Blacks Televised: Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant ft. Roxie Roker

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Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant Program

Q&A with Charles Hobson moderated by Devorah Heitner, author of Black Power TV. Heitner and Hobson will participate in a book signing directly following in the Frieda & Roy Furman Gallery.A selection of episodes, presented by producer Charles Hobson, of what is considered the first African...

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Produced by Charles Hobson and aired on WNEW (better known as Channel 5), this weekly show was originally conceived by Robert F. Kennedy’s organization and community boosters to counter images of black neighborhoods as presented in the mainstream news. It is considered the first African American–produced television series in the USA. Hosted by Roxie Roker and Jim Lowry, the program reflected the home of 400,000 people as it transitioned into a new era, featuring open and unscripted dialogues with residents, guest celebrities, and, most notably, a powerful public forum with Harry Belafonte.​

Anomaly TV: Inside Bed-Stuy

The only reason people can now see Inside Bed-Stuy, New York Citys first African American community television program and one of the only remaining visual resources documenting Bedford Stuyvesant in the late 1960s, is because of a manager who worked for 25 years at the WNEW/ Channel 5...

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Inside Bed-Stuy set a precedent for more nationally influential shows like WABC’s Like It Is and PBS’s Black Journal. Even though its time slot was either very early in the morning or very late at night, the program was well respected, found an audience, and gave exposure to people and issues in the community. Even though it contained radical discourse, Hobson does not recall any complaints from advertisers, audience or government of the kind that some viewers later had regarding Like It Is. The show revived some careers, like Eubie Blake’s, the great ragtime pianist, and launched others, like Roxie Roker’s, one of the hosts of the show, who went on to be Helen Wills on the sitcom The Jeffersons.

Regeneration: BLACK CINEMA 1898 - 1971 exhibit opens

A new exhibit in LA explores the complicated history of Black Cinema August 21, 2022 The Academy Museum in Los Angeles is celebrating key moments in Black cinema, from the 1890s until 1971. Its new exhibition, "Regeneration," includes a clip of Hattie McDaniel, the first...

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