Eyes on the Prize One Interviews Washington University Digital
Gateway Texts Interview with Mike Wallace  View Item
Interviewer: NAME_OF_INTERVIEWER_X_process Production Team: A
Interview Date: October 12, 1988  Camera Rolls: 1001-1002 Sound
Rolls: 101  Editorial Notes:  Interview with , conducted by
Blackside, Inc. on October 12, 1988, for . Washington University
Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection.
These transcripts contain material that did not appear in the
final program. Only text appearing in bold italics was used in
the final version of   INTERVIEWER: OK, tell me first of all how
that 1959 documentary came about. MIKE WALLACE: Lou Lomax, a
reporter I'd never heard of, came to my office, told me about
something called the Black Muslims. I'd never heard of them. Ah,
we went next door to Sardi's restaurant to have lunch, and he
told me at great length about an organization called the Black
Muslims. He didn't tell me how many people they were or how
strong they were. What he sugges