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Black omnibus.

Call Number

  • DVD 973.0496 B6277 (CEN)

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Performers

Hosted by James Earl Jones ; featuring live performances and interviews with Jim Brown, New Birth, Eubie Blake, The Sylvers, Lou Rawls, Odetta, The Bar-Kays, Paul Mooney, The Spinners, Slappy White, Rufus Thomas, Richard Pryor, Alex Haley, Cicely Tyson, Taj Mahal, and others.

Publication Information

Sherman Oaks, CA : S'more Entertainment, [2015]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (605 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated; suitable for all audiences.

Summary

Recorded in 1973, Black Omnibus features live performances and conversations with the day's most prominent African American athletes, entertainers, and cultural figures.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast as individual episodes in 1973.

Contents

  • Disc one. Episode 1: Jim Brown, Rev. James Cleveland, Arnold Dover, Paula Kelly, Ray May, The New Birth, Maxine Weldon ; Episode 2: Hank Crawford, The Friends of Distinction, Cleavon Little, Letta Mbulu, Richard and Willie ; Episode 3: Franklin Ajaye, Papa John Creach, Hannah Dean, Ron O'Neal, Esther Phillips, Hugh A. Robertson, Alan Weeks
  • Disc two. Episode 4: Shadrack, Eubie Blake, The Sylvers, Goldfinger and Dove, Carmen McRae ; Episode 5: Lou Rawls, Paula Kelly, Althea Gibson, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Luther Ingram, Beah Richards, Oscar Brown Jr., Jean Pace ; Episode 6: The Bar-Kays, Sondra "Blinky" Williams, The Crusaders, Jim McMillian, Gene Washington, Paul Mooney
  • Disc three. Episode 7: Odetta, Little Dion, The Spinners, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Dr. William Grier ; Episode 8: La Verne Williams, Slappy White, Scoey Mitchell, Caribbean Allstars Steel Band, Freddie Hubbard ; Episode 9: Rufus Thomas, Richard Pryor, Caroline Blakely, Jimmy Smith, Bernie Casey ; Disc four. Episode 10: Willie Bobo, Alex Haley, Michell Simmons, Oscar Brown, Jr., Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Quasi Badu, Elvin Jones ; Episode 11: The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Dr. Don Shirley, The Voices of Deliverance, Cicely Tyson ; Episode 12: Ahmad Jamal, Abbey Lincoln, Jimmy Witherspoon, Taj Mahal ; Episode 13: Gloria Lynne, Charles White, Stu Gilliam, Esther Phillips, Ahmad Jamal, Ray Scott.

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