Analyzes the evolution of television's earlier, unflattering portrayal of blacks from 1948 until 1988, when they are depicted as prosperous and as having achieved the American dream, a portrayal that is inconsistent with reality.
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Marlon Riggs
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Diahann Carroll
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Ruby Dee
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Norman Lear
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Sheldon Leonard
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Denise Nicholas
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Alvin F. Poussaint
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Daphne Reid
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Tim Reid
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Esther Rolle
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David L. Wolper
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Steven Bochco
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Hal Kanter
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Marlon Riggs
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