TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004 Video)
Full Cast & Crew
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Michiko Byers | ||
| Brandon Christopher | ||
| Ruth Adkins Robinson | ||
Cast
| Muhammad Ali | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jonelle Allen | ... | Self | |
| John Amos | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Desi Arnaz | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Obba Babatundé | ... | Self | |
| Pearl Bailey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lucille Ball | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Harry Belafonte | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Patricia Belcher | ... | Self | |
| Willie Best | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cindy Birdsong | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Yvette Lee Bowser | ... | Self |
| Todd Boyd | ... | Self | |
| Georg Stanford Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| H. Rap Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| James Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Roger Aaron Brown | ... | Self | |
| Wren T. Brown | ... | Self (as Wren Brown) | |
| Cab Calloway | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Virginia Capers | ... | Self | |
| Diahann Carroll | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Ray Charles | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Nat 'King' Cole | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Gary Coleman | ... | Arnold Jackson / Self (archive footage) | |
| Michael Constantine | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Bill Cosby | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Heshimu Cumbuka | ... | (archive footage) (as Heshimu) | |
| Billy Daniels | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tommy Davidson | ... | Self | |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ossie Davis | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Suzanne De Passe | ... | Self | |
| Ruby Dee | ... | (archive footage) | |
| James Edwards | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Stepin Fetchit | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Self | |
| Redd Foxx | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Joe Frazier | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Alan Gansberg | ... | Self |
| Marvin Gaye | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Marla Gibbs | ... | Self | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Cornelius Grant | ... | Self |
| Teresa Graves | ... | (archive footage) | |
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Anne Green | ... | Self |
| David Alan Grier | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Robert Guillaume | ... | Self | |
| Moses Gunn | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Jasmine Guy | ... | Self | |
| Arsenio Hall | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lloyd Haynes | ... | (archive footage) | |
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Winifred Hervey | ... | Self |
| Robert Hooks | ... | Self | |
| Lena Horne | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Warren Hutcherson | ... | Self |
| Jermaine Jackson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Marlon Jackson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Michael Jackson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tito Jackson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Belma Johnson | ... | Self | |
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Jill Jones | ... | Self |
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Eddie Kendricks | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| B.B. King | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Martin Luther King | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Eriq La Salle | ... | Self | |
| Martin Lawrence | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Sugar Ray Leonard | ... | Self | |
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Alec Lovejoy | ... | (archive footage) |
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The Marvelettes | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
| Michael McCary | ... | Self (as Mike McCary) | |
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Terri McCoy | ... | Self |
| Hattie McDaniel | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Mo'Nique | ... | Self | |
| Paul Mooney | ... | Self | |
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Tim Moore | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Mantan Moreland | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Nathan Morris | ... | Self (as Nate Morris) | |
| Tia Mowry | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tamera Mowry-Housley | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Tamera Mowry) | |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | (archive footage) | |
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Rome Neal | ... | Self |
| Denise Nicholas | ... | (archive footage) | |
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Brian O'Neal | ... | Self |
| Sidney Poitier | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Adam Clayton Powell Jr. | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Richard Pryor | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Daphne Reid | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tim Reid | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Reynaldo Rey | ... | Self | |
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Howard Rice | ... | (archive footage) |
| Paul Robeson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Smokey Robinson | ... | Self | |
| Esther Rolle | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Diana Ross | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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David Ruffin | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Patrice Rushen | ... | Self | |
| BernNadette Stanis | ... | (archive footage) | |
| The Temptations | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
| Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Robert Townsend | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Chris Tucker | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Glynn Turman | ... | Self | |
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Ike Turner | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Tina Turner | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cicely Tyson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Blair Underwood | ... | Self | |
| Karen Valentine | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Jimmie 'JJ' Walker | ... | (archive footage) (as Jimmie Walker) | |
| Fredi Washington | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Rolonda Watts | ... | Self | |
| Charles Malik Whitfield | ... | Self | |
| Clarence Williams III | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Gary Anthony Williams | ... | Self | |
| Spencer Williams | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Steven Williams | ... | Self | |
| Dorien Wilson | ... | Self | |
| Mary Wilson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Paul Winfield | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Produced by
| Obba Babatundé | ... | producer |
| Dante J. Pugliese | ... | executive producer |
| Ruth Adkins Robinson | ... | producer |
Editing by
| Michiko Byers | ||
Editorial Department
| Julie Antepli | ... | on-line editor |
Additional Crew
| Kelly Fisher | ... | production coordinator |
