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Establishes the influence of the Black Power movement on black television of the 1960s and 1970s. This book offers a complex reading of this period in television history, illustrating how black actors operated within the constraints of the television industry to resist and ultimately shape the mass media's portrayal of African American life.

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"It's fucking great that someone recognizes and appreciates what we were doing during this important period in television history. Christine Acham gets it and spells it out. Got it?" - Richard Pryor "This work is vitally important to understanding how the Black Power and Arts Movements, the Chitlin' Circuit and television history converged in the 1970s with mixed results." - Black Issues Book Review"

Revolution Televised Prime Time and the Struggle

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 15/10/2005
      ISBN13: 9780816644322, 978-0816644322
      ISBN10: 0816644322

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Establishes the influence of the Black Power movement on black television of the 1960s and 1970s. This book offers a complex reading of this period in television history, illustrating how black actors operated within the constraints of the television industry to resist and ultimately shape the mass media's portrayal of African American life.

      Trade Review
      "It's fucking great that someone recognizes and appreciates what we were doing during this important period in television history. Christine Acham gets it and spells it out. Got it?" - Richard Pryor "This work is vitally important to understanding how the Black Power and Arts Movements, the Chitlin' Circuit and television history converged in the 1970s with mixed results." - Black Issues Book Review"

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