1971BLACK NEWS SHOW
TV SHOW, BLACK JOURNAL, WITH HOST LOU HOUSE, COVERAGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING BLACK AUDIENCE, 1970 3/29/71
Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. is interviewed this month by Black Journal’s executive producer, Tony Brown, and is seen performing at the Hilton Hotel in Hollywood.
In another segment, entitled “The Great Black Hope’s Fashion Show,” Black Journal goes to the recent Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight and to a post-fight party for a glance at some black celebrities spruced up for the affair in the latest fashions. Celebrities include pop singer Diana Ross; Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records; comedian Bill Cosby; soul singer Aretha Franklin; composer and bandleader Count Basie; and US Rep. Ron Dellums (D-California). Muhammad Ali’s voice is heard in the background delivering his recent political statements on racism, the war in Vietnam, and his problems with the draft.
Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. is interviewed this month by Black Journal’s executive producer, Tony Brown, and is seen performing at the Hilton Hotel in Hollywood.
In another segment, entitled “The Great Black Hope’s Fashion Show,” Black Journal goes to the recent Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight and to a post-fight party for a glance at some black celebrities spruced up for the affair in the latest fashions. Celebrities include pop singer Diana Ross; Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records; comedian Bill Cosby; soul singer Aretha Franklin; composer and bandleader Count Basie; and US Rep. Ron Dellums (D-California). Muhammad Ali’s voice is heard in the background delivering his recent political statements on racism, the war in Vietnam, and his problems with the draft.
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MARCH 1971 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MARQUEE FOR MUHAMMAD ALID ALI - GEORGE FRAZIER HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING MATCH FIGHT
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| 01:03:44 144.97 |
WILDLY CHEERING BLACK CROWD MARCH 8, 1971 OUTSIDE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AT ALI VS FRAZIER FIGHT - BLACK CELEBRITIES ARRIVE AT FIGHT
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| 01:04:18 178.28 |
BLACK CELEBRITIES, ACTORS, MUSICIANS ARRIVE RED CARPET AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MUHAMMAD ALI VERSUS JOE FRAZIER FIGHT - RED FOX , BILLY DEE WILLIAMS, REP. RONALD DELLUMS SPEAKS IN FRONT OF MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
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| 01:04:56 216.9 |
MUHAMMAD ALI NARRATES OVER FOOTAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CELEBRATES ARRIVING AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FOR HIS BOUT WITH JOE FRAZIER - FREDDIE HUBBARD, PEOPLE SELLING MECHANIZE -POSTERS AND SOUVENIRS OF THE FIGHT AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - BOXING POSTERS, PEOPLE ARRIVE AT FIGHT
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| 01:05:50 270.51 |
BILL COSBY ARRIVES AT FIGHT
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| 01:06:10 290.72 |
DIANA ROSS ARRIVES WITH BERRY GORDY, FOUNDER OF MOTOWN RECORD LABEL - BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH GORDY AND ROSS
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| 01:06:52 332.55 |
BLACK ZOOT SUIT MEN - PRESS ASKS ARRIVING PEOPLE WHO THEY WANT TO WIN THE FIGHT
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| 01:08:44 443.97 |
BLACK MAN SHOWS OFF HIS FANCY LEISURE SUIT -
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| 01:09:15 475.31 |
COUNT BASIE ARRIVES AT ALI - FRAZIER FIGHT, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOTS, 1971, FANCY DRESSED AFRICAN AMERICAN FIGHT FANS, HOT PANTS, TURBANS ,
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| 01:10:44 564.8 |
ARETHA FRANKLIN IN LARGE GOLD AFRICAN HEAD DRESS HAT - GREAT BLACK HOPE FASHION SHOW - BLACK CELEBRITIES AT FANCY BLACK FASHION SHOW DINNER - SEATED AT NUMBERED TABLES - DANCING ON DANCE FLOOR
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| 01:12:16 656.69 |
BLACK COUPLE BOOGIE ON DANCE FLOOR HOT PANTS, CHECKERED SUIT
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| 01:12:32 672.91 |
PAL WILLIAMS AND RONNIE HOLLY
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| 01:12:52 692.28 |
