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Say Brother; Praise to King Martin
Part of Say Brother.
12/09/1978
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- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Praise to King Martin
- Program Number
815
- 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 focuses on the philosophy and impact of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Melvin Moore and guests Dr. Lawrence D. Reddick (Professor of American History at Harvard University and author of "Crusade Without Violence"), Dr. Virgil Wood (from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and Rev. Earl Lawson (of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Malden and with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference), all of whom knew King personally, discuss their relationships with King, their individual interpretations of King's philosophy, how King's philosophy related to the masses and other movements, and the impact of the Washington March. Program contains excerpts from Ely Landau’s 1970 documentary film King: A Filmed Record, Montgomery to Memphis.
- Duration
00:60:00
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Segregation
- Civil rights
- King: A Filmed Record, Montgomery to Memphis (Motion picture)
- African Americans--Civil rights
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Lawson, Rev. Earl
- Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995
- Civil rights movement
- Wood, Dr. Virgil
- Civil rights demonstrations
- African American--Civil rights workers
- Television broadcasting of films
- African American authors
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barbara Barrow-Murray (Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Himes, Eric (Director)
- Contributors
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- Johnson, Nat (Audio)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- MacDonald, Greg (Camera)
- Moore, Melvin (Host)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Smith, Lee (Camera)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- McGonagle, Richard (Assistant Cameraman)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- MacKnight, John (Lighting Assistant)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Kane, Pat (Videotape Recordist)
- LaBillois, Ann (Intern)
- Koppel, Tiit (Switcher)
- Cronin, Mary (Audio)
- White, Conrad (Stage Manager)
- Plausse, John (Lighting Director)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Clark, Marvin (Intern)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Praise to King Martin,” 12/09/1978, GBH Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F6278711102243729D44F896367F8632.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Praise to King Martin.” 12/09/1978. GBH Archives. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F6278711102243729D44F896367F8632>.
- APA: Say Brother; Praise to King Martin. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F6278711102243729D44F896367F8632