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Say Brother; Black Perspectives On Literature / There's A New Bank in Town

11/03/1982

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Series

Say Brother

Program

Black Perspectives On Literature / There's A New Bank in Town

Program Number

1304

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

Barbara Barrow-Murray reports on the first-ever Black Book Fair, presented by Northeastern's African-American Institute. Among the featured guests are S. Allen Counter and David Evans, author of "I Sought My Brother." Then Beth Deare reports on the new Boston Bank of Commerce, established in the wake of the demise of the most prominent minority-owned bank in Boston, Unity Bank.

Duration

00:31:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Magazine

Topics

Race and Ethnicity

Citation

Chicago: “Say Brother; Black Perspectives On Literature / There's A New Bank in Town,” 11/03/1982, GBH Archives, accessed December 6, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C05F50CE023049818C1C3FDA14F4E55E.

MLA: “Say Brother; Black Perspectives On Literature / There's A New Bank in Town.” 11/03/1982. GBH Archives. Web. December 6, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C05F50CE023049818C1C3FDA14F4E55E>.

APA: Say Brother; Black Perspectives On Literature / There's A New Bank in Town. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C05F50CE023049818C1C3FDA14F4E55E