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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

2004 • 1h 40m

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 tel...

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Cast

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad AliSelf (archive footage)

Jonelle AllenSelf

John Amos

John Amos(archive footage)

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonSelf (archive footage)

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz(archive footage)

Obba Babatundé

Obba BabatundéSelf

Pearl Bailey

Pearl BaileySelf (archive footage)

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball(archive footage)

Harry Belafonte

Harry BelafonteSelf (archive footage)

Patricia Belcher

Patricia BelcherSelf

Willie Best

Willie BestSelf (archive footage)

H. Rap Brown

H. Rap BrownSelf (archive footage)

Cindy Birdsong

Cindy BirdsongSelf (archive footage)

James Brown

James BrownSelf (archive footage)

Cab Calloway

Cab CallowaySelf (archive footage)

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