'Angel Street' & the bedevilment of blacks on the tube

Prime-time television shows have not been effective in building a positive image of Blacks in the US despite the large number of black performers, directors and managers. Only a handful of shows have exerted an effort to present an image of Blacks different from the singers, dancers and servant roles that are most often given to Blacks. Notable among these shows are 'Frank's Place' and 'Equal Justice' for their realistic depiction of Blacks from the Black perspective. Television programmers should reorient their policies given the growing importance of Blacks as consumers.