Education, Part 2 Program 605 Original Airdate: 2/15/1976 Subject Keywords Afro-American school superintendents Afro-American theater Afro-American women Afro-Americans - Attitudes Afro-Americans - Education - Boston - Massachusetts Students - Rating of Subject Genre Public Affairs: Current Events Personal Names Bolt, Jeannette Brim, Jon Clemens, Kenya Pouissant, Dr. Alvin Sizemore, Barbara Spence, Gregory Corporate Names Minority Child's Day, A (theatrical production) Program Description Host Barbara Barrow discusses the lack of communication between educators and students in the Boston school district, with community members Gregory Spence (an attorney for the City of Boston), Kenya Clemens (of the Youth Activities Commission), Jeannette Bolt (playwright and author of A Minority Child's Day), and Dr. Alvin Pouissant (noted psychiatrist and Harvard professor). Issues addressed include the different social backgrounds of educators and students, Black English in the classroom, the role of standardized achievement tests in student evaluations, and the need for more humanity in the classroom. Also included in the program are "man on the street" interviews conducted by Associate Producer Vickie Jones (in which she asks people their opinion of African American schools with white educators and whether or not Black children should be taught by Black teachers), an interview with Barbara Sizemore conducted by Jon Brim (on the problems of the Washington, DC school system and Sizemore's experiences as a former Superintendent of Schools there), an excerpt from a filmed performance of Bolt's play A Minority Child's Day; and the "Community Calendar." Producer Marita Muhammad Rivero Associate Producer Barbara Barrow Director Conrad White Cinematographer Henry Johnson Writer Dighton Spooner Host Barbara Barrow Jon Brim Guests Jeannette Bolt Kenya Clemens Dr. Alvin Pouissant Barbara Sizemore Gregory Spence Performers Jane Alessi (actor) Jeffrina Berry (actor) Jeannette Bolt (actor) Lloyd Cogell (actor) Loretta Devibe (actor) Patricia Gibson (actor) Randy Haynes (actor) Michelle Hill (actor) David Palmer (actor) Billy Shipley (actor) Deborah Templin (actor) Robert Vines (actor) Others Barbara Barrow (director - program segment) Tony Davis (production assistant) Patricia Gibson (assistant director) Rebecca Hill (wardrobe) David Palmer (make-up) Dighton Spooner (researcher) Formats Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-03301 Master (WGBH program) 2" videotape A2-04028 Original footage 1/2" reel-to-reel videotape 2550-60 Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01462 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01462A Preservation master digital beta cassette AP-01463 Preservation master beta SP cassette AP-01463A Viewing copy 1/2" reel-to-reel videotape (item number not yet assigned) Viewing copy 1/2" reel-to-reel videotape 1965-60 Viewing copy VHS cassette (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.