Season 5 - 1972

Guests include: Muhammad Ali, Miriam Makeba, Nikki Giovanni, Jerry Butler, Horace Silver, Bobbi Humphrey, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Al Green, Vertamae Grosvenor, Merry Clayton, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Dells, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Gerry Bledsoe, Amiri Baraka, Tito Puente, Willie Colon, Ron O'Neal, Carmen McRae, Cicely Tyson, Stevie Wonder, and others.

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Episode 11972-01-05

January 5, 1972

Guests: Muhammad Ali, singer Miriam Makeba, and vocal group the Delfonics Host: Nikki Giovanni

Episode 21972-01-12

January 12, 1972

Guests: Jerry Butler, Peaches, Anna Horsford, and dentist Dr. Stanley Nelson

Episode 31972-01-19

January 19, 1972

Guests: Lynn Brown (wife of Black activist H. Rap Brown); gospel group the Shirley Caesar Singers, and musical group The Main Ingredient Host: Ellis Haizlip

Episode 41972-01-26

January 26, 1972: "The Blue Note Show"

Guests: Keyboardist Horace Silver with vocalists Andy and Salome Bey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, flutist Bobbi Humphrey Host: Ellis Haizlip

Episode 51972-02-02

February 2, 1972

Guests: Actor/singer Ronnie Dyson, singer Cissy Houston and poets China Clark and Quincy Troupe

Episode 61972-02-09

February 9, 1972

Guests: Gladys Knight and the Pips, and poets Carolyn Rodgers and Norman Jordan

Episode 71972-11-16

February 16, 1972

Guests: Singer Al Green, author Vertamae Grosvenor, the Isaac Douglas Singers, writer Alice Childress, and poet Camille Yarbrough

Episode 141972-10-04

October 4, 1972

Guests: Jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk & the Vibration Society Host: Ellis Haizlip

Episode 2550 min1972-12-20

December 20, 1972: "Wonderlove"

Guests: Stevie Wonder and Wonderlove Setlist... 01. For Once In My Life 02. If You Really Love Me 03. Superwoman 04. You And I 05. Interview 06. What's Going On/My Cherie Amour 07. Blowing In The Wind 08. With A Chid's Heart 09. Love Having You Around 10. Signed Sealed Delivered/Papa Was A Rolling Stone 11. Superstition 12. Maybe Your Baby/Superstition Outro 13. Uptight Everything's Alright

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