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BLANK SCREEN
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AUDITORIUM FULL OF PEOPLE MILLING AROUND, OPENING CREDITS ROLL AS THEY CHAT AND THEN TAKE THEIR SEATS TO WATCH PANEL DISCUSSION
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PAN ACROSS AUDIENCE TO OSSIE DAVIS AND PANELISTS ON STAGE. RACIALLY DIVERSE AUDIENCE SITAS PATIENTLY BEFORE SHOW
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OSSIE DAVIS OPENS THE LAST EPISODE OF THE SERIES. TALKS ABOUT THE MINISERIES AND WHAT THEY'VE STUDIED ALREADY. WANTS TO STUDY THE FUTURE. INTRODUCES GUESTS CHIEF S.O. ADEBO AMBASSADOR FROM NIGERIA TO THE UNITED NATIONS, ANTONIO OLENTO WRITER AND CRITIC FROM BRAZIL, DR. JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN HISTORIAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, DR. JOHN A DAVIS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AFRICAN CULTURE, BASIL DAVIDSON BRITISH AFRICANIST SCHOLAR AND WRITER. OSSIE DAVIS ASKS THE OPENING QUESTION "DOES THE NEGRO HAVE A FUTURE?"
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AMBASSADOR S.O. ADEBO IS THE FIRST TO SPEAK, TALKS ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY OF THE QUESTION AND SPEAKS IN A GENERAL WAY ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE DIGNITY THAT IS EVERYONE'S BIRTHRIGHT
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OSSIE DAVIS ASKS ABOUT THE WORD "NEGRO" BEING USED IN AFRICA. AMBASSADOR ADEBO TALKS ABOUT RACIAL MINORITIES AND A SORT OF CULTURAL OTHERING, GETS LAUGH ABOUT FUTURE OF THE CAUCASIAN IN NIGERIA. TALKS ABOUT INTERNATIONALISM, BRINGS IT BACK TO HUMANITY, RACIAL EQUALITY
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DR. DAVIS ANSWERS QUESTION OPTIMISTICALLY, TALKS ABOUT COMMUNITY ACTIVISM AND ACTIVIST GROUPS. CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY OF RACES IN AMERICA, LAWS TO FIGHT DISCRIMINATION. BRINGS UP INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLES WITH ETHNIC QUESTIONS
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OSSIE DAVIS THROWS THE QUESTION TO DR. FRANKLIN
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DR. JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN TALKS ABOUT THERE BEING A LONG WAY TO GO, AND THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN LAWS. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IS NOT IMPROVING. RACISM AS A FACTOR OF POVERTY. OPPORTUNITY GAP. "RESIDUE OF RACISM" DEALING WITH HISTORY
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OSSIE DAVIS SHIFTS THE CONVERSATION TO BRAZIL. ANTONIO OLENTO FROM BRAZIL TALKS ABOUT THE MIXING OF RACES AS A MEASURE OF PRIDE. TALKS ABOUT HIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY OF SLAVERY. TALKS ABOUT CHINUA ACHEBE VISITING BRAZIL. TALKS ABOUT THE BLACK AND WHITE SOCIETIES IN AMERICA AS BEING SEPARATE AND THAT IT DOESN'T LEAD TO EQUALITY BUT TO AN UNOFFICIAL SEGREGATION BECAUSE PREJUDICE IS STILL A FACTOR. RACIAL "AMALGAMATION" IS NOT OFFICIAL BUT CULTURAL AND SOCIETAL
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OSSIE DAVIS TURNS THE CONVERSATION TO BASIL DAVIDSON
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BASIL DAVIDSON TALKS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION BASED ON RACE, RACIST IMMIGRATION POLICY IN GREAT BRITAIN. TALKS ABOUT MORE CONFLICT TO COME. CRITICIZES HIS COUNTY'S SELF-CONGRATULATIONS, SETBACKS IN RACE RELATIONS. MENTIONS LABOR SHORTAGE. RACIAL "AMALGAMATION" MAY OR MAY NOT WORK, LONG RANGE PLANS
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DR. DAVIS TALKS ABOUT CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM, MENTIONS RACE RIOTS
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AMBASSADOR ADEBO TALKS ABOUT FACTORS OF CURING THE CAUCASIAN OF HIS RACISM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, "SPECIAL MEASURES FOR TRANSITIONAL PHASE" i.e. SEEDS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS. TALKS ABOUT HAVING MORE DIFFICULTIES IN THE FUTURE. TALKS ABOUT APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA. RACISM IN EVERY COUNTRY ON EARTH, PLIGHT OF AFRICA. AMALGAMATION "MICENGENATION" IS NOT A SOLUTION
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DR. DAVIS TALKS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON "COLOR GRADATION"
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AMBASSADOR ADEBO SAYS HE WANTS TO SEE AN AFRICAN LEADER OF THE U.N.
