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Say Brother; Raising Someone Else's Children / Kwanzaa: A Comparative Look to Christmas

12/29/1982

Kwanzaa: A Comparative Look to Christmas / Raising Someone Else's Children

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Series

Say Brother

Program

Raising Someone Else's Children / Kwanzaa: A Comparative Look to Christmas

Program Number

1309

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

Beth Deare reports on the love, pain, hope, joy, and disappointments of raising someone else's child. Considering the roles of foster parents, step-parents, adoptive parents, and social workers, Deare – a former social worker herself – makes suggestions for building successful relationships. Then Bev Jackson compares Christmas and Kwanzaa, the African- inspired festival celebrated by African-Americans during the Christmas season.

Duration

00:31:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Magazine

Topics

Race and Ethnicity

Citation

Chicago: “Say Brother; Raising Someone Else's Children / Kwanzaa: A Comparative Look to Christmas,” 12/29/1982, GBH Archives, accessed October 3, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_11C145EBDBEA42E8A7B67CBF22D154C4.

MLA: “Say Brother; Raising Someone Else's Children / Kwanzaa: A Comparative Look to Christmas.” 12/29/1982. GBH Archives. Web. October 3, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_11C145EBDBEA42E8A7B67CBF22D154C4>.

APA: Say Brother; Raising Someone Else's Children / Kwanzaa: A Comparative Look to Christmas. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_11C145EBDBEA42E8A7B67CBF22D154C4