A.L.D. Focus Program 264 Original Airdate: 5/23/1973 Subject Keywords Apartheid - South Africa Blood banks - Boston - Massachusetts Corporations, American Social responsibility of business United States - Relations - South Africa Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Marshall, Marion Mbere, Dr. Aggrey Corporate Names African Liberation Day March (26 May 1972) Organization of South African Students Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center - Roxbury - Massachusetts Program Description Program examines the mental and physical exploitation European colonizers and United States corporations are directly or indirectly responsible for in South Africa. Host John Slade speaks with Aggrey Mbere, a native South African and member of the Organization of South African Students, to discuss African Liberation Day and how tactics like the May 26 rally in Washington, DC can aid the struggle in Southern Africa. Additional segments include a slide show presented by the Southern Africa Relief Fund about apartheid in South Africa that strongly illustrates the inhuman conditions Blacks in South African face, and an interview with Marion Marshall of the Roxbury Comprehensive Health Center, who discusses the rising blood bank demands in the Roxbury-Dorchester-Mattapan areas. Producer John Slade Associate Producer Vickie Jones Director Russ Tillman Host John Slade Guests Marion Marshall Aggrey Mbere Others Barbara Barrow (production assistant) Henry Johnson (filmmaker) Webster Lewis (theme music) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-00831 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01558 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01558A Viewing copy VHS cassette (item number not yet assigned) The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives. ©2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.