From May 2001 NASW NEWS Social Work History Video Debuts
Tenacious social work pioneers and struggles for social justice
are featured. By John V. O'Neill, MSW, NEWS Staff NASW and the
Council on Social Work Education have released the long-awaited
history video, Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of
Professional Social Work in the United States. Clips from the
two-part, hour-long historical documentary were shown at the
NASW conference in Baltimore in November, and the premiere of
the full video was held at CSWE's annual meeting in Dallas in
March. The video tells the story of the birth and growth of
professional social work against a backdrop of social change in
American history during the past century. The fights for social
justice, civil rights and programs for the poor are viewed
through the lives and careers of some of social work's tenacious
pioneers. Their stories tell of the values, struggles and
achievements in creating and carrying out social work's
missions. To no one's surprise, the documentary