Season 5

Episode 1

S5 · E1 · 05/01/1972

January 5, 1972

Guests: Muhammad Ali, singer Miriam Makeba, and vocal group the Delfonics Host: Nikki Giovanni

Episode 2

S5 · E2 · 12/01/1972

January 12, 1972

Guests: Jerry Butler, Peaches, Anna Horsford, and dentist Dr. Stanley Nelson

Episode 3

S5 · E3 · 19/01/1972

January 19, 1972

Guests: Lynn Brown (wife of Black activist H. Rap Brown); gospel group the Shirley Caesar Singers, and musical group The Main Ingredient Host: Ellis Haizlip

Episode 4

S5 · E4 · 26/01/1972

January 26, 1972: "The Blue Note Show"

Guests: Keyboardist Horace Silver with vocalists Andy and Salome Bey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, flutist Bobbi Humphrey Host: Ellis Haizlip

Episode 5

S5 · E5 · 02/02/1972

February 2, 1972

Guests: Actor/singer Ronnie Dyson, singer Cissy Houston and poets China Clark and Quincy Troupe

Episode 6

S5 · E6 · 09/02/1972

February 9, 1972

Guests: Gladys Knight and the Pips, and poets Carolyn Rodgers and Norman Jordan

Episode 7

S5 · E7 · 16/11/1972

February 16, 1972

Guests: Singer Al Green, author Vertamae Grosvenor, the Isaac Douglas Singers, writer Alice Childress, and poet Camille Yarbrough

Episode 14

S5 · E14 · 04/10/1972

October 4, 1972

Guests: Jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk & the Vibration Society Host: Ellis Haizlip

Episode 25

S5 · E25 · 20/12/1972 · 50 min

December 20, 1972: "Wonderlove"

Guests: Stevie Wonder and Wonderlove Setlist... 01. For Once In My Life 02. If You Really Love Me 03. Superwoman 04. You And I 05. Interview 06. What's Going On/My Cherie Amour 07. Blowing In The Wind 08. With A Chid's Heart 09. Love Having You Around 10. Signed Sealed Delivered/Papa Was A Rolling Stone 11. Superstition 12. Maybe Your Baby/Superstition Outro 13. Uptight Everything's Alright