Lutrelle Horne (1937?- )

August 09, 2017 
/ Contributed By: Samuel Momodu

Lutrelle Horne on the Sesame Street Set|

Lutrelle Horne on the Sesame Street Set

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Lutrelle Horne is a producer who worked for Childrenโ€™s Television Workshop (now Sesame Shop). He was the one-time Executive Vice President of Childrenโ€™s Television Workshop and Executive Producer and Director of its International Division. Horne was born in Newport News, Virginia, in the late 1930s. He attended Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia, where he earned a B.A. in English. Horne continued his education, earning an M.A. degree in Communications at New York University in 1963. He then earned an Ed.D. in Education and Television from the University of Massachusetts

In 1963, Horne started his television career with CBS in New York when he became Associate Director of the Captain Kangaroo program, a childrenโ€™s television series that aired from 1955 to 1984. After working with the Captain Kangaroo show for a decade, he returned to Hampton Institute in 1967 to become an instructor in their new Mass Media Department.

Horne returned to New York in 1969 to join a new childrenโ€™s television series, Sesame Street. He directed the day-to-day studio production of Sesame Street. He also served as Associate Producer during the first season and studio producer for its second season, making him, at the time, one of a handful of studio television producers either in New York or Los Angeles, California. Horneโ€™s involvement with Sesame Street earned him two Emmys in 1970 and 1971.

When Sesame Street was expanded internationally, Horne was promoted to Executive Vice-President of the International Productions Department of Childrenโ€™s Television Workshop. He worked closely with many foreign broadcasters, which allowed Sesame Street to be seen in The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and Sweden.

Horne founded his own production company called Frantrelle Productions, Inc. He also has written feature film scripts for movies and lectured at several universities and institutions across the United States. He was a member of the Directorโ€™s Guild of America and Writerโ€™s Guild of America. Lutrelle Horne retired from the Childrenโ€™s Television Workshop in 1990.

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Samuel Momodu, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, received his Associate of Arts Degree in History from Nashville State Community College in December 2014 and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Tennessee State University in May 2016. He received his Master of Arts Degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University in June 2019.

Momoduโ€™s main areas of research interest are African and African American History. His passion for learning Black history led him to contribute numerous entries to BlackPast.org for the last few years. Momodu has also worked as a history tour guide at President Andrew Jacksonโ€™s plantation home near Nashville, the Hermitage. He is currently an instructor at Tennessee State University. His passion for history has also helped him continue his education. In 2024, he received his Ph.D. in History from Liberty University, writing a dissertation titled The Protestant Vatican: Black Churches Involvement in the Nashville Civil Rights Movement 1865-1972. He hopes to use his Ph.D. degree to become a university professor or professional historian.

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Momodu, S. (2017, August 09). Lutrelle Horne (1937?- ). BlackPast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/horne-lutrelle-193/

Source of the Author's Information:

Michael Davis, Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street (New York City, New York: Viking Press, 2008); โ€œLutrelle Horne,โ€ International Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3650975/.

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