Release Date

01 Jan, 1970

Runtime

00:30: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

0/0

Synopsis

Elder Michaux was a religious TV show on the DuMont Television Network, hosted by evangelist Solomon Lightfoot Michaux. The show was 30 minutes long, originated as a local program on DuMont station WTTG in Washington, D. C. in 1947, and aired on the DuMont network from October 17, 1948 to January 9, 1949. According to the book The Forgotten Network by David Weinstein, the series also continued locally on WTTG after the network run ended. The program was among the earliest U.S. television shows with an African American host, and included religious music and preaching.