1975BLACK NEWS SHOW
TV SHOW, BLACK JOURNAL, WITH HOST TONY BROWN, COVERAGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING BLACK AUDIENCE, 1975
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SLATE: BLACK JOURNAL, THIS EVENING, AIR DATE 2/11/1975
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| 01:00:05 5.07 |
BLANK SLUG, COUNTDOWN
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| 01:00:16 16.98 |
WNET ANIMATED GRAPHIC
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| 01:00:25 25.11 |
PBS INFO
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| 01:00:31 31.96 |
STAGE SET FOR BLACK JOURNAL LIVE MUSIC, BILLY TAYLOR BAND, TONY BROWN WALK OUT ON STAGE IN TUXEDO TO APPLAUSE
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| 01:01:17 77.75 |
INTERVIEWED BY TONY BROWN INTRODUCES SHOW AND ASKS FOR THE CIA AND FBI TO RESPOND TO ACCUSATIONS, INTRODUCES GUESTS (GREGORY AND ANDERSON), AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
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| 01:02:28 148.64 |
TONY BROWN, HOST, TALKS ABOUT BLACK GAME SHOW "CAN YOU DIG IT", ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, INTRODUCES MR. BILLY ROE, BLACK SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
"WE'LL BE RIGHT BLACK AFTER THIS MESSAGE" |
| 01:03:32 212.39 |
BLACK AUDIENCE CLAPPING
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| 01:03:41 221.64 |
BLACK JOURNAL OPENER, 1970S COLLAGE INSPIRED ANIMATED GRAPHICS
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| 01:04:33 273.32 |
TONY BROWN INTRODUCES DICK GREGORY, CO HOST
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| 01:05:07 307 |
DICK GREGORY
STAND UP COMEDY ROUTINE
COMEDIAN DICK GREGORY - JOKES ABOUT WATERGATE - CIA PHONE TAPS - US ECONOMY AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE BLACK COMMUNITY - INFLATION - POT SNIFFING DOGS -
JOKES ABOUT SLAVERY, BLACKS LEARNING ENGLISH, PRICE OF SUGAR AND DRUGS, COCKROACHES |
| 01:15:24 924 |
COMEDIAN AND BLACK ACTIVIST, DICK GREGORY, TALKS WITH SHOW HOST TONY BROWN - TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE STARVING ALL OVER THE WORLD, FRUSTRATED WITH THE US FOR SENDING "TANKS AND NOT TURNIPS".
TALKS ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA WHO WENT ON A FAST FOR 24 HOURS. MAKES JOKES ABOUT HAVING A BROTHER DO THE WEATHER, QUESTIONS THE SALE OF WHEAT TO RUSSIA. 1/4 OF ALL GRAINS GROWN FOR ALCOHOL. MAKES JOKE ABOUT FASTING BECAUSE OF HIS WIFE'S COOKING NUTRITION AND HEALTH - ANNOUNCES A "NEW" FOOD THAT HELPS PEOPLE GET HEALTHY - KELP - FRUIT JUICES AND KELP HAS A FRIEND IN CALIFORNIA TO HELP FUND HIS RACE AND THE HUNGRY WITH 10 MILLION DOLLARS |
| 01:25:48 1548.48 |
TONY BROWN ANNOUNCES A STATION BREAK, BACK IN A MOMENT GRAPHIC
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| 01:26:12 1572 |
TONY BROWN ASKS FOR DONATIONS TO SUPPORT BLACK JOURNAL AND PBS
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CLIP FROM BLACK TELEVISION GAME SHOW " CAN YOU DIG IT" - PROMO FOR SHOW. USING ASTROLOGY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
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| 01:27:48 1668.86 |
ANIMATED GRAPHIC SEGMENT INTRO " HEAVIES"
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| 01:28:03 1683.7 |
BILLY TAYLOR BAND PLAYS ON STAGE
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| 01:28:14 1694.23 |
TONY BROWN, HOST, INTRODUCES REPORTER JACK ANDERSON, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
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| 01:28:26 1706.68 |
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JACK ANDERSON WALKS OUT ON STAGE AND JOINS DICK GREGORY AND TONY BROWN.
