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Say Brother; Community in Action; Action for Boston Community Development
Part of Say Brother.
03/01/1973
In this clip, Say Brother filmmaker Henry Johnson moderates a discussion with Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) employees Barbara Brydie, Arnett Waters, and Russell Hill who discuss the agency's threatened status due to a proposed withdrawal of federal aid in President Nixon's proposed budget. Overall, the program discusses a variety of topics via a magazine-style format. Host John Slade introduces a moderated discussion led by Say Brother filmmaker Henry Johnson with Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) employees Barbara Brydie, Arnett Waters, and Russell Hill (who discuss the agency's threatened status due to a proposed withdrawal of federal aid in President Nixon's proposed budget), an interview and performance by vocalist Eddie B. with the Contemporary Jazz Trio; and an interview conducted by John Slade with Helaine Simmonds, Clarence Dilday, and Benjamin Jones of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (on Governor Francis Williams Sargent's judgeship nominations). Produced by John Slade. Directed by Russell Tillman.
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Community in Action
- Program Number
256
- Title
Action for Boston Community Development
- 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 discusses a variety of topics via a magazine-style format. Host John Slade introduces a moderated discussion led by Say Brother filmmaker Henry Johnson with Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) employees Barbara Brydie, Arnett Waters, and Russell Hill (who discuss the agency's threatened status due to a proposed withdrawal of federal aid in President Nixon's proposed budget), an interview and performance by vocalist Eddie B. with the Contemporary Jazz Trio; and an interview conducted by John Slade with Helaine Simmonds, Clarence Dilday, and Benjamin Jones of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association (on Governor Francis Williams Sargent's judgeship nominations).
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Jones, Benjamin
- Hill, Russell
- Dilday, Clarence
- Contemporary Jazz Trio
- Brydie, Barbara
- Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
- Simmonds, Helaine
- Action for Boston Community Development
- Human services--Massachusetts
- B., Eddie
- Civil rights
- Waters, Arnett
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Tillman, Russell (Director)
- Slade, John (Producer)
- Contributors
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Slade, John (Host)
- Johnson, Henry (Filmmaker)
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Production Assistant)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Community in Action; Action for Boston Community Development,” 03/01/1973, GBH Archives, accessed December 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EDAB60BA470A46549B590923E59850EC.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Community in Action; Action for Boston Community Development.” 03/01/1973. GBH Archives. Web. December 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EDAB60BA470A46549B590923E59850EC>.
- APA: Say Brother; Community in Action; Action for Boston Community Development. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_EDAB60BA470A46549B590923E59850EC