DocumentaryHistoryMovie The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Status: Released Release Date: 1999-02-08 The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords Documentary History Overview The history of black newspapers in America. Cast George Barbour Self Timuel Black Self Frank Bolden Self Wallace Burney Self Earl Calloway Self Chester Commodore Self Evelyn Cunningham Self Phyllis Garland Self Dora Harris Glasco Self Walter Gordon Self James Grossman Self Charles Teenie Harris Self Vera Jackson Self Vernon Jarrett Self Robert Lavelle Self Edna Chappell McKenzie Self Joe Morton Self - Narrator Christopher Reed Self Jane Rhodes Self Edward Abie Robinson Self Patrick Washburn Self Crew Stanley Nelson Directing Stanley Nelson Writing Lou Potter Writing Jil Nelson Writing Marcia Smith Writing Stanley Nelson Production Ron Carter Sound Robert Shepard Camera Rick Butler Camera Lewis Erskine Editing