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Episode Description This 4-episode series examines anti-communism/McCarthyism blacklisting's impact on the careers of women who likely would have changed the look, depth, and sound of TV. Cynthia and author/scholar, Dr. Charlene Regester of the University of North Carolina, have a frank conversation about how racism, stereotyped roles, and Jim Crow laws delayed TV's depiction of African American life by more than a decade. This adds to the story of a previous podcast episode about TV's Single Women and how even in the 1980s, a TV series cast a black woman as a household domestic. Episode Players Cynthia Bemis Abrams Carol Stabile Charlene Regester   Resources Mentioned Charlene Regester (2010) African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility 1900-1960 North Carolina PBS featuring Dr. Charlene Regester discussing her book PBS North Carolina Carol Stabile (2018) The Broadcast 41: Women and the Anti-Communist Blacklist James Gavin (2010) Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne Advanced TV Herstory