Independent Lens

Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights (17x11)

Air date: Feb 18, 2016

The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights tells the story of Whitney Young, who biographer Nancy Weiss Malkiel called “the inside man of the black revolution.” By challenging America's business and political communities directly, Young was able to make in-roads where other civil rights leader could not. His efforts to open the doors of equal opportunity were often attacked by the very people he was trying to help. (source: Amazon.com)