About TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
- Released on January 01, 2004
Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.
Full Cast of TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Muhammad Ali plays Self (archive footage)
Jonelle Allen plays Self
John Amos plays (archive footage)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson plays Self (archive footage)
Desi Arnaz plays (archive footage)
Obba Babatundé plays Self
Pearl Bailey plays Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball plays (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte plays Self (archive footage)
Patricia Belcher plays Self
Willie Best plays Self (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown plays Self (archive footage)
Cindy Birdsong plays Self (archive footage)
James Brown plays Self (archive footage)
Cab Calloway plays Self (archive footage)
Diahann Carroll plays (archive footage)
Ray Charles plays Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby plays Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr. plays Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee plays (archive footage)
Redd Foxx plays (archive footage)
Marvin Gaye plays Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg plays Self (archive footage)
Arsenio Hall plays Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne plays Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson plays Self (archive footage)
Crew of TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
- Muhammad Ali
- Jonelle Allen
- John Amos
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
- Desi Arnaz
- Obba Babatundé
- Pearl Bailey
- Lucille Ball
- Harry Belafonte
- Patricia Belcher
- Willie Best
- H. Rap Brown
- Cindy Birdsong
- James Brown
- Cab Calloway
- Diahann Carroll
- Ray Charles
- Bill Cosby
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Ruby Dee
- Redd Foxx
- Marvin Gaye
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Arsenio Hall
- Lena Horne
- Michael Jackson