Say Brother; Black Power on University Campuses; 24; Panel discussion of Black Power on University Campuses
- Transcript
Black people in this country, it's not only the present situation at Brandeis, it's what that situation and the confrontation symbolizes. It symbolizes a demand by black people to gain power in an environment that influences their lives. Now, lot of these men and women, I should call them, and not kids, because they have made this decision, come to realize that their father before them, their great -grandfather before them, have been living in a country which have not allowed them the right to be men, which have not allowed them the right to assume the decision -making processes which influence their lives. And these men and women in Ford Hall are demanding the right to be that men and women, and they're willing to die.
- Series
- Say Brother
- Episode Number
- 24
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-587780d5535
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- Description
- 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
- Description
- This clip features a panel discussion of Black Power on university campuses. Discussion panel is moderated by Henry Hampton (Founder, Blackside, Inc.) and features Brandeis students Randy Bailey and Ricardo Millette, Boston University student Doris Francis, Harvard University student Skip Griffin, and Associate Dean of Jackson College Beatrice Miller. Produced by Ray Richardson. Directed by Stan Lathan. Overall, the program examines the student takeover of Ford Hall at Brandeis University, an administration building Brandeis students occupied during the filming of the program. The first portion of the program features black and white footage of the takeover, including an enumeration of student demands and a statement to the press by university President Morris Abram. The second half of the program consists of a panel discussion of Black Power on university campuses. Discussion panel is moderated by Henry Hampton (Founder, Blackside, Inc.) and features Brandeis students Randy Bailey and Ricardo Millette, Boston University student Doris Francis, Harvard University student Skip Griffin, and Associate Dean of Jackson College Beatrice Miller. Produced by Ray Richardson. Directed by Stan Lathan.
- Date
- 1969-01-16
- Asset type
- Clip
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Subjects
- African American college students--Attitudes; African American college students--Political activity; African American student movements; African Americans--Civil rights; Bailey, Randy; Francis, Doris; Griffin, Skip; Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998; Miller, Beatrice; Millette, Ricardo; Brandeis University; Civil rights; Segregation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:01:00:00
- Credits
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Producing Organization:
WGBH Educational Foundation
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier: cpb-aacip-c661fa4e9f4 (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:01:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Black Power on University Campuses; 24; Panel discussion of Black Power on University Campuses,” 1969-01-16, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 25, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-587780d5535.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Black Power on University Campuses; 24; Panel discussion of Black Power on University Campuses.” 1969-01-16. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 25, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-587780d5535>.
- APA: Say Brother; Black Power on University Campuses; 24; Panel discussion of Black Power on University Campuses. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-587780d5535