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The Secret of Selling the Negro (1954)

July 4, 1954 (US) Documentary • 21m

Overview

Film commissioned by the Chicago-based publisher of Negro Digest, Ebony, Tan, and Jet to encourage advertisers to reach out to African American consumers. The Secret of Selling the Negro depicts the lives, activities, and consumer behavior of African American professionals, students, and housewives. A Business Screen reviewer noted that the film focused on the “bright positive” aspects of the “new Negro family.” The sponsor issued a companion booklet offering the “do’s and don’ts of selling to the Negro.”

Director

Wayne A Langston

Top Billed

Robert Trout

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Robert Trout
Robert Trout

Self - Host

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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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