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First episode date
  
24 February 2009

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Black to the Future is a 2009 television mini-series produced by VH1, that talks about history of events and trends about black people, for Black History Month. The show is hosted by David Alan Grier. The title is a reference to the 1985 hit film, Back to the Future.

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Recurring segments

  • Brothers with Badges: Ice-T talks about black actors that portrayed police officers in the given decade.
  • The Most Groovetastic Songs: Chilli lists three popular songs in the given decade.
  • Catchphrases of Color: Jesse Jackson re-lives popular phrases in the given decade.
  • Cosmic Girl: Sir Mix-a-Lot discusses girls he liked in the given decade.
  • Fashions of the Decade: Downtown Julie Brown show us fashion outfits in the given decade.
  • Whatta a Man: Salt and Pepa talk about guys they liked in the given decade.
  • Funniest Fellas: Loni Love lists funny celebrities in the given decade.
  • Soul Sisters: Fantasia Barrino shows us the best girl singers in the given decade.

    • Topics covered by decade

    Notice: Throughout the specials they discuss various movies and TV shows and spoil the endings of them.

    The 1970s

  • Good Times
  • The Jackson 5
  • Afro
  • Stevie Wonder
  • The Wiz
  • Sanford and Son
  • The White Shadow
  • Harlem Globetrotters
  • Soul Train
  • The Jeffersons
  • Shaft
  • Funk music
  • Roots
  • Barry White
  • What's Happening!!

    • The 1980s

  • Mr. T
  • Break dancing
  • Diff'rent Strokes
  • New Edition
  • Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign
  • 227
  • Michael Jackson
  • Rap
  • Mike Tyson
  • Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time"
  • Whitney Houston
  • The Color Purple
  • Lionel Richie
  • Hollywood Shuffle
  • Do the Right Thing

    • The 1990s

  • Martin
  • Waiting to Exhale
  • Michael Jordan
  • Hootie & the Blowfish
  • House Party
  • Low-alcohol beer
  • The Arsenio Hall Show
  • Family Matters
  • Million Man March
  • Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg
  • Boyz n the Hood
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Living Single
  • Tae Bo
  • Los Angeles riots of 1992
  • In Living Color

    • The 2000s

  • I Am Legend
  • Williams sisters
  • Nelly's "Hot in Herre"
  • Girlfriends
  • Chappelle's Show
  • Usher's "Yeah!"
  • Tyra Banks
  • Undercover Brother
  • Beyoncé
  • Barry Bonds
  • Ray
  • Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Barbershop
  • Kanye West
  • Barack Obama

    • References

    Black to the Future Wikipedia
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