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Say Brother; Professor Roland Wiggins: A New Music Concept / A=A, B=Better, C=Chance

12/22/1981

Professor Roland Wiggins: A New Music Concept / A=A, B=Better, C=Chance


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Series
Say Brother
Program
Professor Roland Wiggins: A New Music Concept / A=A, B=Better, C=Chance
Program Number

1207

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

A report on a computer-based music teaching aid developed by Dr. Roland Wiggins, chairman of Hampshire College's Music Department. Then a profile of suburban Wellesley's A Better Chance program, in which six girls from urban areas in New York and New Jersey live and attend high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Say Brother looks at the value of such programs through interviews with the students, program staff, and school personnel involved.

Duration

00:31:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Professor Roland Wiggins: A New Music Concept / A=A, B=Better, C=Chance,” 12/22/1981, GBH Archives, accessed September 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A99FAFDE426D4AE79EB1ECEC9C381BF5.
MLA: “Say Brother; Professor Roland Wiggins: A New Music Concept / A=A, B=Better, C=Chance.” 12/22/1981. GBH Archives. Web. September 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A99FAFDE426D4AE79EB1ECEC9C381BF5>.
APA: Say Brother; Professor Roland Wiggins: A New Music Concept / A=A, B=Better, C=Chance. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_A99FAFDE426D4AE79EB1ECEC9C381BF5
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