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Say Brother; Welfare Controversy, The
Part of Say Brother.
09/09/1977
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Welfare Controversy, The
- Program Number
801
- 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 a number of magazine-style segments, including Stephen Curwood's interview with Dr. Carolyn Shaw Bell (economics professor at Wellesley College) on her research into the welfare system, an "Open Platform" debate moderated by Melvin Moore on the decriminalization of marijuana (with debaters Dr. John Renner (Medical Director for Boston City Hospital's Drug Treatment Unit) and Detective Walter Robinson (of the Boston Police Department's Drug Control Unit), and panel reporters Paul Corsetti (of the Boston Herald American), Alan McRobert (of the Real Paper), and Luix Overbea (of the Christian Science Monitor), two dance performances by Danny Sloan and Company, and the "Say Brother News" with Karen Holmes, Eric Sampedro, Phil Martin, Justina Chu, Leah Fletcher, and Tanya Hart.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Marijuana--Law and Legislation
- McRobert, Alan
- Welfare recipients
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- Robinson, Walter
- Civil rights
- Bell, Carolyn Shaw
- Madison Park High School (Roxbury, Mass.)
- Corsetti, Paul
- Television broadcasting of news
- Overbea, Luix V. (Luix Virgil)
- Renner, Dr. John
- Segregation
- African American journalists
- Hennessey, Tom
- Salem State College
- Forums
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barbara Barrow (Producer)
- Shah, Bruce (Director)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Walden, Carolyn (Producer)
- Contributors
- Plausse, John (Lighting Director)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- White, Conrad (Stage Manager)
- Greenstein, Marilyn (Titlist)
- Lane, Frank (Camera)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Chigas, Basil (Technical Production)
- Morton, Wil (Audio)
- Hill, Rebecca (Make Up)
- Fairweather, Bill (Video)
- Smith, Lee (Technical Production)
- Moore, Melvin (Host)
- Buccheri, Ron (Technical Production)
- Chu, Justina (Reporter)
- Fletcher, Leah (Reporter)
- Hart, Tanya (Reporter)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Clark, Marvin (Intern)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Curwood, Stephen (Host)
- Martin, Phil (Reporter)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Cross, June (Assistant Director)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- Holmes, Karen (Reporter)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Yang Tsung-hwa (Researcher)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Welfare Controversy, The,” 09/09/1977, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5845EF09854644C980262057032B64CA.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Welfare Controversy, The.” 09/09/1977. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5845EF09854644C980262057032B64CA>.
- APA: Say Brother; Welfare Controversy, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5845EF09854644C980262057032B64CA