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Say Brother; Walter Leonard; Walter Leonard talks about the purpose of Affirmative Action programs
Part of Say Brother.
03/18/1977
In this clip Walter Leonard, Special Assistant to the President of Harvard University and Affirmative Action Officer, talks to Barbara Barrow about Affirmative Action and what it is intended to do. Overall in the program host Barbara Barrow interviews Walter Leonard, Special Assistant to the President and Affirmative Action Officer for Harvard University. Topics include Leonard's participation in founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, his studies at Howard University Law School, his professional career, affirmative action and affirmative action programs, and reverse racism. Program includes the "Say Brother News" with anchors Justina Chu, Leah Fletcher, and Eric Sampedro. Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Conrad White.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Walter Leonard
- Program Number
720
- Title
Walter Leonard talks about the purpose of Affirmative Action programs
- 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
Host Barbara Barrow interviews Walter Leonard, Special Assistant to the President and Affirmative Action Officer for Harvard University. Topics include Leonard’s participation in founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, his studies at Howard University Law School, his professional career, affirmative action and affirmative action programs, and reverse racism. Program includes the "Say Brother News" with anchors Justina Chu, Leah Fletcher, and Eric Sampedro.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Reverse discrimination in employment
- African American leadership--Massachusetts
- Leonard, Walter
- African American college administrators
- Civil rights
- Segregation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Affirmative action programs
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Wilson, Bob (Camera)
- Johnson, Lenita (Intern)
- Fletcher, Leah (Reporter)
- DeVitt, Doug (Videotape Assembly)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Assembly)
- Waters, Mitch (Assistant Stage Manager)
- Crane, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Plausse, John (Lighting)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant To The Producer)
- Lane, Dick (Camera)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Chigas, Basil (Stage Manager)
- Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Tomaselli, Robert (Lighting Assistant)
- Coleman, Vern (Audio)
- Wilson, Bon (Assistant Stage Manager)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Assembly)
- Songai, Jahid (Intern)
- Marshall, Carolyn (Production Secretary)
- Chu, Justina (Reporter)
- Hudson, Harvey (Audio Editor)
- Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Smith, Lee (Stage Manager)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Cross, June (Production Assistant)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Walter Leonard; Walter Leonard talks about the purpose of Affirmative Action programs,” 03/18/1977, GBH Archives, accessed November 15, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_545C87A3D99043738E725AE30966B85B.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Walter Leonard; Walter Leonard talks about the purpose of Affirmative Action programs.” 03/18/1977. GBH Archives. Web. November 15, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_545C87A3D99043738E725AE30966B85B>.
- APA: Say Brother; Walter Leonard; Walter Leonard talks about the purpose of Affirmative Action programs. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_545C87A3D99043738E725AE30966B85B