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The Birth of Gospel — A Chicago Stories Documentary 0    0

This episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. The story follows "The Father of Gospel", Thomas A. Dorsey, who w...

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Dream Land: Little Rock's West 9th Street was once a vibrant... 0    0

Little Rock, Arkansas's, West 9th Street was once a vibrant, African-American business and entertainment district. Taborian Hall is the only remaining historic structure on West 9th Street and st...

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What Was Life Like For Black Americans in The 80s? 0    0

What was it like being black in the 1980s? Black life in the 1980s was at times beautiful, at times scary, and always complicated. The rise of black celebrity and culture did not translate into a ris...

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1968 SPECIAL REPORT: MARIJUANA 0    0

The 1960s was the decade of the counterculture, which encouraged a revolution of social norms in clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality, formalities, and education. Some also describe the decade as ...

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Swing: The Velocity of Pleasure 1937-1939 - Jazz Music docum... 0    0

Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries, directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational). Its chr...

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Swing: Pure Pleasure 1935-1937 - Jazz Music documentary Epis... 0    0

Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries, directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational). Its chr...

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The True Welcome 1929-1934 - Jazz Music documentary Episodes... 0    0

Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries, directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational). Its chr...

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The Gift: 1917-1924 - Jazz Music documentary Episodes 2 0    0

Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries, directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational). Its chr...

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Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917 - Jazz Music documentary Episodes ... 0    0

Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries, directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001 and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series (Informational). Its chr...

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Dream Land: Little Rock's West 9th Street 0    0

Little Rock, Arkansas's, West 9th Street was once a vibrant, African-American business and entertainment district. Taborian Hall is the only remaining historic structure on West 9th Street and st...

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Black Journal: Ep 9 (1969) [Malcom X, Medical field & Bl... 0    0

The influence of Malcolm X. On the fourth anniversary of his death,an assessment of this impact on the present black movement, and a recollection of the man himself by his widow Betty Shabazz. Cr...

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The Sound of Jazz - Documentary (1957) 0    0

The Sound of Jazz - Documentary (1957) Complete with the original commercials, here is the original December 8, 1957 broadcast of "The Sound of Jazz". Featuring Co...

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The Last Angel of History (1995) 0    0

The Last Angel of History by John Akomfrah (1995) deals with concepts of Afrofuturism as a metaphor for the displacement of black culture and roots. The film is a hybrid documentary and fictional nar...

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Louis Armstrong - Satchmo At His Best - Legends In Concert 0    0

Louis Armstrong, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive&quot...

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