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Dr King: Black Entertainment Television… is the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life! … Usher, Michael Jackson, is NOT a genre of music!… …And now I’d like to talk about SOUL PLANE! …I’ve seen what’s around the corner! I’ve seen what’s over the horizon and I promise you, you have nothing to celebrate! And no, I won’t get there with you- I’m going to Canada.
Huey Freeman: (narrating) That was the last time I saw Dr. King, but the story doesn’t end there. King’s speech was replayed the entire next day on the cable news channels. Then, something unexpected happened: people got angry.
Reporter: Nobody knows exactly what to attribute to the sharp decline in African American dropout rates…
Reporter 2: …every African American player in the NBA refusing to play until there is a full troop withdrawal from…
Reporter 3: …Billionaire Bob Johnson apologizing to Black America for the network he founded…
Reporter 4: …the White House and Congress are receiving an unprecedented amount of calls from irate African Americans…
Huey: (continuing)…and the revolution finally came.