...& Beautiful

Overview

Hosted by comedian Redd Foxx, …& Beautiful was the first syndicated television special produced for African American audiences to be sponsored by a Black-owned company (Johnson Products, makers of Afro Sheen). Dynamically stylized with Afrocentric and psychedelic designs and costuming, the vibrant production represents an invaluable late-’60s audiovisual time capsule documenting the joy, liberation and empowerment of the Black Is Beautiful movement.

Cast

Redd Foxx

Della Reese

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilson Pickett

Jerry Butler

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The Blossoms

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Letta Mbulu

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The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

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"Little" Dion Overstreet

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Donald McKayle Dancers