Restored footage from 1911 showing a man strolling along Madison Avenue in New York City, United States. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: New York 1911, Wikimedia Commons Music: Dismantle / Peter Sandberg / Epidemic Sound #history #nyc #newyork #historicalfootage | History in Color

Madison Avenue Killed The First Black TV Shows - Here's Why The shocking untold story of how racism in advertising destroyed groundbreaking Black TV shows! Nat King Cole became the first Black person to host a national TV show in 1956, featuring A-list guests like Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett. But Madison Avenue advertisers refused to sponsor it, with Max Factor saying "a Negro couldn't sell lipstick." Cole's famous response: "Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark." His show lasted 64 episode