198:
39:. Waters was the first black performer, male or female, to have her own TV show and may very well have been the first black person to appear on television.
269:
159:
144:
235:
274:
264:
254:
228:
43:
221:
209:
125:
59:
8:
259:
106:
113:
25:
183:
95:
68:
64:
54:
197:
53:
The special included Waters performing a dramatic sequence from her most recent
205:
248:
47:
36:
28:
76:
177:
72:
32:
162:
Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time
35:, on June 14, 1939, and was hosted by actress and singer
109:
Primetime Blues: African
Americans on Network Television
204:This article related to an American TV movie is a
246:
63:, along with two actresses from the production,
229:
236:
222:
31:special that ran in the earliest days of
247:
42:The special was transmitted from the
192:
13:
270:1930s American television specials
14:
286:
171:
196:
126:"First Black Seen on Television"
275:American television film stubs
153:
138:
118:
100:
89:
1:
82:
208:. You can help Knowledge by
147:Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather
7:
160:Robertson, Patrick (2011).
10:
291:
191:
71:. The cast also included
265:1939 television specials
145:Bourne, Stephen (2007).
24:was a one-hour American
255:1939 television films
179:The Ethel Waters Show
96:The Ethel Waters Show
21:The Ethel Waters Show
79:, performing skits.
16:1939 television film
114:The New York Times
217:
216:
60:Mamba's Daughters
46:in New York over
282:
238:
231:
224:
200:
193:
165:
157:
151:
142:
136:
135:
133:
132:
122:
116:
104:
98:
93:
69:Fredi Washington
65:Georgette Harvey
290:
289:
285:
284:
283:
281:
280:
279:
245:
244:
243:
242:
189:
174:
169:
168:
158:
154:
143:
139:
130:
128:
124:
123:
119:
107:Bogle, Donald.
105:
101:
94:
90:
85:
17:
12:
11:
5:
288:
278:
277:
272:
267:
262:
257:
241:
240:
233:
226:
218:
215:
214:
201:
187:
186:
173:
172:External links
170:
167:
166:
152:
137:
117:
99:
87:
86:
84:
81:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
287:
276:
273:
271:
268:
266:
263:
261:
258:
256:
253:
252:
250:
239:
234:
232:
227:
225:
220:
219:
213:
211:
207:
202:
199:
195:
194:
190:
185:
181:
180:
176:
175:
164:
163:
156:
150:
148:
141:
127:
121:
115:
112:
110:
103:
97:
92:
88:
80:
78:
74:
70:
66:
62:
61:
56:
51:
49:
45:
40:
38:
34:
30:
27:
23:
22:
210:expanding it
203:
188:
178:
161:
155:
146:
140:
129:. Retrieved
120:
108:
102:
91:
58:
52:
41:
37:Ethel Waters
20:
19:
18:
111:excerpt via
77:Philip Loeb
44:NBC Studios
260:1939 films
249:Categories
131:2018-02-17
83:References
26:television
73:Joey Faye
55:Broadway
29:variety
57:play
48:W2XBS
206:stub
184:IMDb
75:and
67:and
182:at
33:NBC
251::
149:.
50:.
237:e
230:t
223:v
212:.
134:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
