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| 01:00:01 1.19 |
SLATE: BLACK JOURNAL, RECORDED 3/18/1976, COUNTDOWN
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| 01:00:13 13.67 |
WNET ANIMATED GRAPHIC
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| 01:00:32 32.1 |
BLACK JOURNAL OPENER, JAZZY MUSIC, TONY BROWN ENTER SET WEARING SUIT, SITS AND TALKS ABOUT THE CENTENNIAL OF BLACK AMERICANS, INTRODUCES MELVIN VAN PEEBLES
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| 01:01:45 105.08 |
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 |
| 01:03:54 234.35 |
OPENING GRAPHICS FOR BLACK JOURNAL, COLLAGE AND AFRICAN QUILT INSPIRED
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| 01:04:21 261.84 |
DICK GREGORY COMES OUT ON STAGE, STAND UP COMEDY ACT, JOKES ABOUT THE MOVIE JAWS, THE ECONOMY.
GREGORY JOINS HOST AND GUEST |
| 01:06:07 367.77 |
TALK ABOUT DICK GREGORY BEING MADE A MISSISSIPPI COLONEL, KFC JOKE, GREGORY TELLS STORY AND SHOWS OFF HIS MEDAL, TALKS ABOUT CHILDREN CHANGING OPINIONS. THE WORLD IS CHANGING
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| 01:08:32 512 |
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 |
| 01:12:40 760 |
TONY BROWN ASKS ABOUT A RUN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, GIVES TONY BROWN A TEE-SHIRT, BI-CENTENNIAL RUN
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| 01:14:09 849.96 |
TONY BROWN PRAISES AND THANKS DICK GREGORY
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| 01:14:44 884.31 |
EDUCATIONAL PSA, MESSAGE FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS RE-ENACTOR, ARTHUR BURGHARDT
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| 01:15:46 946.51 |
BILLY TAYLOR TALKS ABOUT SPANISH INFLUENCE IN JAZZ
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| 01:17:13 1033.13 |
BILLY TAYLOR
GUITARRO
(live)
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| 01:20:39 1239.31 |
SONG ENDS, AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
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| 01:20:45 1245.8 |
TONY BROWN INTRODUCES QUIZ SHOW SEGMENT, GRAPHICS FOR "CAN YOU DIG IT?" SEGMENT
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| 01:21:25 1285.49 |
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 |
| 01:27:07 1627.84 |
TONY BROWN THANKS GUESTS AND AUDIENCE
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| 01:27:43 1663.58 |
CREDITS ROLL OVER DARK STUDIO SET
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| 01:28:54 1734.81 |
PBS LOGO
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| 01:29:02 1742.27 |
BLANK SLUG, END TAPE
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