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Blair Underwood

Questlove

Gladys Knight

Stevie Wonder

Novella Nelson

Patti LaBelle

Harry Belafonte

Maya Angelou
Ellis Haizlip

Melissa Haizlip

Sam Pollard
Before Oprah...Before Arsenio...There was...

On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
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