TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)

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	As: Self (archive footage)
	Jonelle Allen	As: Self
	John Amos	As: (archive footage)
	Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	As: Self (archive footage)
	Desi Arnaz	As: (archive footage)

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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 01 January 2004

Country: US

Runtime: 100m

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Company: Multicom Entertainment Group

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Cast

	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)
	Redd Foxx	(archive footage)
	Marvin Gaye	Self (archive footage)
	Whoopi Goldberg	Self (archive footage)
	Arsenio Hall	Self (archive footage)
	Lena Horne	Self (archive footage)
	Michael Jackson	Self (archive footage)