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When The Sisters Came Marching Home
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only African-American WAC unit to serve overseas in WWII. This unit was responsible for redirecting the mail to the GI's on the battlefield, a Sis...
Episode 601, Aired in 1983
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George Kirby Presents King Heroin
In a dramatic performance, the Funny-man and impressionist lays it on the line about the dangers of drugs and his life in prison for drug abuse. The man of many faces and matchless talent performs “Ki...
Episode 603, Aired in 1983
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Americas Black Eagles Pt1
Can Blacks fly airplanes and fight? The answer to this odious question would come from the creation of the only all-Black air force ever established by the U.S. military. It soon came to be known as t...
Episode 605, Aired in 1983
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Americas Black Eagles Pt2
Criticism of the 99th's overseas combat record was instantaneous and virulent. After only a few months in combat, the Commander of the 12th Air Support Command assailed the performance of the Black pi...
Episode 606, Aired in 1983
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Americas Black Eagles Pt3
JIM CROW’S GRAVEYARD: Shooting down German airplanes, rather than effectively carrying out the assigned duties of close ground support and bomber escort, emerged as the criterion for the judgment of ...
Episode 607, Aired in 1983
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Americas Black Eagles Pt4
"With the ""Tuskegee Experiment"" a proven success, and used as a basis to demonstrate that Blacks could perform well in combat and leadership roles, President Harry Truman, in 1948, signed the execut...
Episode 608, Aired in 1983
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Ben and Bert
Episode 612, Aired in 1983
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A Tribute to Eubie Blake
Episode 614, Aired in 1983
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Black Burnt Cork
"As part of the film industry's early beginnings, the Black image was either portrayed in a clown-like manner by Whites smeared with burnt cork or acted out by Black actors who were forced to play dem...
Episode 617, Aired in 1983
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Is The Atlanta Killer In Jail?
Episode 621, Aired in 1983
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