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Say Brother; Basketball Clinic; Tom Satch Sanders teaches basketball to African American children

Part of Say Brother.

01/16/1975

In this clip Tom "Satch" Sanders, former professional Boston Celtics player and basketball coach for Harvard University (from 1973 to 1977) works with a group of young boys and girls to help them improve their game (better shooting, "lay-up" shots, following through, releasing, passing, etc.) and focuses on team play techniques. Overall the program is divided into two halves: the first consisting of basketball-playing improvement tips, the second of news magazine-style segments. Tom "Satch" Sanders, former professional Boston Celtics player and basketball coach for Harvard University (from 1973 to 1977) works with a group of young boys and girls to help them improve their game (better shooting, "lay-up" shots, following through, releasing, passing, etc.) and focuses on team play techniques. Additional segments include "Community Access" (about the work of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church's Committee to Rescue African Families From Death by Drought), "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from an interview with Cornell University development staff member Cleve Sellers on the South Carolina State College incident in February 1968 that Sellers participated in), the "Community Calendar," a short segment on the community services Say Brother offers and how to participate, and a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson). Produced by Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.


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Series
Say Brother
Program
Basketball Clinic
Program Number

412

Title

Tom Satch Sanders teaches basketball to African American children

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 is divided into two halves: the first consisting of basketball-playing improvement tips, the second of newsmagazine-style segments. Tom "Satch" Sanders, former professional Boston Celtics player and basketball coach for Harvard University (from 1973 to 1977) works with a group of young boys and girls to help them improve their game (better shooting, "lay-up" shots, following through, releasing, passing, etc.) and focuses on team play techniques. Additional segments include "Community Access" (about the work of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Committee to Rescue African Families From Death by Drought), "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from an interview with Cornell University development staff member Cleve Sellers on the South Carolina State College incident in February 1968 that Sellers participated in), the "Community Calendar," a short segment on the community services Say Brother offers and how to participate, and a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson).

Asset Type

Clip

Media Type

Video

Subjects
African American children
Basketball--Coaching
Sanders, Tom
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (Boston, Mass.)
Sellers, Cleve
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church's Committee to Rescue African Families From Death by Drought
Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
White, Conrad (Director)
Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Associate Producer)
Rivero, Marita (Producer)
Contributors
Boston Art Ensemble (Theme Music)
Spooner, Dighton (Researcher)
McGuire Nicholas, Sallie (Production Assistant)
Farrier, Stephen (Community Coordinator)
Cogell, Lloyd (Still Photography)
Cross, June (Community Coordinator)
Publication Information
WGBH Educational Foundation
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Basketball Clinic; Tom Satch Sanders teaches basketball to African American children,” 01/16/1975, GBH Archives, accessed December 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_05BBE28A1F154717B4A637DE08B4A157.
MLA: “Say Brother; Basketball Clinic; Tom Satch Sanders teaches basketball to African American children.” 01/16/1975. GBH Archives. Web. December 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_05BBE28A1F154717B4A637DE08B4A157>.
APA: Say Brother; Basketball Clinic; Tom Satch Sanders teaches basketball to African American children. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_05BBE28A1F154717B4A637DE08B4A157
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