An Overview of Black TV History 1939-1980
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From the early representations in experimental broadcasts to the contributions of the Dumont Network, the thin appearances on 1950s TV, the integration and beginnings of equality in the 1960s, to the sometimes-controversial sitcoms of the 1970s, and the foundation of BET in 1980, this podcast presents an overview of Black TV history.
Timecodes
0-1:09:40 Background/1939-1959
1:09:40-1:47:05 1960s
1:47:05-end 1970s and conclusion
Reference books:
Primetime Blues by Donald Bogle
Encyclopedia of Television edited by Horace Newcomb
Our Gang: A Racial History of The Little Rascals by Julia Lee
Astray by Alec Slayne is used under license from Epidemic Sound.
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