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>> it was very powerful. >> cicely tyson had jane pitman, she was in "roots" she was sort of the first black dramatic actress to be in hollywood and in the eyes of the white community and the black community. so, jane pitman was a big deal when it came out. >> part of me want today to go to his grave. >> the tv landscape changed when the miniseries first appeared t. comes on in the 70s. it is a fuller expression than you can get in a one or two hour tv movie "rich man, poor man" might have bye-b...

Allow flood in the 1960s america was changing, in the civil rights era. black people are demanding things. they are demanding not only civil rights but fair representation. and things were starting to change. they were starting to listen. 1963 for example, the great sissy tyson starred in "east side west side" was the first exam ample of a black woman in a show. >> when i was very young, still in baton rouge i saw tyson "east side west side" a show that took place in new york with her little afr...