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Eugene Callender
1926–2013
United States
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Dr Eugene S. Callender (January 21, 1926 – November 2, 2013) was an American pastor and activist in the civil rights movement. In 1970, he began co-hosting, with Joan Harris, the series Positively Black, the first major Black show on NBC, featuring Black artists, writers, actors, musicians, sports figures and activists, as well as news about life and culture in the community.
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