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S1 E6: Bill Withers; Mae Jackson

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.

Feb 15

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2020

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Season 1

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

58 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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S1 E21: In a New Way

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

The Spinners; The Jimmy Castor Bunch.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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."

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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 Santamaria.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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).

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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 form her latest book, "Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off."

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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."

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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 Bufghardt; performances by drummer Max Roach and his jazz ensemble; the J. C. White Singers.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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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).

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream

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S1 E1: Muhammad Ali

On Demand • Original Air Date: Sep 12, 1968

Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is interviewed.

59 Min

TV-PG

Available with Freestream