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Say Brother; Prison Reforms
Part of Say Brother.
12/16/1977
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Prison Reforms
- Program Number
812
- 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
- Program Description
Program consists of a number of magazine-style segments, including a Stephen Curwood interview with Daniel Campbell (of Prison Reform Organization) and Mackie MacLeod (of Family and Friends of Prisoners) on the state of correctional institutions in Massachusetts; an "Open Platform" debate moderated by Melvin Moore on prisoner classification and whether or not it has merit (with debaters Tom Sellers, Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, and Dave Collins Program Coordinator for the Cambridge Office of the American Friends Service Committee, as well as guest panelists Sarah-Ann Shaw of WBZ TV and Jerry Taylor of the Boston Globe); the "Community Calendar"; and the "Say Brother News" with reporters Karen Holmes, Eric Sampedro, Margaret Tarter, Leah Fletcher, and Tanya Hart. Sampedro's reports features a brief interview with Boston Indian Council's Mildred Noble (Social Counselor) and Clif Saunders (Executive Director) regarding the deaths of ta homeless native American woman and an interview with Fernando Gutierrez (Bilingual Coordinator for the Tri-City Mental Health Center, Malden); Tarter's report includes an interview with Rene Scott of Transition House, a nonprofit agency set up to protect battered women.
- Duration
00:60:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Collins, Dave
- African American journalists
- Campbell, Daniel
- MacLeod, Mackie
- Family and Friends of Prisoners
- Civil rights
- Criminals--Rehabilitation
- Gutierrez, Fernando
- Boston Indian Council (Boston, Mass.)
- Forums
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- Saunders, Clif
- Prison administration
- Correctional institutions--Massachusetts
- Prisoners--Classification
- Taylor, Jerry
- Transition House (Boston, Mass.)
- Segregation
- Prison Reform Organization
- Homeless persons
- Roxbury Community College (Roxbury, Mass.)
- Television broadcasting of news
- Rosie's Place (Boston, Mass.)
- Shaw, Sarah-Ann
- Human services--Massachusetts--Boston
- Sellers, Tom
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Himes, Eric (Director)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Barbara Barrow (Producer)
- Contributors
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Holmes, Karen (Reporter)
- Clark, Marvin (Intern)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Curwood, Stephen (Host)
- Fletcher, Leah (Reporter)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- Koppel, Tiit (Lighting Assistant)
- LaBillois, Ann (Intern)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Assistant)
- Tarter, Margaret (Reporter)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Cronin, Mary (Audio)
- Moore, Melvin (Host)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Hart, Tanya (Reporter)
- Cross, June (Assistant Director)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Prison Reforms,” 12/16/1977, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_67CF0398056D4EE1B749B86209922EF7.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Prison Reforms.” 12/16/1977. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_67CF0398056D4EE1B749B86209922EF7>.
- APA: Say Brother; Prison Reforms. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_67CF0398056D4EE1B749B86209922EF7