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Say Brother; Black Youth and Education; African American youth and education in Boston
Part of Say Brother.
08/29/1968
This clip features a panel discussion directed by Sarah-Ann Shaw on African American youth and education in Boston. Guests include Jean McGuire (Roxbury resident and only Black Pupil Adjustment Counselor for the Boston public school system), Gerald Hill (an African American teacher and nominee for Interim Project Director of the King-Timilty Coalition), Francine Mills (director of a vocational program for Operation Exodus), John Jackson (an African American teacher involved with experimental work-study program of Boston public schools), and Patricia Raynor (parent and member of the Parents' Education Committee). Overall, the program consists of numerous community affairs segments, the most prominent of which is a panel discussion directed by Sarah-Ann Shaw on African American youth and education in Boston. Guests include Jean McGuire (Roxbury resident and only Black Pupil Adjustment Counselor for the Boston public school system), Gerald Hill (an African American teacher and nominee for Interim Project Director of the King-Timilty Coalition), Francine Mills (director of a vocational program for Operation Exodus), John Jackson (an African American teacher involved with experimental work-study program of Boston public schools), and Patricia Raynor (parent and member of the Parents' Education Committee). Additional segments include musical performances by Gwen Michaels and The Stark Reality, a poetry reading by Linda Hall, staff reflections on a recent African-style wedding in Boston, and a reading of the community news by Jacqueline Banks. Produced by Jim Boyd. Directed by Stan Lathan.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Black Youth and Education
- Program Number
7
- Title
African American youth and education in Boston
- 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 numerous community affairs segments, the most prominent of which is a panel discussion directed by Sarah-Ann Shaw on African American youth and education in Boston. Guests include Jean McGuire (Roxbury resident and only Black Pupil Adjustment Counselor for the Boston public school system), Gerald Hill (an African American teacher and nominee for Interim Project Director of the King-Timilty Coalition), Francine Mills (director of a vocational program for Operation Exodus), John Jackson (an African American teacher involved with experimental work-study program of Boston public schools), and Patricia Raynor (parent and member of the Parents' Education Committee).
Additional segments include musical performances by Gwen Michaels and The Stark Reality, a poetry reading by Linda Hall, staff reflections on a recent African-style wedding in Boston, and a reading of the community news by Jacqueline Banks.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- African American teachers--Training of
- Segregation
- African Americans--Education (Secondary)--Massachusetts
- Public schools--Massachusetts--Boston
- Raynor, Patricia
- Civil rights
- Shaw, Sarah-Ann
- Michaels, Gwen
- African American teachers
- Jackson, John
- African Americans--Education (Elementary)--Massachusetts
- Hill, Gerald
- Annual Black Power Conference (1968)
- Mills, Francine
- Stark Reality, The (Musical group)
- >Hall, Linda
- McGuire, Jean
- Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Ferguson, Andrew (Associate Producer)
- Lathan, Stan (Director)
- Boyd, Jim (Producer)
- Richardson, Ray (Associate Producer)
- Contributors
- Norton, Chas (Lighting)
- Heitman, Clinton (Scenic Design)
- Plausse, John (Lighting)
- McLerty, Clement (Still Photography)
- Shaw, Sarah-Ann (Host)
- Lorencic, Karl (Video)
- Burnett, Calvin (Graphics)
- Ferguson, Andrew (Audio)
- Banks, Jaqueline (Host)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Forbes, Cam (Lighting)
- Spruill, Jim (Host)
- Rogers, Steve (Video)
- Gomez, Jewelle (Production Assistant)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Black Youth and Education; African American youth and education in Boston,” 08/29/1968, GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1F050D16ADD34B55840B65C19AF9929B.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Black Youth and Education; African American youth and education in Boston.” 08/29/1968. GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1F050D16ADD34B55840B65C19AF9929B>.
- APA: Say Brother; Black Youth and Education; African American youth and education in Boston. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_1F050D16ADD34B55840B65C19AF9929B