Overview
Soul was where Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire got funky, where Toni Morrison read from her debut novel, where James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni discussed gender and power, and where Amiri Baraka and Stokely Carmichael enjoyed a sympathetic forum for their radical politics. Broadcast on public television between 1968 and 1973, Soul , helmed by pioneering producer and frequent host Ellis Haizlip, connected an array of black performers and public figures with a black viewing audience. In It's Been Beautiful, Gayle Wald tells the story of Soul , casting this influential but overlooked program as a bold and innovative use of television to represent and critically explore black identity, culture, and feeling during a transitional period in the black freedom struggle.
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- ISBN-13: 9780822358251
- ISBN-10: 0822358255
- Publisher: Duke University Press
- Publish Date: April 2015
- Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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