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Talib Kweli Speaks on Artistic Integrity With Tavis Smiley (Video)
Brooklyn’s own Talib Kweli sits down with Tavis Smiley on his PBS television show to discuss his latest LP “Prisoner of Conscious,” his artistic approach (and how it has changed), and more. In the...
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PBS: Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train A Comin’ (Documentary Preview)
PBS’ preview for its Jimi Hendrix documentary featuring archival performance footage and interviews with Hendrix and musicians on his showmanship. The film will be from PBS’ American Masters series....
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The Difference Between The Haves And The Have-Nots? Cal-Berkley Study Says…...
See? This is why money cannot buy happiness… because those who have money never feel they have enough OF ANYTHING. Astonishing clip above. PBS coverage of a research study that concludes that folks in...
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PBS: See The Largest Racist Memorabilia Collection In The United States (Video)
Racist images in the Jim Crow era were used as propaganda to send messages that demeaned African Americans and legitimized violence against them. A visit to the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State...
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PBS: ‘Blank on Blank’ Presents Tupac On Life And Death (Video)
“I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play.” - Tupac Shakur Interviewed by Benjamin Svetkey in March 1994, the recording of Tupac’s candid comments was put to good use here; bringing life to the...
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PBS: ‘Blank on Blank’ Presents Wilt Chamberlain Sharing Some Tall Tales And...
“Today when you see someone close to my size… you think ‘dollar signs’…And they don’t think ‘circus freak’…” - Wilt Chamberlain Y’all know the stories about basketball legend and ladies’ man Wilt...
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PBS’ Blank On Blank: Interview With Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (Video)
Okay, so we’re hooked on PBS’ Blank on Blank series. Great animation built up around a 1964 radio interview with legendary jazz trumpeter/vocalist Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. Interviewed by Michael...
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James Brown Knew How The World Worked (Video)
Another great PBS ‘Blank on Blank’ episode. This one features animation of an interview with the ‘hardest working man in show business’… the late great Soul Brother #1, James Brown! An artist known to...
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Barry White Speaking On What He Knows Best: Making Love (Video)
Not sure if you remember where you were when The Maestro, Barry White, passed from this realm… but if you love good ‘love’ music, you gotta miss his music! “When a man’s making love, the last thing he...
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Blank On Blank: Ray Charles Speaking On Singing True (Video)
Interview by Joe Smith captured some gems in interviewing the late great Ray Charles during the writing of “Off the Record” (June 3, 1987). “If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or...
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Sesame Street: Janelle Monae –“Power of Yet” (Video)
You just didn’t get it…yet… – Janelle Monae, On The “Power of Yet” Don’t you just love Janelle? If not, too bad. We do. And apparently the kids do. PBS and Sesame Street certainly had to love the work...
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Blank On Blank: Michael Jackson Speaking On Godliness (Video)
“My singing… I’ll just say it simple as possible: it’s just godly.” – Michael Jackson The legend of Michael Jackson lives, in all facets, through things like this interview; animated for and presented...
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Nas Explores His Ancestry On ‘Finding Your Roots’ (Video)
They paid $830 for my Great, Great, Great Grandma? I got more than that in my pocket right now… What can humble the G.O.D.M.C. Nassir? Knowing what his people went through… and by people we mean...
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Blank On Blank: Robin Williams’ 1991 Playboy Interview (Video)
“Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh. To make us realize we still are part animal…. So you don’t take yourself seriously and destroy the species.” – Robin Williams in 1991, as told...
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Blank On Blank: John Coltrane 1966 Interview (Video)
“I want to be the force which is truly for good.” – John Coltrane in 1966, as told Frank Kofsky Realness. Straight from November 1966. Frank Kofsky spending a day with the great jazz saxophonist John...
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Bryant Gumbel Speaks On His Son Being Victimized By ‘Blue on Black’ Crime...
For as far back as I can remember, I have stood on the ‘Blackness’ of Bryant Gumbel. Time was, back in the day (on NBC), folks thought he was a sellout or out of touch with his community (calling him...
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Grammy Winner D’Angelo Talks With Tavis Smiley About “Black Messiah” And More...
Come to think of it: Was there ‘Neo-Soul’ music before D’Angelo? Not much, if any. He was a founding father of the genre, so to speak. From the son of a Baptist preacher, heavily influenced by church...
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Documentary)
Found it! Right where it was supposed to be, at the PBS website. Guess other sources jumped the gun on putting it up and their videos got pulled down (delaying our sharing it with you here until now)....
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Finding Your Roots: LL Cool J & Puffy Explore Their Ancestry (Video)
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, as host of the long-running PBS series, “Finding Your Roots,” takes guests LL Cool J (aka James Todd Smith) and Puffy (aka Sean Combs) on a journey of exploration… of their...
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Eyes on the Prize Parts 1 & 2 (Documentary Series)
Not to say that any print, audio, or audio-visual work is the end-all of what Black History Month should be… But if you have not watched the PBS American Experience documentary “Eyes On The Prize,”...
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