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OSSIE DAVIS ASKS ABOUT IF ALL CAUCASIANS ARE RACIST TO SOME DEGREE IN BRAZIL. OLENTO TALKS ABOUT THE SHIFTING OF ATTITUDES AND THE REDUCTION OF RACISM, BUT THAT RACISM IS STILL COMMON AMONGST THE RICH, RACISM IN THE LAW. RACISM AT THE COPA CABANA, GETS BIG LAUGH AT JOKE ABOUT AMBASSADORS.
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OSSIE DAVIS ASKS ABOUT SOUTH AFRICA
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BASIL DAVIDSON TALKS ABOUT RACIAL SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA, APARTHEID. SAYS HE WAS DEPORTED. THE SITUATION HAS GOTTEN WORSE THE TYRANNY OF A SMALL WHITE MINORITY. THE SITUATION NEEDS INTERNATIONAL HELP AND SUPPORT NOT JUST A SOUTH AFRICAN EFFORT. APARTHEID HAS SURVIVED BECAUSE OF SUPPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY AND FRANCE. BETRAYAL OF HOPE AND VALUES. A HUMAN QUESTION, NOT A RACIAL ONE; SUPPORT IS NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY TO BRING PRESSURE ON POLITICIANS TO CHANGE THE SITUATION, TALKS ABOUT CAPITALISM AS BEING A PART OF THE REASON THE SYSTEM IS IN PLACE
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OSSIE DAVIS ASKS ABOUT THE RELATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS "NEGROS" AND AFRICANS, INSTITUTIONAL LIES ABOUT AFRICA AND AFRICAN CULTURES
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DR. FRANKLIN TALKS ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS AFRICA, MYTHS AND RELATIONSHIP TO AFRICA. HE SAYS AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THEIR ANCESTRAL KIN IN AFRICA. TALKS ABOUT THE EMERGENCE OF NEW AFRICAN NATIONS, POST-COLONIAL AFRICA, REEMERGENCE IN PRIDE OF AFRICAN HERITAGE, BLACK PRIDE. HISTORY OF PREJUDICE IS SHARED. RECOGNITION OF DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS, DATING BETWEEN AFRICANS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS
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AMBASSADOR ADEBO TALKS ABOUT THE ROLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN HELPING TO ESTABLISH AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE, SAYS THEY MUST CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER IN GRASSROOTS WAYS
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SCREEN GOES BLANK FOR STATION IDENTIFICATION
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OSSIE DAVIS AND GUESTS ON STAGE. OSSIE DAVIS INTRODUCES QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD
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YOUNG WHITE WOMAN IN AUDIENCE ASKS QUESTION ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE BEING MORE OPEN TO INTEGRATION AND INTERMARRIAGE "AMALGAMATION". DR. FRANKLIN TALKS ABOUT THE CONTINUAL EFFORTS TO "REDEFINE WHAT A NEGRO WAS" EFFORTS FOR RACIAL PURITY. HAS SOME HOPE FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE LOOKING PAST RACE, RACE BLINDNESS "COLOR IS IRRELEVANT IN HUMAN RELATIONS"
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YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN ASKS QUESTION ABOUT THE TERM "AFRO-AMERICAN" RACIALLY SENSITIVE LANGUAGE AND THE USE OF THE TERM INSTEAD OF "NEGRO". OSSIE DAVIS ANSWERS QUESTION IN TERMS OF AFRICAN PRIDE, BOTH ANCESTRY AND A NEED TO ESTABLISH A NEW IDENTITY SEPARATE FROM THE EMASCULATING CULTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TERM "NEGRO", AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN RE-CLAIMING MANHOOD
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BASIL DAVIDSON ASKS ABOUT THE TERM "NEGRO" BEING USED IN AFRICA. AMBASSADOR ADEBO TALKS ABOUT "NEGRO" NOT BEING USED IN AFRICA, BUT HE DOES USE "NEGRO" FOR EVERYONE AND THE NEED FOR AN INCLUSIVE TERM. EARLY POLITICALLY CORRECT TERMINOLOGY
