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Say Brother; By The Sweat Of Our Brow: Jamaican Apple Pickers
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- By The Sweat Of Our Brow: Jamaican Apple Pickers
- Program Number
2409
- 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
Each year a group of Jamaicans leave their homeland for two months to pick apples in orchards throughout New England. A visit to the Atwood Apple Orchards in Vermont traces the stories of two veteran apple pickers, Alvin and Leroy.
- Duration
00:29:11
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; By The Sweat Of Our Brow: Jamaican Apple Pickers,” GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_39742E6A580F4E84A8E9F83375DF8EAB.
- MLA: “Say Brother; By The Sweat Of Our Brow: Jamaican Apple Pickers.” GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_39742E6A580F4E84A8E9F83375DF8EAB>.
- APA: Say Brother; By The Sweat Of Our Brow: Jamaican Apple Pickers. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_39742E6A580F4E84A8E9F83375DF8EAB