Pernell Roberts :The Man, The Legend, The Myth
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Clip: "Pernell Roberts,The Man, The Legend, The Myth". Pernell Roberts gained a reputation for being the most socially conscious Bonanza's member of the cast. While America’s social climate was in a state of commotion during the 1960’s, he became a crusader for equality for minorities on television. He even persuaded NBC to stop the standard practice of casting white actors in Native and Asian roles, and instead hire actual Native Americans and Asians. Roberts was also amongst celebrities such as Harry Belefonte, Joan Baez and Dick Gregory who marched on Selma, Alabama along with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the height of the Civil Rights Movement..
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Clip: "Pernell Roberts,The Man, The Legend, The Myth". Pernell Roberts gained a reputation for being the most socially conscious Bonanza's member of the cast. While America’s social climate was in a state of commotion during the 1960’s, he became a crusader for equality for minorities on television. He even persuaded NBC to stop the standard practice of casting white actors in Native and Asian roles, and instead hire actual Native Americans and Asians. Roberts was also amongst celebrities such as Harry Belefonte, Joan Baez and Dick Gregory who marched on Selma, Alabama along with Martin Luther King, Jr. during the height of the Civil Rights Movement..