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Say Brother; Honoring the 54th

06/19/1997

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Series

Say Brother

Program

Honoring the 54th

Program Number

2725

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

We honor Robert Gould Shaw and the Masschusetts 54th Regiment of volunteer black soldiers in the Civil War. Colin Powell speaks at ceremony at the commemorative monument.

Duration

00:28:37

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Magazine

Topics

Race and Ethnicity

Citation

Chicago: “Say Brother; Honoring the 54th,” 06/19/1997, GBH Archives, accessed December 14, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0DAC1658061C43BBB99C5E3237BDD513.

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