WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) Greaves, William Batten, Tony House, Lou

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Outstanding segments from the series first year are repeated on this anniversary program. The following segments were tentatively planned, although they may or may not have aired. 1. From Episode #1: A report on the Black Panther party in Oakland, California, featuring a behind-bars interview with Huey Newton while he awaits trial. Newton, who has since been convicted of manslaughter for the shooting of a policeman, discusses his efforts in helping to found the party and defines its goals. Also interviewed in the segment is Panther chairman Bobby Seale. 2. From Episode #2: Folksinger Leon Bibbs insight into childrens games, noting regional differences in their language and meaning. 3. From Episode #3: The semantics of color, as seen by nightclub singer and pianist George Taylor. It examines how the language has served to derogate the black man with such references as a black mark. 4. From Episode #4: The growth of a Louisiana cooperative, organized as a farming enterprise by Father McKnight, a black parish priest. The cooperative has now taken on a manufacturing function as well and provides candy to Barricinis and other large chains. 5. From Episode #4: A choreographed exercise in karate by an expert who incorporates modern dance into this athletic ritual. 6. From Episode #6: The dilemma of the black policeman in a daily conflict between duty and race. New York patrolman Dave Walker typifies this dilemma with his refusal to be judge, jury, and executioner by shooting a looter fleeing with a case of...

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