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- Prior to the 1960s, there were virtually no outlets for the wealth of black theatrical talent in America. Playwrights writing realistically about the black experience could not get their work produced.
- DirectorTerry CarterConsidered one of the greatest jazz composers of all time, Duke Ellington had an enormous impact on the popular music of the late 20th century. Today his recordings remain among the most popular jazz of the big-band era.
- 1985– 1h 27mTV-148.0 (224)TV EpisodeDirectorKaren ThorsenStarsJames BaldwinMaya AngelouAmiri BarakaProfiles the life and work of author/civil rights activist, James Baldwin.
- 1985– TV-147.2 (55)TV EpisodeDirectorHart PerryStarsOssie DavisJohn HammondRachel BreckJohn Hammond was responsible for discovering many top talents in the music business. As a producer, writer, critic, and board member of the NAACP, he was credited as a major force in integrating the music business.
- 1985– 1h 30mTV-147.5 (164)TV EpisodeDirectorHelen WhitneyStarsRichard AvedonJohn LahrMike NicholsSome of the most iconic portraits of the 20th and 21st centuries were taken by photographer Richard Avedon. For more than fifty years, Richards portraits have filled the pages of the country's finest magazines.
- DirectorSusan LacyStarsGail Lumet BuckleyOssie DavisLuther HendersonEven in her eighties, the legendary Lena Horne has a quality of timelessness about her. Elegant and wise, she personifies both the glamour of Hollywood and the reality of a lifetime spent battling racial and social injustice.
- DirectorMichael SchultzStarsDiana SandsCalvin LockhartSeth AllenLiv is a mercenary drawn into a mission to rescue a kidnapped politician. He travels to the volatile Mideast and is assisted by Laura, a translator, where their lives are imperiled.