Of Black America
(1968)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
Portrait in Black and White
Episode 7 - 9-02-1968
Results of a CBS News poll measuring racial attitudes. Walker presents on white racism and changes in white attitudes, Kuralt on African-American extremism and also on black pride.
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In Search of a Past
Episode 6 - 8-20-1968
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The Heritage of Slavery
Episode 5 - 8-13-1968
Current attitudes of white and black Americans toward African-American history are discussed. Explanation of the slave trade, footage shot in Charleston, South Carolina including the Old Slave Mart Museum, interviews with activist Bill Saunders and editor Lerone Bennett Jr.
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Body and Soul
Episode 4 - 7-30-1968
Two parts, one on African-American athletes (including clips of Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, Arthur Ashe, Bill Russell, and Jesse Owens) and one, featuring Ray Charles, on musicians (including clips of Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Nat "King" Cole, and Aretha Franklin).
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Black World
Episode 3 - 7-16-1968
Kinship and degree of cultural interchange between Black America and Black Africa is covered. Ghanaian figures Tom Mboya and Alexander Kwapong appear, along with African-American leaders.
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The Black Soldier
Episode 2 - 7-09-1968
History of the military role of African-Americans, from the American Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War which was then being fought.
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Black History: Lost, Stolen, Strayed
Episode 1 - 7-02-1968
Black American heritage, a psychiatrist analyzes African-American and white children's drawings, characterizations of blacks in film, preparing black children for public school. Amos 'n' Andy appear.
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