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MELVIN VAN PEEBLES BLAXPLOITATION FILM DIRECTOR, WALKS OUT ON STAGE AND JOINS HOST TONY BROWN, TALK SHOW FORMAT.
DEDICATES SHOW TO BLACK NEWSPAPER IN PITTSBURGH, TALKS ABOUT ELLA FITZGERALD AND BLACK HISTORY TRIVIA, TERM "DOZENS", GUEST DICK GREGORY

DICK GREGORY COMES OUT ON STAGE, STAND UP COMEDY ACT, JOKES ABOUT THE MOVIE JAWS, THE ECONOMY.
GREGORY JOINS HOST AND GUEST

TONY BROWN WONDERS IF THE PROGRESS BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES IS FASTER IN THE SOUTH THAN THE NORTH NOW. STATES AFRICA WILL CONTROL THE FATE OF WESTERN EUROPE AND AMERICA, NOT NECESSARILY BLACK AFRICANS.
GREGORY TALKS ABOUT GEORGE WALLACE, AMERICA HAS A BLACK PROBLEM BUT EUROPE DOESN'T. THINKS THE TRICKS ARE OVER AND THERE ARE A LOT OF HONEST PEOPLE. VERY POSITIVE OUTLOOK

TONY BROWN PRAISES AND THANKS DICK GREGORY

BILLY TAYLOR TALKS ABOUT SPANISH INFLUENCE IN JAZZ

SONG ENDS, AUDIENCE APPLAUSE

TWO CONTESTANTS AND HOST ADAM WADE, BLACK QUIZ SHOW. AUDIENCE CHANT "WE CAN DIG IT!" PRIZES ARE BOOKS ON BLACK HISTORY.
QUESTIONS ABOUT RALPH ELLISON, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, BILL PICKETT, BLACK INVENTOR ELIJAH MCCOY, ALTHEA GIBSON

CREDITS ROLL OVER DARK STUDIO SET

BLANK SLUG, END TAPE