Black Omnibus : Season 1 Episode 7

Performers and performance for this show are centered on the theme of 'young, gifted, and black.' Odetta (Odetta Holmes), a folk singer and lyricist opens with a song entitled 'Keep On Movin' On'. A trio of young black musicians performs a jazz set under the name 'The Beatrice Wimby Russian Trio. This is followed by a vocal performance by a 12-year-old Jackie Wilson protégé, 'Little Dion' (Dion Overstreet), singing Stevie Wonder's hit song 'Very Superstitious'. Oddly, the next two performances do not seem to fit into the program's overall theme. The Spinners, from ...