TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

5.3 2004 100 min
Documentary

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 a…

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Michiko Byers, Ruth Adkins Robinson, Brandon Christopher

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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)

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