TONY BROWN ASKS ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE BI CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, QUOTES MANY PATRIOTIC INSPIRATIONAL SLOGANS. RECEIVED 750,000 SUGGESTED SLOGANS FOR THE BI-CENTENNIAL |
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TONY BROWN ASKS ABOUT DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE BY THE CIA, READS QUOTE BY VICTOR MARQUETTE ABOUT THE FOCUS OF THE CIA AND ITS ACCOUNTABILITY
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| 01:33:25 2005.38 |
JACK ANDERSON RESPONDS, IS OPPOSED TO THE CIA'S "DIRTY TRICKS" IN OTHER COUNTRIES' DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
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DICK GREGORY RESPONDS AND AGREES WITH ANDERSON, IS FRIGHTENED BY THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS. MAKES A STINK ABOUT THE COST OF SODA BEING HIGHER THAN GASOLINE
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| 01:35:28 2128.66 |
TONY BROWN IS ALSO AFRAID OF WHAT WATERGATE IMPLIES. THEY TALK ABOUT THE FBI LISTS OF RADICALS AND ENEMIES, MENTION EARTHA KITT BEING ON THE LIST, FILE MENTIONS HER SEX LIFE IN PARIS. THEY MAKE JOKE ABOUT DICK GREGORY'S FILE. ANDERSON TALKS ABOUT RACIAL BIAS TO THE INVESTIGATION. CALLS HOOVER A RACIST
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| 01:39:46 2386.64 |
TONY BROWN ASKS ABOUT INVESTIGATION INTO YOUNG WHITE RADICALS AND BLACK MILITANTS. ASKS ABOUT A PARANOIA ABOUT BLACKS, ANDERSON SAYS HOOVER WAS VERY PARANOID. TALKS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOREIGN POWERS AND BLACK PANTHERS, TRAINING IN LIBYA WITH KADDAFI
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| 01:41:54 2514 |
DICK GREGORY ASKS ABOUT THE LEGALITIES OF GOING TO NORTH VIETNAM FOR TRAINING IN SABOTAGE
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| 01:42:20 2540.56 |
JACK ANDERSON TALKS ABOUT THE PROPER FUNCTION OF THE CIA
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| 01:43:06 2586.19 |
TONY BROWN TALKS ABOUT CIA DIRECTOR DENYING COVERT ACTIVITIES. THEY TALK ABOUT WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST OVER OIL AND KISSENGER
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| 01:45:14 2714 |
DICK GREGORY IS WORRIED ABOUT THE CIA HAVING CONTROL THROUGHOUT MANY ADMINISTRATIONS. DICK GREGORY BELIEVES THE CIA CONTROLS THE WHOLE COUNTRY. TELLS STORY ABOUT SENDING A TELEGRAPH TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE CIA'S FINANCING FOR DOMESTIC INVESTIGATIONS, TALKS ABOUT DRUGS SMUGGLED INTO THE COUNTRY IN DEAD SOLDIERS SHIPPED BACK FROM VIETNAM. GREGORY TALKS ABOUT THE MAFIA, BOBBY KENNEDY, FRANK STURGIS, SHOWS PICTURE TAKEN AFTER JFK'S ASSASSINATION
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| 01:51:25 3085.92 |
TONY BROWN ASKS ANDERSON ABOUT KISSINGER AND NIXON'S MEMORANDUM TOWARDS AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICA AND RHODESIA MENTIONED, MILITARY SALES TO WHITE AFRICA, PORTUGAL'S COLONIES
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TONY BROWN ASKS ABOUT ANY SECRET INFORMATION THAT ANDERSON MAY HAVE NOT REVEALED. ANDERSON THINKS OF THE MORAL ASPECT
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GREGORY ASKS ABOUT THE ROCKEFELLER INVESTIGATION, "THE FOX WATCHING THE CHICKENS"
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TONY BROWN ASKS FOR THANKS FOR JACK ANDERSON AND DICK GREGORY, AUDIENCE APPLAUSE, THANKS THE AUDIENCE AND BLESSES THEM
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CREDITS ROLL OVER STAGE SET, GUESTS AND HOST TALKING
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PBS LOGO
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BLANK SLUG
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