Alvin Pouissant on the rise of Black on Black murders

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Title:
Alvin Pouissant on the rise of Black on Black murders
Description:
In this clip, Dr. Alvin Pouissant, Psychologist and Professor at Harvard University Medical School, talks to Leah Fletcher about the high rate of Black on Black murders and the social and psychological reasons behind these homicides. Overall, the program consists of a number of magazine-style segments, including a Stephen Curwood interview with Dr. Patricia Frazier (of Robert B. Brigham Hospital) and Henrietta Aladjem (author of the book, The Sun Is My Enemy) on the disease lupus, two studio performances by Stanton Davis and the Ghetto Mysticism Band (who perform "Funkified Tofu" and "Crescent Gypsies"), an "Open Platform" debate moderated by Melvin Moore on whether or not Massachusetts should fund Medicaid abortions (with debaters Dr. Mildred Jefferson, President of the both the Massachusetts and the National Right to Life committees, and Niki Nichols Gamble, Executive Director of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and panel reporters James Drummey, news editor of Review of The News magazine and Susan Sprecher of WBCN Radio), the "Say Brother News" with Karen Holmes, Margaret Tarter, Leah Fletcher, Eric Sampedro, and Tanya Hart, and the "Community Calendar." Tarter's report features an interview with Jack Hayes, editor of The Circle (a Boston paper for Native American residents); Fletcher's report features an interview with Dr. Alvin Pouissant, who discusses "Black on Black" violence and the reasons for it. Produced by Barbara Barrow. Directed by David De Barger.
Creator:
Moore, Melvin
Producer:
Barrow-Murray, Barbara
Director:
DeBarger, David
Host:
Sampedro, Eric
Host:
Moore, Melvin
Reporter:
Holmes, Karen
Reporter:
Hart, Tanya
Contributor:
Cross, June
Contributor:
Clark, Marvin
Contributor:
Rivera, George
Reporter:
Fletcher, Leah
Reporter:
Tarter, Margaret
Researcher:
Yang, Eileen
Host:
Curwood, Stephen
Date:
September 23, 1977
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
WGBH Open Vault
Series:
Say Brother
Subjects:
Brown, Warren
Sun Is My Enemy, The (Book)
Civil rights
Drummey, James
Frazier, Dr. Patricia
Homicide--Psychological aspects
Hayes, Jack
African American psychologists
Gamble, Niki Nichols
Pouissant, Dr. Alvin
Ghetto Mysticism Band (Musical group)
Sprecher, Susan
Circle, The (Newspaper)
Jefferson, Mildred
Segregation
Davis, Stanton
Hooks, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lawson), 1925-
Aladjem, Henrietta, 1917-
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier:
V_29FF7441E36B4943BBE93E2D74CD7052