Getting to Sesame Street
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The Children's Television Workshop
The show was developed under a non prophet called the children's television workshop. All they needed was an audience, and joan had to sell it. The goal was to reach black audiences at a time when black families were struggling for equality and education. No one knew if anyone would watch. So the creators were literally hidding the streets to spread the word.
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