Black People : The kind of People we Saw on Free Television as Children

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As children these are the people we were exposed to on television

Albert Einstein
Eljah Muhammed
James Brown
Frank Sinatra
Bruce Lee
Ghandi
Marian Anderson
Malcolm X
Elvis Presley
Leonard Bernstein
Picasso
Dr King
Odetta
Nina Simone
Duke Ellington
The Beatles
Jack Ruby
Joseph Bonnano
Mickey Mantle
Nat King Cole
James Baldwin
Hugh Masekela
the Jackson five
Marvin Gaye
Richard Pryor
Jomo Kenyatta
John Kennedy
Robert MacNamara
Kruschev
Peter Sellers
Mao Tse Tung
Bulldog Connor
Milton Burle
Paul Robeson
Jackie Gleason
Fidel Castro
Perry Como
Bob Hope
Mahalia Jackson
Huey P Newton
Bob Dylan
Alan Ginsberg
Ossie Davis
Maralyn Monroe
Olotunji
Abie Hoffman
Pete Seager
Jimmy Hoffa
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Pigmeat Markham
Errol Garner
Joe Louis
Charles Manson
Richard Burton
Woody Allen
Nehru
Howard Hughes
Ella Fitzgerald
Groucho Marx
Ralph Bunch
Lerone Bennet
Toshiro Mifune
Aretha Franklin
Sylvester Stewart
Marlon Brando
John Glen
Willie Mays
Chuck Berry
Oscar Brown Jr.
Bobo Brazil
Stan Getz
Jimi Hendrix
Pharoah Sanders
Judy Garland
Red Skelton
Imamu Barracka
Sarah Vaughn
Ho Chi Minh
Barry Goldwater
Bo Diddley
Wilt Chamberland
Eldridge Cleaver
Ray Charles
J Edgar Hoover
Lucille Ball
Jim Brown
the Delfonics
John Birch

and I look at tv HDTV and cable, and wonder how many of these folks will be remembered, in the next 2 years, let alone the next 20 months
 

As children these are the people we were exposed to on television

and I look at tv HDTV and cable, and wonder how many of these folks will be remembered, in the next 2 years, let alone the next 20 months

Wow, you've captured quite a legacy of entertainers, advocacy leaders, talented composers, TV personalities and on and on. It's sad but so true, each generation has grown comfortable with the freedoms and opportunities that each person has attributed to and hasn't made it a priority to keep the torch lit by passing this history to the next generation; maintaining sensitivity and honor to the builders of the foundation that we stand on.

In part, I believe many families leave the teaching and instruction to the schools and television, which is by far a long stretch. It doesn't help that each generation grows younger and younger, so a vast majority do not know the history that needs to be told. To me, it starts at home, in this way, we aren't dependant on a topsy turvey culture, with our children blowing in the wind with it.
 
Wow, you've captured quite a legacy of entertainers, advocacy leaders, talented composers, TV personalities and on and on. It's sad but so true, each generation has grown comfortable with the freedoms and opportunities that each person has attributed to and hasn't made it a priority to keep the torch lit by passing this history to the next generation; maintaining sensitivity and honor to the builders of the foundation that we stand on.

In part, I believe many families leave the teaching and instruction to the schools and television, which is by far a long stretch. It doesn't help that each generation grows younger and younger, so a vast majority do not know the history that needs to be told. To me, it starts at home, in this way, we aren't dependant on a topsy turvey culture, with our children blowing in the wind with it.
Peace and Blessings Sister;

Now if you want to go into education and stuff directly just for us kids;
1 Sister Charity Bailey with folks songs and muliticultural music.
once a week
2 Captain Kangaroo with little skits and things hat emphasized a non culturaly specific morality and ethical values,
on each day
3 Mr. Wizard that brought chemistry, phyiscs and electronics to the undersatding of grde school children,
on each week
4 Dr John Henrik Clarke's African history series, although geared for the college level, it came on before school time and came on during the series daily on PBS

Now for a period of over 12 years i have heard jHS, and HS students talk about nothing but fighting,

but if you notice the list Comedy and Comedians where important

And specificlay from our community;
Dick Gregory
Slappy White
Godfrey Cambridge
Stu Gilliam
Skoey Mitchell
Nipsey Rustle
Flip Wilson
Bill Cosby
Red Foxx
Moms Mabley
Wild man Steve
Rudy Ray Moore

and for us children there were shows like;
Officer Joe Bolton, that presented the 3 Stooges
Uncle Fred Scott, comedic cartoons WB, Heckel and Jeckyl
Soup Sales ( wel we know the stories)
Sandy Becker; comedy skits
Chuck McCann; comedy skits
Abbot and Costello
Dennis the Menace
Buddy Hackett
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
the Flintstones
Tom and Jerry
and even though the Little Rascals had some very derogatory images
the Black youth in those shows were seen as the ones with wisdom


now today the children do not have comedy on television or music,
even the cartoons only come on at night, and mostly are sick jokes for adults, and the ones that come on at day are pseudo violence from japan with little kids casting spells and making deals with demons and monsters

so as children and then as teens, yes folks had a fight now and then but just violence for violence sake or fighting for fighting sake was concidered retarded

and we related to each other via comedy, and slapstick
 
Peace and Blessings Sister;

Now if you want to go into education and suff directly just for us kids;
1 Sister Charity Bailey with folks songs and muliticultural music.
once a week
2 Captain Kangaroo with little skits and things hat emphasized a non culturaly specific morality and ethical values,
on each day
3 Mr. Wizard that brought chemistry, phyiscs and electronics to the undersatding of grde school children,
on each week
4 Dr John Henrik Clarke's African history series, although geared for the college level, it came on before school time and came on during the series daily on PBS

Now for a period of over 12 years i hae heard jHS, and HS students talk about nothing but fighting,

but if you notice the list Comedy and Comedians where important

And specificlay from our community;
Dick Gregory
Slappy White
Godfrey Cambridge
Stu Gilliam
Skoey Mitchell
Nipsey Rustle
Flip Wilson
Bill Cosby
Red Foxx
Moms Mabley
Wild man Steve
Rudy Ray Moore

and for us children there were shows like;
Officer Joe Bolton, that presented the 3 Stooges
Uncle Fred Scott, comedic cartoons WB, Heckel and Jeckyl
Soup Sales ( wel we know the stories)
Sandy Becker; comedy skits
Chuck McCann; comedy skits
Abbot and Costello
Dennis the Menace
Buddy Hackett
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
the Flintstones
Tom and Jerry
and even though the Little Rascals had some very derogatory images
the Black youth in those shows were seen as the ones with wisdom


now today the children do not have comedy on television or music,
even the cartoons only come on at night, and mostly are sick jokes for adults, and the ones that come on at day are pseudo violence from japan with little kids casting spells and making deals with demons and monsters

so as children and then as teens, yes folks had a fight now and then but just violence for violence sake or fighting for fighting sake was concidered retarded

and we related to each other via comedy, and slapstick

Peace to you!

Yes, very 3 dimensional here and your points on that aspect are true indeed.
 

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