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Smokey Robinson speaking with Gwen Ifill.

An Evening With Smokey Robinson

Season 1 Episode 23
56:05
An Evening With Valerie Simpson In Honor of Nick Ashford

An Evening With Valerie Simpson, In Honor of Nick Ashford

Season 1 Episode 24
56:21
Deborah Roberts interviews Debra Lee.

An Evening With Debra Lee

Season 1 Episode 25
57:00
Dionne Warwick speaks as two other speakers sit in chairs.

An Evening With Gwen Ifill

Season 1 Episode 26
57:12
Diahann Carroll and Gwen Ifill sit in armchairs.

An Evening With Diahann Carroll

Season 1 Episode 27
56:12
An Evening With Dionne Warwick

An Evening With Dionne Warwick

Season 1 Episode 28
57:00
Eartha Kitt being interviewed by Gwen Ifill.

An Evening With Eartha Kitt

Season 1 Episode 29
56:22
Earl Graves and Julian Bond during an interview.

An Evening With Earl Graves

Season 1 Episode 30
56:41
Richard Parsons being interviewed by Soledad O'Brien.

An Evening With Richard Parsons

Season 1 Episode 31
56:23
Gwen Ifill and Sheila Johnson do an interview on stage.

An Evening With Sheila Johnson

Season 1 Episode 32
56:13
Ursula Burns, Gwen Ifill, and multiple others pose for a group photo.

An Evening With Ursula Burns

Season 1 Episode 33
56:38
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan & McDonald’s President and Chief Operating Officer Don Thompson pose with John Rogers.

A Night With John Rogers

Season 1 Episode 34
56:19
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An Evening With Berry Gordy

Season 1 Episode 22

While working on an assembly line at Ford Motor Company, Berry Gordy borrowed $800 from his father to form Motown Records. In 1960, Motown released the song “Shop Around” written by Gordy’s longtime friend Smokey Robinson. The song sold more than a million copies and helped to launch the most influential era in the history of popular music.
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