Nationtime: Gary (1972)

8.0/10 • 80 min • Documentary

Overview

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall.

Cast

Sidney Poitier

Self - Narrator

Amiri Baraka

Coretta Scott King

Dick Gregory

Jesse Jackson

Bobby Seale

Harry Belafonte

Isaac Hayes

Richard Roundtree

Self

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