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‘Our People’ 1968 Interview: Diahann Carroll


‘Our People’ 1968 Interview: Diahann Carroll

Black women’s hair, particularly in the workplace, has been the subject of endless discussion in recent years — not to mention the subject of movies and documentaries.

In this recently rediscovered 1968 interview from the WTTW show “Our People,” actor Diahann Carroll tells a story that demonstrates it’s not exactly a new issue.

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READ: Rediscovered Interviews from WTTW Show ‘Our People’ Still Resonate, 50 Years Later


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If you happened to spot the waitress with a bunny tail who served Carroll her drink, you're as eagle-eyed as local architecture critic Lee Bey, who pointed it out as evidence that the long-lost interview was shot at the Lake Geneva Playboy Club. 


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