Firing Line with William F. Buckley, Jr.
“Is America Hospitable to the Negro?” Guest: Jesse Jackson (Ep. S0019, recorded on 10/2/1971) In her work on William F. Buckley and his long-running public affairs show Firing Line (1966-1970 syndicated, 1971-1999 PBS), Heather Hendershot argues that the show’s one-hour debate structure made it one of the few places on U.S. television in which Black …