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S1 E1: Muhammad Ali

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is interviewed.

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S1 E24: To the People, Thank You

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Soul! Staff, Ellis Haizlip, Al Brown, Anna Horsford, Sherri Santifer, Loretta Greene and Leslie Demus read poetry and letters from viewers throughout the country.

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S1 E23: If You Don't Know Me By Now

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Guests include popular singing group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, singer Esther Marrow, and Ida Lewis, editor of Encore magazine.

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S1 E22: Wherever We May Be

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Stokely Carmichael, the revolutionary leader who created and promulgated the now historic cry of Black Power, talks of his current plans that will bring Blacks together.

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S1 E21: In a New Way

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

The Spinners; The Jimmy Castor Bunch.

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S1 E20: Elements

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Guests include Tony Award-winning singer Linda Hopkins and the musical group Earth, Wind & Fire.

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S1 E19: Black Fire

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Exuma; Taj Mahal; actress Cicely Tyson, star of the motion picture, "Sounder."

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S1 E18: Shades of Soul!; Part 2

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Female singing trio LaBelle; conga drum/bongo musician Mongo Santamaría.

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S1 E17: Shades of Soul!: Part 1

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Felipe Luciano hosts this showcase of Latin music on Soul!; musicians Tito Puente and Willie Colon are accompanied by their musical groups.

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S1 E16: Nick Ashford; Valerie Simpson

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

The songwriting/performing duo Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

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S1 E15: Ruby Dee; Ossie Davis

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, aided by the music of composer-saxophonist Lucky Thompson, give dramatic readings of the poetry of a writer named Robert Cornell Kaufman.

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S1 E14: Harry Belafonte; Novella Nelson; Sidney Poitier

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte discuss their new film, "Buck and the Preacher"; Novella Nelson.

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S1 E13: Chester Himes; The Dells

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Author Chester Himes is welcomed back from self-exile in Europe; actor Al Freeman Jr. reads from Himes' autobiography; The Dells.

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S1 E12: Merry Clayton; Rev. Jesse Jackson

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Merry Clayton; the Reverend Jesse Jackson talks with host Ellis Haizlip about his newly formed organization, People United to Save Humanity (PUSH).

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S1 E11: Al Green

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Al Green sings "Let's Stay Together"; author Verta Mae Grosvenor reads from her latest book, "Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off."

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S1 E10: Gladys Knight and the Pips

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

One of the great Motown acts of the past several years headlines, performing the hit, "I Heard It through the Grapevine," and other selections.

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S1 E9: Lee Morgan; Horace Silver; Bobbi Humphrey

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Jazz lineup features pianist Horace Silver at the electric keyboard, Lee Morgan on trumpet and 22-year-old Bobbi Humphrey playing the flute; vocalists Andy and Salome Bey.

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S1 E8: Jerry Butler

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Singer Jerry Butler headlines with his back-up group, Peaches; highlights of their numbers are "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "Brand New Me."

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S1 E7: Miriam Makeba; Muhammad Ali

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali; South African born singer Miriam Makeba; the Delfonics; guest-host Nikki Giovanni opens with her Kidnap Poem.

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S1 E6: Bill Withers; Mae Jackson

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Featured guest Bill Withers sings hit single, "Ain't No Sunshine" and other selections from his album, "Just As I Am"; young poetess Mae Jackson reads from her own works.

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S1 E5: James Baldwin: Part 2

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

The second installment in a special, two-part program featuring James Baldwin.

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S1 E4: James Baldwin: Part 1

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Author James Baldwin is interviewed by the young Black poetess Nikki Giovanni; taped in London.

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S1 E3: Frederick Douglass

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Passages from Frederick Douglass' greatest orations, dramatized by Arthur Burghardt; performances by drummer Max Roach and his jazz ensemble; the J. C. White Singers.

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S1 E2: Mandrill; LaBelle

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Mrs. Georgia Jackson, mother of slain Soledad Brother George Jackson, is interviewed by producer Ellis Haizlip; Latin-jazz sounds of seven man combo, Mandrill; LaBelle (Formerly Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells).

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S1 E1: Muhammad Ali

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is interviewed.

59m

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TV-PG

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