Black Lives Matter: Durham’s TV Drama – 1970 Style

Back in late 1960s and early 1970s, writer Richard Durham served as the creator and head writer of a historic public TV series about African American life in Chicago.  Called Bird of the Iron Feather, this series was provocative, timely, and even relevant today.

Click on the link below to read an excerpt from the Word Warrior chapter about this memorable 21-episode series.

Remembering a public TV drama that delved into lives of black Chicagoans

 

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