderbilt University
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