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White, Conrad Rivero, Marita Barrow-Murray, Barbara Spooner, Dighton Spellman, A. B

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Excerpt from the press conference with newly elected State Senator Bill Owens. Participating media representatives are: Luix Overbea (Christian Science Monitor), Al Williams (WILD Radio), Sarah-Ann Shaw (WBZ TV), Russell Tillman (WSBK-TV), Alan Raymond (WGBH-FM), Greg Pilkington (WGBH-TV), Bruce Cole (Harvard Crimson), and Maurice Lewis (Black News). Owens stalks about public financing of campaigns and the importance of targetting the primary and seconday elite. Overall the program consists of a press conference with newly elected State Senator Bill Owens to discuss Owen's plans for the Senate. Participating media representatives are: Luix Overbea (Christian Science Monitor), Al Williams (WILD Radio), Sarah-Ann Shaw (WBZ TV), Russell Tillman (WSBK-TV), Alan Raymond (WGBH-FM), Greg Pilkington (WGBH-TV), Bruce Cole (Harvard Crimson), and Maurice Lewis (Black News). Conference moderated by professor and historian A.B. Spellman. Additional segments include "Access" with Hubie Jones, Chairman of the Children's Campaign (who discusses the misuse of psychotropic drugs in schoolchildren), the "Community Calendar," and "Commentary" by Producer Marita Rivero on politics. Directed by Conrad White.
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Boston Art EnsembleCogell, LloydMcGuire Nicholas, SallieCross, JuneFarrier, Stephen
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Keywords

  1. African American Politicians
  2. African Americans
  3. Children's Campaign (Boston, Mass.)
  4. Cole, Bruce
  5. Jones, Hubie
  6. Lewis, Maurice
  7. Massachusetts
  8. Overbea, Luix V. (Luix Virgil)
  9. Owens, Bill
  10. Pilkington, Greg
  11. Press Conferences
  12. Raymond, Alan
  13. Shaw, Sarah Ann
  14. Spellman, A.B
  15. Tillman, Russell
  16. Williams, Al

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