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Say Brother; Walter Leonard
Part of Say Brother.
03/18/1977
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Walter Leonard
- Program Number
720
- 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
Host Barbara Barrow interviews Walter Leonard, Special Assistant to the President and Affirmative Action Officer for Harvard University. Topics include Leonard’s participation in founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, his studies at Howard University Law School, his professional career, affirmative action and affirmative action programs, and reverse racism. Program includes the "Say Brother News" with anchors Justina Chu, Leah Fletcher, and Eric Sampedro.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Affirmative action programs
- Civil rights
- Reverse discrimination in employment
- African Americans in television broadcasting
- African American college administrators
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Leonard, Walter
- Segregation
- African American leadership--Massachusetts
- Television broadcasting of news
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- White, Conrad (Director)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Barbara Barrow (Producer)
- Contributors
- Hudson, Harvey (Audio Editor)
- Lane, Dick (Camera)
- Plausse, John (Lighting)
- Chigas, Basil (Stage Manager)
- Johnson, Lenita (Intern)
- Cross, June (Production Assistant)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant To The Producer)
- Sampedro, Eric (Reporter)
- Coleman, Vern (Audio)
- Wilson, Bob (Camera)
- Fletcher, Leah (Reporter)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- DeVitt, Doug (Videotape Assembly)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Assembly)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Handyside, Keith (Video)
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Smith, Lee (Stage Manager)
- Chu, Justina (Reporter)
- MacKnight, John (Videotape Recordist)
- Tomaselli, Robert (Lighting Assistant)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Host)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Valdes, Mario (Researcher)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting)
- Marshall, Carolyn (Production Secretary)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Crane, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Waters, Mitch (Assistant Stage Manager)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Assembly)
- Wilson, Bon (Assistant Stage Manager)
- Songai, Jahid (Intern)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Walter Leonard,” 03/18/1977, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DBB919643B154D99B7CBD3DF22AF37B1.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Walter Leonard.” 03/18/1977. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DBB919643B154D99B7CBD3DF22AF37B1>.
- APA: Say Brother; Walter Leonard. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DBB919643B154D99B7CBD3DF22AF37B1