Abolitionists and the road to Sumter remembered
A compact history of the abolitionist movement from David Walker to Frederick Douglass. The piece notes how widespread escape routes and abolitionist speakers reshaped the North South dynamic, with Garrison and Douglass shaping bold calls for freedom amid rising tensions ahead of Sumter.
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David Walker
Boston
North Carolina
Walker
Charles Lenox Remond
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Henry Highland Garnet
NBC bets on all Negro variety hour this fall
NBC plans a fall presentation of an all Negro musical hour aimed at a weekly series next year. Soul taped at NSC Burbank with Rawls Russell Fox Chambers Brothers Kirby and Watts writers workshop members. Producers Schlatter Friendly and Wolfe emphasize contemporary irreverent content like Laugh-Ins pace and social commentary.
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Hollywooge
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Ed’ Friendly
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