- Title
- Blacks, Blues, Black! Episode 1 [excerpt 3]
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- Date
- 07 April 1968
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- ID Number
- BBB-3
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- Rights Holder
- NCPB/KQED
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- Description
- An excerpt from the start of Episode 1 of a 10-part TV series made by Dr. Maya Angelou for KQED in 1968 called Blacks, Blues, Black!, which examines the influence of African American culture on modern American society. As Dr. Angelou puts it: "What is Africa to me?" She goes onto state: "This is a question I asked myself and I asked black Americans. And I attempt in this series to answer it." This episode was written by Dr. Angelou and produced by Tony Batten. Note that the opening theme song is sung in the West African Yoruba language by Dr. Angelou. The translation was provided by Tomedes Global Services. We'd like to thank KQED, WNET and the Library of Congress for collaborating with the TV Archive in making this series available. WNET deposited 2-inch video masters of 'Blacks, Blues, Black!' with the Library of Congress. The Library's Recording Laboratory remastered these 2-inch tapes onto digital, QuickTime masters and copyright holder KQED agreed to let us stream the compressed screener footage in DIVA. The TV Archive provided funding and coordination for this project.
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- Subject Tags
- ["dr. maya angelou","black history","hokey pokey: jacks","slavery","yoruba"]
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Blacks, Blues, Black! Episode 1 [excerpt 3]
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