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Lack of equal opportunities for African American women in the workplace

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Barrow-Murray, Barbara White, Conrad Moore, Melvin Sampedro, Eric Fletcher, Leah Valdes, Mario Yang, Eileen

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In this clip Barbara Barrows interviews Gretchen Wortham after her recent appointment to Station Manager of WILD Radio, who discusses the role of minority women in management positions and the difference in respect and responsibility accorded to White counterparts. Overall the program focuses on Gretchen Wortham's recent appointment to Station Manager of WILD Radio, Boston. Host Barbara Barrow and Wortham discuss the personal and professional events that led to her appointment, equal employment and FCC regulations, listener/viewer feedback, women in the workplace, African American radio programming, advertising, and other issues related to WILD. Additional segments include the "Say Brother News" with anchors Eric Sampedro and Leah Fletcher, an excerpt from a film on early indigenous peoples in North America, and the "Community Calendar." Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by Conrad White.
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Motion Pictures
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DeVitt, DougBalhatchet, TomSt. Onge, DavidWilson, BobDemers, LeoMackles, GeneSmith, KathyWareham, SkipMarshall, CarolynCross, JuneClarke, BrianPlausse, JohnBuccheri, RonNorton, ChasMerhar, MilanJohnson, NatJohnson, LenitaCorreia, DennisMacDonald, GregMahard, FranSongai, JahidStewart, AubreyHorne, DannyHolden, DickBordett, BruceHill, RebeccaLewis, WebsterFloyd, Michael
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Keywords

  1. Affirmative Action Programs
  2. African American Radio Stations
  3. African American Women
  4. African Americans
  5. African Americans In Radio Broadcasting
  6. African Americans In Television Broadcasting
  7. Businesswomen
  8. Civil Rights
  9. Discrimination
  10. Segregation
  11. Sex Discrimination Against Women
  12. Wild (Radio Station : Boston, Ma)
  13. Women
  14. Wortham, Gretchen

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