Northwest Profiles
The Black Lens
Clip: Season 32 Episode 3203 | 5m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Sandra Williams serves Spokane's minority community with The Black Lens newspaper.
Spokane’s Sandra Williams was the one-woman staff of her newspaper The Black Lens. Focusing on people, events and issues important to the Northwest’s African American community, Sandra’s activism began in her early teens, and it continued through her activities founding the Carl Maxey Community Center. Sandy died in a floatplane crash in Puget Sound on Sept. 4, 2022.
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Funding for Northwest Profiles is provided by Idaho Central Credit Union, with additional funding from the Friends of KSPS.
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The Black Lens
Clip: Season 32 Episode 3203 | 5m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Spokane’s Sandra Williams was the one-woman staff of her newspaper The Black Lens. Focusing on people, events and issues important to the Northwest’s African American community, Sandra’s activism began in her early teens, and it continued through her activities founding the Carl Maxey Community Center. Sandy died in a floatplane crash in Puget Sound on Sept. 4, 2022.
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Pinball collector, Black Lens journalist, Vintage poster designer, Tribal Culture Camp. (30s)
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Attorney Dale Nagy loves rescuing, restoring and playing old Pinball machines. (6m 7s)
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Summer camp on the Spokane Reservation is reinvigorating tribal customs and culture. (5m 43s)
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Artist / printer Chris Bovey celebrates the past with his truly unique vintage art. (5m 43s)
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Northwest Profiles is a local public television program presented by KSPS PBS
Funding for Northwest Profiles is provided by Idaho Central Credit Union, with additional funding from the Friends of KSPS.