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RJR COMMUNICATIONS and NEW MILLENNIUM
STUDIOS have joined forces to take viewers on a voyage through the
timeline of American History highlighting the epic journey of
African-Americans from Slave Ships to Space Ships.
From the pages of the critically
acclaimed American Legacy magazine, comes a television special that
will raise the bar of traditional programming for people of color.
Discover fascinating and provocative tales, accomplishments,
tragedies and the greatness behind some the most unique
African-Americans ever to strut the stage of American History.
Episodes will offer a new, informed perspective of people and events
that mainstream history has, up until now, avoided.
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Meet African-Americans who changed the
outcome of world wars, settled the west, fueled scientific
discoveries, helped map the globe and played an essential role in
shaping the destiny of mankind. AMERICAN LEGACY TELEVISION is
entertainment for anyone who suspects that many of life’s tales and
mysteries have yet to be fully explored and for anyone who believes
that what we’ve been told about history isn’t necessarily the “real
deal”.
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Introducing
the Fall 2003 American Legacy Television Special
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The
Alcan Highway: Builders
Of The Alaskan Highway In an amazingly short eight months
span, under the harshest weather conditions, 3,600
Black army troops persevered to accomplish an incredible
feat of engineering building the WWII critical defense
route known as "The Alcan Highway".
These unheralded men cleared 1,621 miles, of rugged, unmapped
wilderness stretching from British Columbia to Fairbanks,
Alaska. The First Independent
Black Political Party in the Americas |
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Valaida
Snow, Queen of the Trumpet:
A glamorous diva, she traveled throughout Europe performing
before royalty.
Tragically her rise to stardom was derailed when she became
ensnared by the
Nazis war machine during WWII.
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Introducing
the American Legacy Video Collection Vol. 1
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American Legacy Television will take you on a journey where you
will meet some of the most fascinating people ever to strut
the stage of American history. From the pages of the
critically acclaimed magazine American Legacy, this video
series explores a unique view of people and events that up
to now, mainstream history has managed to avoid. Come with
us; history will never be the same.
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