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Ferguson, Andrew Lathan, Stan Boyd, Jim Richardson, Ray Shaw, Sarah-Ann Banks, Jaqueline Spruill, Jim

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This clip features a panel discussion directed by Sarah-Ann Shaw on African American youth and education in Boston. Guests include Jean McGuire (Roxbury resident and only Black Pupil Adjustment Counselor for the Boston public school system), Gerald Hill (an African American teacher and nominee for Interim Project Director of the King-Timilty Coalition), Francine Mills (director of a vocational program for Operation Exodus), John Jackson (an African American teacher involved with experimental work-study program of Boston public schools), and Patricia Raynor (parent and member of the Parents' Education Committee). Overall, the program consists of numerous community affairs segments, the most prominent of which is a panel discussion directed by Sarah-Ann Shaw on African American youth and education in Boston. Guests include Jean McGuire (Roxbury resident and only Black Pupil Adjustment Counselor for the Boston public school system), Gerald Hill (an African American teacher and nominee for Interim Project Director of the King-Timilty Coalition), Francine Mills (director of a vocational program for Operation Exodus), John Jackson (an African American teacher involved with experimental work-study program of Boston public schools), and Patricia Raynor (parent and member of the Parents' Education Committee). Additional segments include musical performances by Gwen Michaels and The Stark Reality, a poetry reading by Linda Hall, staff reflections on a recent African-style wedding in Boston, and a reading of the community news by Jacqueline Banks. Produced by Jim Boyd. Directed by Stan Lathan.
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Norton, ChasHeitman, ClintonPlausse, JohnMcLerty, ClementLorencic, KarlBurnett, CalvinFerguson, AndrewStewart, AubreyForbes, CamRogers, SteveGomez, Jewelle
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Keywords

  1. African American Teachers
  2. African Americans
  3. Annual Black Power Conference (1968)
  4. Boston
  5. Civil Rights
  6. Education (Elementary)
  7. Education (Secondary)
  8. Hill, Gerald
  9. Jackson, John
  10. Massachusetts
  11. Mc Guire, Jean
  12. Michaels, Gwen
  13. Mills, Francine
  14. Public Schools
  15. Race Relations
  16. Raynor, Patricia
  17. Segregation
  18. Shaw, Sarah Ann
  19. Stark Reality, The (Musical Group)
  20. Training Of

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