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Black Broadway, A Proud History, A Limitless Future offers you a look back at classic songs from a wealth of beloved Broadway shows sung by these extraordinary performers.

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... a-hangin' on his door.

I've got the low-down, got the lowest of the low-down blues this very evening.

Oh it feels, feels like my crown is sinkin' right on through through my shoes.

My family didn't have cable coming up, but we did have PBS.

I was watching it until I was in high school.

I saw all the shows and PBS does a really good job of welcoming a whole bunch of people in with wholesome content.

♪ Oh, gods, oh, gods Please, be there Don't you remember your little Norm Lewis in the tree?

Wake up, look down Hear my prayer!

Don't single me out And then forget me Oh, gods, oh, gods Let me fly!

Send me to places where no one before me has been You spared my life Show me why!

You get me to rise like a fish to the bait Then tell me to wait Well, I'm waiting Waiting for life to begin Waiting for life to begin!

This kid that lived in a small town in Florida who never got a chance to go to Broadway, got to see some Broadway.

And so PBS is just definitely important.

♪ I got love I got love I got love, love, love, Oh, I got love I knew Broadway was a thing and it existed, but I didn't think there was a place for me there until I saw Nell Carter in Ain't Misbehavin.

And I got a hunger for it.

And it was because of PBS.

♪ When I think of home It's a world full of peace it's a world full of joy Talkin' about my home When I think of home When I, when I, when I...

When I think about what black people have contributed to the theater because, you know, it's called the Great White Way.

But I'm proud of what we've done.

We've made our mark on Broadway and we can't be denied.

♪ Tear down the mountains Yell, scream and shout You can say what you want I'm not walkin' out' Stop all the rivers Push, strike and kill I'm not gonna leave you There's no way, there's no way I will And I am tellin' you, I'm not goin' You're the best man I'll ever know There's no way I can ever, ever go, darlin' No, there's no way No, no, no, no, way I'm livin' without you, no I'm not livin' without you Not livin' without you I don't wanna be free I'm stayin', I'm stayin' And you, and you, and you You're gonna love me You're gonna love me... ♪ Stay with us for more of your sneak peek at Black Broadway, A Proud History, A Limitless Future.

The musical magic continues next with Nova Payton's magnificent performance of I'm Here Yes, it's from the Broadway hit The Color Purple, sung by Lachanze in the original production.

Her stage name means the charmed one in Creole, justified when she earned a well-deserved Tony Award for her performance.

The songs in these performances are a great reminder of the mark made on the Great White Way by Black entertainers since the 1920s.

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Before we go back to your next sneak peek from Black Broadway and Nova Payton with I'm Here from the Color Purple.

♪ I don't need you to love me, I don't need you to ♪ ♪ love.

♪ I got... ♪ I got... ♪ I got my sister.

♪ I can feel her now, She may not be here, but she ♪ ♪ still mine.

♪ I know she still love me.

♪ Got my children.

♪ I can't hold them now, They may not be here, but ♪ ♪ they still mine.

♪ I hope they know i still love them.

♪ ♪ Got my house.

♪ It still keep the cold out.

♪ ♪ Got my chair When my body can't hold out.

♪ ♪ Got my hands Doin' good like they s'pose to, ♪ ♪ Showin' my heart To the folks that i'm close to.

♪ ♪ Got my eyes.

♪ Though they don't see as far now, They see more ♪ ♪ 'bout how things Really are now... ♪ ♪ ♪ I'm gonna take a deep breath.

♪ ♪ Gonna hold my head up.

♪ Gonna put my shoulders back, And look you ♪ ♪ straight in the eye.

♪ I'm gonna flirt with somebody When they walk by.

♪ ♪ I'm gonna sing out... ♪ Sing out.

♪ I believe I have inside of me Everything that i need ♪ ♪ to live a bountiful life.

♪ With all the love alive in me I'll stand as tall as ♪ ♪ the tallest tree.

♪ And I'm Thankful for everyday that i'm given, ♪ ♪ Both the easy and hard ones i'm livin'.

♪ ♪ But most of all I'm thankful for Loving who I ♪ ♪ really am.

♪ I'm beautiful.

♪ Yes, I'm beautiful, And I'm here.

♪ Wow!

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...for us to live so independently.

Freedom you see, has got our hearts singing so joyfully!