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Say Brother; Day with Muhammad Ali, A; Muhammad Ali press conference at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts
Part of Say Brother.
03/11/1977
This clip features an excerpt from a press conference held by Elma Lewis (Director of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts) and Muhammad Ali for African American journalists during Muhammad Ali's trip to Boston to participate in a benefit boxing exhibition match to benefit the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. Overall the pProgram ties together several events related to Muhammad Ali's trip to Boston to participate in a benefit boxing exhibition for the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. Segments include excerpts from a press conference held by Elma Lewis (Director of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts) and Ali for African American journalists, an interview with Ali conducted by Barbara Barrow, excerpts from Ali's exhibition bouts with Peter Fuller, Walter Haines, and Ronnie Drinkwater, an interview with Ronnie Drinkwater (conducted by Charlie Stuart in Club 44) before Drinkwater's bout with Ali, and an excerpt from Ali's speech at the 1975 Nation of Islam's Savior's Day celebration in Chicago. Program serves to illustrate the reputation of the school. Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Conrad White.
License Clip
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Day with Muhammad Ali, A
- Program Number
719
- Title
Muhammad Ali press conference at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts
- 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 ties together several events related to Muhammad Ali's trip to Boston to participate in a benefit boxing exhibition for the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. Segments include excerpts from a press conference held by Elma Lewis (Director of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts) and Ali for African American journalists, an interview with Ali conducted by Barbara Barrow, excerpts from Ali's exhibition bouts with Peter Fuller, Walter Haines, and Ronnie Drinkwater, an interview with Ronnie Drinkwater (conducted by Charlie Stuart in Club 44) before Drinkwater's bout with Ali, and an excerpt from Ali's speech at the 1975 Nation of Islam's Savior's Day celebration in Chicago. Program serves to illustrate the reputation of the school.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Haynes, Walter
- Press conferences
- Drinkwater, Ronnie
- African American boxers
- Boxing matches--Massachusetts
- Lewis, Elma
- African American athletes
- Fuller, Peter
- Ali, Muhammad, 1942-
- Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts (Roxbury, Mass.)
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Contributors
- Wilson, Bob (Camera)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Assembly)
- Marshall, Carolyn (Production Secretary)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Hutton, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Macie, Roger (Video)
- Hudson, Harvey (Audio Editor)
- LeCain, Larry (Camera)
- Johnson, Bill (Audio Editor)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Assembly)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant To The Producer)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Cross, June (Production Assistant)
- Rivero, Marita (Producer Program Segment)
- Johnson, Lenita (Intern)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Songai, Jahid (Intern)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Day with Muhammad Ali, A; Muhammad Ali press conference at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts,” 03/11/1977, GBH Archives, accessed April 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B79DA7CC2A6841FF877735AE43F32CAF.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Day with Muhammad Ali, A; Muhammad Ali press conference at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts.” 03/11/1977. GBH Archives. Web. April 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B79DA7CC2A6841FF877735AE43F32CAF>.
- APA: Say Brother; Day with Muhammad Ali, A; Muhammad Ali press conference at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B79DA7CC2A6841FF877735AE43F32CAF