Community Access Program 329 Original Airdate: 6/20/1974 Subject Keywords Community devlopment - Urban Community organization Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Ceitou, Dinizulu Durant, Lennie Fletcher, Leo Corporate Names African Liberation Day Support Committee - Boston - Massachusetts Coalition for a Clean Community - Boston - Massachusetts United Community Construction Workers - Boston - Massachusetts Program Description Program focuses on three community organizations working to improve the quality of African American life in Boston. Host Topper Carew conducts a discussion with Dinizulu Ceitou (member of the African Liberation Day Support Committee, a committee that not only focuses on the National African Liberation Day demonstration, but also works to organize local demonstrations and community forums), Leo Fletcher (member of the United Community Construction Workers, organized in 1968 to combat racism in the construction community and open the job market for African American men and women in construction), and Lennie Durant (member of Coalition for a Clean Community, organized to ensure that the quality of city services ­- garbage removal, street cleaning, street repair, etc. ­- in African American communities equals that of white communities). Carew discusses with each the origins of their organizations, their function in the community and the goals each group has for itself, its members, and the communities they serve. Carew touches upon their role in the overall struggle of African Americans for equity and liberation. Producer Topper Carew Associate Producer Barbara Barrow Director Conrad White Writer Dighton Spooner Host Topper Carew Guests Dinizulu Ceitou Lennie Durant Leo Fletcher Others June Cross (assistant to the producer) Henry Johnson (filmmaker) Huntley Nicholas, Jr. (film sound) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-01458 Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-03381 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01447 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01455 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01455A Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01447A Viewing copy 1/2" reel-to-reel videotape (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy VHS cassette -1 (item number not yet assigned) The Say Brother Collection Web site is a production of the WGBH Archives. ©2001 WGBH Educational Foundation.