Rare African American WWII Newsreel “All American News”

Rare African American WWII Newsreel “All American News”

You’re watching something few people got to see during WWII — a special African American newsreel made by and for African Americans. The story behind this begins in November 1942 when producer E.M. Glucksman founded All American News of Chicago, Illinois. The company began releasing newsreels showcasing the lives of America’s African Americans, including showing their contributions to the WWII war effort. The newsreels were shown only in African American movie theaters (and did not get shown in all of them — the nation had 451 segregated theaters in 1943, and these newsreels were shown in 365 of them) .