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Say Brother; Spikes to Spindles

Part of Say Brother.

03/18/1977

Part 2.


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Series
Say Brother
Program
Spikes to Spindles
Program Number

722

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

Say Brother film presentation of the second half of From Spikes to Spindles, a 1975 film about the struggle of Chinese immigrants in major urban areas of the United States to adapt socially and economically to America (as well as to gain responsiveness to their needs as citizens). Program includes an excerpt from a previously aired interview conducted by Barbara Barrow with Chinese Economic Development Council (CEDC) executives William Leong (Executive Director) and Joseph Chow (Director of Program Development), who discuss getting Chinese Americans into the mainstream of American business and about the training the Council offers.

Duration

00:30:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Civil rights
Chinese Economic Development Council (Boston, Mass.)
Chinese Americans--Massachusetts--Boston
Chinese American businesspeople--Massachusetts
Immigrants--Chinese--United States
Chow, Joseph
Chinese Americans
Leong, William
Segregation
Genres
Magazine
Topics
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
Barbara Barrow (Producer)
Citation
Chicago: “Say Brother; Spikes to Spindles,” 03/18/1977, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D94AE7DC8430437BA1624933D202CC2F.
MLA: “Say Brother; Spikes to Spindles.” 03/18/1977. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D94AE7DC8430437BA1624933D202CC2F>.
APA: Say Brother; Spikes to Spindles. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D94AE7DC8430437BA1624933D202CC2F
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