Ancient fires: still lighting the way.
Part one: to capture the flickering image.
A versatile film pioneer.
A shining image of black womanhood.
Stellar achievers behind the scenes.
Part two: the roots of american music.
Black minstrelsy: a tainted lagacy.
The prodigious mr. Waller.
Scat: the wordless lyrics of jazz singing.
Going downtown to "the street".
The black pedigree of white rock 'n' roll.
Black songwriters: poets of musical note.
Producers of the popular sounds.
Part three: with pen in hand.
A tradition of crusading newspapers.
A tireless voice for change.
Bridging art and politics.
A playwright and his century.
A nobel laureate in literature.
Continuing the oral tradition.
Part four: the visual arts: bounty from gifted hands.
Master of the landscape genre.
The pioneering Goodridge brothers.
Marvels of the untrained eye.
Creative chronicler of harlem life.
The enduring vision of Jacob Lawrence.
Art in the service of her people.
Robert Blackburn's labor of love.
A showcase for black artists.
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