Radio commercials targeting the African American consumer that aired in 1985. Advertisers are Tagman (service industries), Luster Products (hairdressing), Zayre Corporation (chain stores; featuring Isabel Sanford, Arista Records (sound recordings; featuring Whitney Houston), Essence Communications (television programs), Houston Black Business Directory (business enterprises), K Mart (chain stores), Profile Records (sound recordings; featuring Run DMC), Lee Company (clothing and dress), Alberto Culver Company (hairdressing), Illinois Bell Telephone (telephone companies), WMAQ-TV (television programs), Armour-Dial (soap trade; featuring Aretha Franklin), Ford Motor Company (automobiles), American Telephone and Telegraph Company (telephone companies; featuring Howard Rollins), Manhattan Records (sound recordings), Greyhound Corporation (bus lines), Hair 'N Care Beauty Salon (hairdressing), Clairol (hairdressing), A&M Records (prize contests), Sherjam Productions (concerts), and RCA Records (sound recordings). Some of these entries did not receive awards.
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Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.