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Say Brother; Coverage of Pan-African liberation organizing efforts [audio]
1972
Audio recording related to the Pan-African liberation efforts recorded for Say Brother in 1972. Includes Boston African Liberation Day Committee press conference (1972); protestors outside the Portuguese consulate (1972); a clip from the Congressional Black Caucus National Priorities Forum press conference (April 1972); protesters in Harvard Yard seeking Harvard University divestment of Gulf Oil stocks, and US withdrawal from Southeast Asia (April 1972); press conference featuring Pan-African Liberation Committee and Harvard-Radcliffe Afro statement announcing occupation of the offices of Harvard University president Derek Bok, statements from Boston African Liberation Day Committee and others (April 19, 1972); and protestors in Harvard Yard (1972). This separate 16mm full-coat magnetic audio recording differs from the magnetic audio track on the 16mm film. Starting at 0:11:40 into the file there is additional audio from the Congressional Black Caucus National Priorities Forum press conference that was not captured on film. Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr.; Jim Winston of the Harvard-Radcliffe Association of African and Afro-American Students; Randall Robinson of the Pan-African Liberation Committee; and Congressman William "Bill" Clay of Missouri are introduced. Randall Robinson and Congressman Diggs speak on this recording. There is also narration by an unidentified speaker over the Portuguese Consulate and Harvard Yard protests.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Title
Coverage of Pan-African liberation organizing efforts [audio]
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Duration
0:26:34:00
- Asset Type
Raw video
- Media Type
Audio
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Coverage of Pan-African liberation organizing efforts [audio],” 1972, GBH Archives, accessed December 12, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_1CF40C47CCC947B9BAB7C89FAF3602FB.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Coverage of Pan-African liberation organizing efforts [audio].” 1972. GBH Archives. Web. December 12, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_1CF40C47CCC947B9BAB7C89FAF3602FB>.
- APA: Say Brother; Coverage of Pan-African liberation organizing efforts [audio]. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_1CF40C47CCC947B9BAB7C89FAF3602FB