Basketball Clinic Program 412 Original Airdate: 1/16/1975 Subject Keywords Afro-American children Afro-American college students - Political activity Afro-Americans in the performing arts Basketball - Coaching M ime Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Johnson, Fred (Halim Adbur Rashid) Sanders, Tom Sellers, Cleve Corporate Names St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church - Boston - Massachusetts St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church's Committee to Rescue African Families From Death by Drought Program Description Program is divided into two halves: the first consisting of basketball-playing improvement tips, the second of newsmagazine-style segments. Tom "Satch" Sanders, former professional Boston Celtics player and basketball coach for Harvard University (from 1973 to 1977) works with a group of young boys and girls to help them improve their game (better shooting, "lay-up" shots, following through, releasing, passing, etc.) and focuses on team play techniques. Additional segments include "Community Access" (about the work of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church's Committee to Rescue African Families From Death by Drought), "Blast from the Past" (with an excerpt from an interview with Cornell University development staff member Cleve Sellers on the South Carolina State College incident in February 1968 that Sellers participated in), the "Community Calendar," a short segment on the community services Say Brother offers and how to participate, and a mime performance by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson). Producer Marita Rivero Associate Producer Barbara Barrow Director Conrad White Editor Henry Johnson Writer Dighton Spooner Performers National Center of Afro-American Artists, The (dancers) Fred Johnson (Halim Adbur Rashid) (mime) Others Boston Art Ensemble (theme music) Lloyd Cogell (still photography) June Cross (community coordinator) Stephen Farrier (community coordinator) Sallie McGuire (production assistant) Dighton Spooner (researcher) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-00833 Original footage 2" videotape AP-00462 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01409 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01409A Viewing copy 1/2" helical (item number not yet assigned) 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.