07 Dec 2016
Why Do They Hate Us?
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
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Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage)
Jonelle Allen Self
John Amos (archive footage)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Self (archive footage)
Desi Arnaz (archive footage)
Obba Babatundé Self
Pearl Bailey Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte Self (archive footage)
Patricia Belcher Self
Willie Best Self (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage)
Cindy Birdsong Self (archive footage)
James Brown Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage)
Diahann Carroll (archive footage)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee (archive footage)
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