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Say Brother; Law Clinic; Lack of minority representation in the jury system
Part of Say Brother.
12/15/1978
A clip from a program where Say Brother presents a panel of lawyers from various practice backgrounds to discuss legal issues relevant to the Third World community. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with attorneys Wallace Sherwood (founder and first executive director of the Roxbury Defenders' Committee and currently a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University's College of Criminal Justice), David Grayer, Sharon SooHo, and Charles Grabau, about the difference between criminal cases and civil cases, if Third World people are taking advantage of legal services available to them, the differences between public defenders and private attorneys, how to select a lawyer, if minorities can receive fair trials in the court system, and if minority lawyers are perceived as being equal in ability. Program includes viewer calls. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by Eric Himes.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Law Clinic
- Program Number
909
- Title
Lack of minority representation in the jury system
- 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
Say Brother presents a panel of lawyers from various practice backgrounds to discuss legal issues relevant to the Third World community. Host Barbara Barrow-Murray speaks with attorneys Wallace Sherwood (founder and first executive director of the Roxbury Defenders' Committee and currently a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University's College of Criminal Justice), David Grayer, Sharon SooHo, and Charles Grabau, about the difference between criminal cases and civil cases, if Third World people are taking advantage of legal services available to them, the differences between public defenders and private attorneys, how to select a lawyer, if minorities can receive fair trials in the court system, and if minority lawyers are perceived as being equal in ability. Program includes viewer calls.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Grabau, Charles
- Grayer, David
- Segregation
- Civil rights
- Legal services--Massachusetts--Boston
- African Americans in the professions
- SooHo, Sharon
- Sherwood, Wallace
- African American lawyers
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Himes, Eric (Director)
- Deare, Beth (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Carey, Nancy (Intern)
- Rivera, George (Post Production Supervisor)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Yang, Eileen (Vidifont Operator)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting Director)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Koppel, Tiit (Lighting Assistant)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- White, Conrad (Stage Manager)
- Wong, Evelyn (Staff Volunteer)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Law Clinic; Lack of minority representation in the jury system,” 12/15/1978, GBH Archives, accessed April 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F16E43A880E34472B0CC1816C7EA92C8.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Law Clinic; Lack of minority representation in the jury system.” 12/15/1978. GBH Archives. Web. April 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F16E43A880E34472B0CC1816C7EA92C8>.
- APA: Say Brother; Law Clinic; Lack of minority representation in the jury system. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F16E43A880E34472B0CC1816C7EA92C8