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Black History Month

FLASHBACK: 'Sounds of the City' Black Radio Soap Opera (1974) - Updated

Byron Lewis saved UniWorld with branded entertainment, developing the syndicated radio soap opera Sounds of the City for Quaker…

Roger Newcomb • July 20, 2015

WE LOVE SOAPS TV recently spent an afternoon with legendary actress Ellen Holly, who played Carla on ONE LIFE TO LIVE from 1968 t…

Kev • March 06, 2012

"People ask me, when I tell them all the problems I had on that show, and what I dealt with, 'Well why didn't you go…

Kev • March 02, 2012

Ellen Holly, daytime's groundbreaking first black leading lady, and Agnes Nixon, perhaps the greatest figure in the history o…

Kev • February 02, 2012

White market for black actors By Jacqueline Trescott Washington Post September 17, 1979 NEW YORK -- In the anonymity of his …

Roger Newcomb • February 23, 2010

Living a White Life -- for a While (Part Two) By Ellen Holly New York Times August 10, 1969 Read Part One here Finally, …

Roger Newcomb • February 12, 2010

Living a White Life -- for a While (Part One) By Ellen Holly New York Times August 10, 1969 In September of last year I wa…

Roger Newcomb • February 11, 2010

As part of our continuing celebration of Black History Month, here's a classic November 1982 episode of TONY BROWN'S JOURN…

Roger Newcomb • February 06, 2010

During the month of February, We Love Soaps will be celebrating Black History Month with special content highlighting top African…

Roger Newcomb • February 03, 2010