smoky robinson
1968
in 1969
Levi Jackson was the first African-American football captain at Yale University, and the first African-American executive at Ford Motor Company.
Black students from Philadelphia high schools and junior high schools danced on Bandstand starting in 1952 when Bob Horn was the host and continued as the show became American Bandstand with Dick Clark. Their teachers asked for volunteers and those who were selected went together as a group.
Soul Train was created in 1970 as an alternative to the pop revue 'American Bandstand'. Don Cornelius used $400.00 of his own money to get Soul Train up and running. It was the platform that first featured R&B, Soul, Hip Hop and Funk stars.
1929
William Harvey Carney was the first African American to perform an action for which a Medal of Honor was awarded, but Robert Blake was the first African American to actually receive the Medal.
American Bandstand
Being part of the musical act- with some obvious choreography and costumes and other (TV friendly) touches, the Jackson Five probably first appeared on TV on the American Bandstand- not Sullivan.
American Bandstand
american bandstand
Motown in Gary,Indiana
There isn't anything called "American All Stand". We had "American Bandstand", which first aired September 1952.
March 1983
American Bandstand was Dick ClarkDance Party was Wink Martindale.
Bert Williams was one of the first African American to perform in theatre with Florenz Ziegfeld
1987 on the Bad tour
That would be American Bandstand with Dick Clark.
Levi Jackson was the first African-American football captain at Yale University, and the first African-American executive at Ford Motor Company.