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Blast from the Past with Chico Neblett

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Barrow-Murray, Barbara White, Conrad Rivero, Marita Spooner, Dighton

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In this clip, "Blast from the Past" features an excerpt from a Say Brother interview with Chico Neblett, a Boston Field Marshall for the Black Panther Party, who talks about institutional racism in the White Community and the need to be unified and to organize institutions in Black Communities. Overall, the program consists of performance footage of a local Boston-based septet, and community awareness segments. Program includes a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), a 30-minute performance by the The Webster Lewis Septet in the Say Brother studio, "Information" (on how and where to file income taxes), "Access" (in which United Community of Construction Workers' Jim McLean offers recommendations on what to look for when you buy a house), "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from a Say Brother interview with Chico Neblett, a Boston Field Marshall for the Black Panther Party), the "Community Calendar," and "Commentary" by Producer Marita Rivero. Directed by Conrad White.
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Cogell, LloydFarrier, StephenBoston Art EnsembleMcGuire Nicholas, SallieCross, June
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Keywords

  1. Black Panther Party
  2. Black Power
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid)
  5. Neblett, Chico
  6. Segregation
  7. United Community Construction Workers (Boston, Mass.)
  8. United States
  9. Webster Lewis Septet

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