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MIDDLE-AGED MAN IN AUDIENCE ASKS QUESTION REGARDING TERM "NEGRO" AND IF CHANGING LANGUAGE DOES ANYTHING, AND ASKS ABOUT WHERE THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO HAVE BEEN BORN IF THEY COULD, AND AKS IF RACIAL PROGRESS ON SEGREGATION COULD GO BACKWARDS. OSSIE DAVIS ANSWERS QUESTIONS HIMSELF. TALKS ABOUT THE HABIT OF TERMINOLOGY AND TAKING BACK THE TERM "NEGRO". SAYS HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN ANYPLACE OTHER THAN COTTON PATCH IN GEORGIAN WHERE HE WAS BORN AND GET HUGE LAUGH FROM AUDIENCE. OSSIE DAVIS TALKS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF GOING BACKWARDS, COMPARES TO JEWS IN EUROPE BEFORE THE RISE OF THE NAZIS WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE SAFE, SAYS ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES ARE RESETTING PROGRESS IN CERTAIN WAYS.
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DR. FRANKLIN ANSWERS AND TALKS ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF GOING BACKWARDS, BRINGS UP THE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE-AMERICANS IN WWII. SAYS INTERNATIONAL RACIAL STRUGGLE MIGHT CAUSE A BACKLASH IN WHITE CULTURE
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OLENTO TALKS BAOUT BRAZIL AND THE FACT THAT A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY HAS AFRICAN ANCESTRY
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OSSIE DAVIS BRINGS UP TERM "NEO-COLONIALISM" EXPLOITATION VIA CAPITALISM TO EXERT CONTROL OVER NOMINALLY FREE NATIONS IN AFRICA
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AMBASSADOR ADEBO TALKS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY AND THE DANGERS OF CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT AND THE NEED FOR DEDICATED HONEST GOVERNMENTS
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OSSIE DAVIS TAKES ANOTHER QUESTION. YOUNG MAN ASKS ABOUT COMMUNITY ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN BY INDIVIDUALS
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DR. FRANKLIN TELLS A STORY ABOUT A COLLEAGUE HAVING VISITED THE SOUTH AND SEEN RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION, AND FRANKLIN EXPLAINS TO HIM HOW RACISM IS PRESENT IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. HE TALKS ABOUT HIS OWN PROTESTS AND ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND CANVASING THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, GRASSROOTS EFFORTS. SAYS IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL MATTER OF DEDICATION ABILITY AND TEMPERAMENT
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OSSIE DAVIS ASKS FOR ANOTHER QUESTION
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AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN IN AUDIENCE ASKS ABOUT APARTHEID
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BASIL DAVIDSON SAYS THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD ALREADY KNOW ABOUT APARTHEID SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN INFORMED. TALKS A LOT ABOUT ECONOMIC INEQUALITY BETWEEN NATIONS, AFRICAN NATIONS GETTING POORER AND WESTERN "WHITE" NATIONS GETTING RICHER, GLOBAL ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY IS NEEDED
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OSSIE DAVIS ENDS SHOW, THANKS GUESTS PANELISTS, MENTIONS THAT THE CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN BUT CAN NEVER BE FINISHED. HOPEFUL NOTE
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SHOW ENDS, AUDIENCE CLAPS
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CREDITS ROLL OVER CLAPPING AUDIENCE PANELISTS GETTING UP AUDIENCE LEAVING
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NET LOGO (WNET)
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Genre: BLACK NEWS SHOW
Description: MINISERIES WITH OSSIE DAVIS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OSSIE DAVIS HOSTS PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AT THE CARNEGIE INTERNATIONAL CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY (NYC)
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