SLATE: BLACK JOURNAL, AIR DATE 3/21/1972, DIRECTOR LATHAN

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BLACK JOURNAL OPENER, AFRICAN THEMED IMAGES

BLACK JOURNAL OPENER, AFRICAN IMAGES

TONY BROWN REPORTS ON THE NATIONAL BLACK POLITICAL CONVENTION, INTRODUCES PAUL DELANEY AND CAROL MORTON

CLIPS FROM THE CONVENTION, ALL RISE AND SING BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM, BLACK FISTS IN THE AIR, GARY INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GYM

BARAKA WIPES HIS BROW, "HARD TO BE BLACK IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY WHITE FOLKS", CUT TO BLACK AUDIENCE, RECITES POEM WITH "N" WORD REPEATED, "NATION TIME"

INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES 36X KENYATTA, COMMITTEE ORGANIZER, TALKS ABOUT UNITY AND FREEDOM

BARAKA IN STUDIO INTERVIEWED BY TONY BROWN, CALLED THE "ARCHITECT OF BLACK ART", BARAKA SAYS "THERE IS NO DIVISION BETWEEN LIFE AND ART"

EVELYN GRATTS DELEGATE FROM CALIFORNIA

TONY BROWN ASKS BARAKA ABOUT THE NATIONAL BLACK CONVENTION AND HOW HE HELD IT TOGETHER, BARAKA TALKS ABOUT "ISMS" AND FINDING A COMMON GROUND, UNITY. TALKS ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES VISITING AFRICA. BROWN LIKENS IT TO VARIOUS TRIBES COMING TOGETHER. MENTIONS THE UAW, UNITED AUTO WORKERS AND MICHIGAN DELEGATION

CHARLES 36X KENYATTA, "RIGHT ON BROTHER"

COMMENTS BY CHESTER HIGGINS, EDITOR OF JET, TALKS ABOUT THE SUPPORT FOR SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

BARAKA TALKS ABOUT DIVERSITY OF THE CONFERENCE. BLACK COMMUNITY MUST CREATE SHARED VALUES

FLOOR OF CONVENTION, DELEGATES, PAN TO BARAKA AT PODIUM SPEAKING

BROWN ASKS WHAT THE VOTERS CAN DO TO AFFECT AMERICAN POLITICS, BARAKA TALKS ABOUT A STEERING COMMITTEE, NEED FOR A CONCRETE POLITICAL STRUCTURE

BROWN ASKED ABOUT SUPPORTING PARTICULAR ISSUES, IE BUSING. ASKED ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TAKING THE BLACK VOTER FOR GRANTED. MAKE PREDICTIONS FOR THE 1970S

CAROL MORTON TALKS ABOUT UNITY NOT UNIFORMITY

BROWN ASKS ABOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BARAKA TALKS ABOUT THE AFRICAN NATIONS IN THE 1950S, CITES NIXON AND CHINA

TONY BROWN ALSO PRAISES BARAKA, BUT WAS DISMAYED BY THE WHITE PRESS COVERAGE, ESPECIALLY ANGELA PARKER (BLACK WRITER) FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

PAUL DELANEY, BLACK WRITER, AGREES WITH THE POOR COVERAGE BY THE WHITE PRESS

BROWN STATES THAT THE CONVENTION WORKED AND MADE BARAKA SUCCESS, ASKS BARAKA ABOUT HIS PLAN TO SURVIVE. BARAKA TALKS ABOUT COLLECTIVE WORK AND NOT EGOS

BROWN ASK ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE RESOLUTIONS AGREED UPON AT CONVENTION. BARAKA IS UNCLEAR. BROWN SAYS THERE IS CONFUSION ABOUT THE RESOLUTION ABOUT BUSING. BARAKA MENTIONS CORE, ROY INNIS AND WINGATE FROM NEW YORK, TALKS ABOUT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY CONTROL

BROWN PRAISES BARAKA AND HIS WORK AND THANKS HIM

TONY BROWN THANKS GUESTS AND WRAPS UP PROGRAM

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