"The revolution will not be televised," indicates that White people will not easily give Black culture the credit it deserves, as they have been doing for hundreds of years Additionally, Xerox and other large Whiterun companies won't help sponsor the revolution Only the AfricanAmerican community can inspire meaningful debate and changeRevolution was taking place, the messages of the movement were not adequately conveyed to the public The black power movement had a saying that was related to this, "the revolution will not be televised" and in 1971 Gil ScottHeron wrote a poem, whichThe The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Community Note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you Gil Scott Heron Spells Out Why The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Open Culture The revolution will not be televised lyrics analysis