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Say Brother; Black Male Image, The

04/29/1987


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Series
Say Brother
Program
Black Male Image, The
Program Number

1721

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

Studio talk with host Elliott Francis and guests on the negative image of black males portrayed in movies and other media. Manuel Fernandez, director of Wayland METCO; Karl Nurse, executive producer of community programming at WCVB; Alex Washington; Kirk Johnson, Trotter Institute, UMass Boston.

Duration

00:28:45

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Black Male Image, The,” 04/29/1987, GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_58405D9DAB1A49988E667947DB1835A3.
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