The Rise and Fall of Blacks in Serious Television.

Hobson, Sheila Smith

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Publication Date: 1974

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The Rise and Fall of Blacks in Serious Television

Hobson, Sheila Smith

Freedomways, 14, 3, 185-199, 74

Argues that while we have seen revolutionary black television shows rise out of the despair and disillusion of the early sixties and consequently seen them fall with the despair and disillusion of the late sixties, we cannot capitulate: the control of black media--television specifically--is essential to our cause. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Broadcast Television, Business Responsibility, Commercial Television, Educational Television, Federal Government, Government Role, Journalism, Public Policy

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