THE POWER TO THE CORRECT PEOPLE - SAMMY DAVIS JR. BEHIND PRODUCTION SLATE - CANDID INTERVIEW AT HIS HOME " RAPPING WITH SAMMY "
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| 01:13:36 736.72 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS ABOUT JOINING THE ARMY AND EXPERIENCING RACISM - CANDID INTERVIEW WITH SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS ABOUT BLACK SHOWBUSINESS - TALKS ABOUT EXPERIENCING RACISM IN THE ARMY
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| 01:16:54 934.88 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS BOUT HOW HE MADE WAY IN SHOW BUSINESS - TALKS ABOUT THE " RAT PACK " ERA WITH FRANK SINATRA - ON STAGE SMOKING A JOINT - COMEDY ROUTINE OF GETTING STONED
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| 01:18:44 1044.26 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. IN HIS HOME TALKS ABOUT THE RAT PACK ERA - PRAISES FRANK SINATRA AND THE OPPORTUNITIES HE GAVE HIM - TALKS ABOUT THE RAT PACK
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| 01:20:32 1152.85 |
DISCUSSES TROUBLE HE HAD BEING MARRIED TO A WHITE WOMAN IN THE 1960'S AND THE CRITICISMS HE FACED
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| 01:23:13 1313.4 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS ABOUT ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X - HIS THEORY AS TO WHY HE WAS ASSASSINATED AND WHY MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS ASSASSINATED - TALKS ABOUT RACIAL ISSUES WITH PERFORMERS
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| 01:27:52 1592.68 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS ABOUT RELATING TO THE BLACK AUDIENCE MEMBERS - BLACK STEREOTYPE HUMOR
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| 01:32:06 1846.77 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION OF HAVING TO USE WHITE TECHNICIANS WHEN THERE ARE CAPABLE BLACK TECHNICIANS AROUND - MENTIONS NIPSY RUSSELL - TALKS ABOUT A COMEDY SKIT HE DID WITH RUSSELL - COMPLAINTS FROM THE NETWORK NBC ABOUT SOME OF THE TRUE BLACK COMEDY SKITS HE WANTED TO DO - PUTTING BLACK PEOPLE IN "WHITE" TELEVISION COMMERCIALS - HAVING TO LOOK "WHITE"
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| 01:34:33 1993.23 |
BLACK TELEVISION COMMERCIAL - BLACKS WITH LARGE AFROS "SWEET WILLIE" THREE YOUNG BLACK WOMEN WITH LARGE AFROS KISSING A BLACK MAN WITH AN AFRO WHO SAYS " I'M GLAD I CAME Back" ( to black)
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SAMMY DAVIS JR. INTERVIEW CONTINUES - TALKS ABOUT ANGELA DAVIS " I SHARE HER BLACKNESS, NOT HER POLITICAL BELIEFS " HAS A FREE ANGELA BUTTON ON
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| 01:37:24 2163.96 |
FOOTAGE OF SAMMY DAVIS JR. PERFORMING COMEDY IN A NIGHTCLUB ( VEGAS ?)
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| 01:37:55 2194.98 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS ABOUT THE BLACK " UNDERGROUND" - TALKS OUT AGAINST VIOLENT PROTEST
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| 01:40:06 2326.64 |
TALKS ABOUT THE RACIST SOCIETY THEY LIVE IN - TALKS ABOUT MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW HOW HARD HIS STRUGGLE FOR SUCCESS WAS AND TO HELP FOR BLACK FREEDOM AND EQUALITY " POPULARITY DON'T MAKE YOU FREE"
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| 01:41:51 2431.14 |
SAMMY DAVIS JR. TALKS ABOUT RELIGION " OUR RELIGION IS OUR BLACKNESS "
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| 01:42:56 2496.59 |
TWO BLACK MEN IN SILHOUETTE DANCING THE BOOGALOO
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| 01:43:39 2539.77 |
INTRODUCTION BY DAVID CRIPPENS ON BLACKS IN CALIFORNIA - BLACKS IN SPORTS CARS , MOTORCYCLES,
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| 01:45:24 2644.5 |
BLACK LABORERS IN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES , SHACKS, POVERTY, BLACK MEN DOING MANUAL LABOR JOBS, RACISM IN CALIFORNIA - DISCUSSIONS - ABOUT BLACKS LIVING AND STRUGGLING IN CALIFORNIA - BLACK YOUTHS IN CLASSROOMS 1969
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| 01:47:21 2761.22 |
BLACK AMERICANS WEARING AFRICAN CLOTHING. BLACK 70S FASHIONS. AFROCENTRIC. CULTURAL.
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| 01:48:46 2846.11 |
HORACE JENKINS INTERVIEWS IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY - ROMAN WATADA
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KIM WESTON
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
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