Collection ID: SC 157
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Summary

Creator:
Chase, Sam
Abstract:
These materials comprise a thirteen-part radio series of public service broadcasts produced by Sam Chase for WLIB radio in New York in cooperation with Newsweek Magazine.
Extent:
13 Audiotape Reels (6.5 hours)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

What Must Be Done radio series, SC 157, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Prominent African American panelists include: James L. Farmer, Jr., organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Eldridge Waith, one of the first African Americans promoted to a high ranking position in the NYC Police Department; Dr. Nathan Wright, Jr., an Episcopal minister, chairman of the National Conference on Black Power, and author of the books Black Power and Urban Unrest: Creative Possibilities (1967) and Ready to Riot (1968); Cyril D. Tyson, former Deputy Administrator for Minority Economic Development and project director of Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited; Berkeley G. Burrell, President of the National Negro Business League; Raymond R. Brown, Vice President of Freedom National Bank in Harlem; Jack E. Wood, Jr., Co-Director of the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing; Frank S. Horne, founder of the National Committee against Discrimination in Housing; Dr. James G. Haughton, a prominent public health official in New York who later became the Executive Director of Chicago's Cook County Hospital; Dr. John L. S. Holloman, Jr., founder of the Medical Committee for Civil Rights and President of the National Medical Association; Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, professor at Tufts University Medical School who later became a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, author of the book Why Blacks Kill Blacks (1972), and a consultant for The Cosby Show and A Different World television shows; Lisle C. Carter, Jr. of the National Urban League in New York, who later became Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the first President of the University of the District of Columbia; Major Robert Owens, commissioner of Community Development for New York City, who went on to serve in the New York State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives; Dr. George A. Wiley, Executive Director of the National Welfare Rights Organization and founder of the Movement for Econmic Justice; Floyd B. McKissick, National Director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and developer the Soul City community in North Carolina; Whitney M. Young, Jr., President of the National Urban League and author of the books To Be Equal (1964) and Beyond Racism (1969).

Scope and Content:

The radio program "What Must Be Done" examined the conditions faced by African Americans and was moderated by pioneering civil rights attorney Percy E. Sutton. The series of 13 public-service broadcasts aired every Monday evening from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on WLIB radio in New York, beginning July 1, 1968 and concluding September 23, 1968. Produced by Peabody Award winner Sam Chase, the series was based on a November 20, 1967 civil rights editorial in Newsweek magazine, "The Negro in America: What Must Be Done." The article, initiated by legendary Newsweek editor Osborn Elliott, questioned traditional notions of journalistic objectivity as part of Elliot's campaign towards "advocacy journalism," in which facts are tempered by a subjective view or political stance. Offering an in-depth report on the racial crisis in America, the article analyzed the underlying causes of the recent ghetto riots, the hostile reactions of whites, and the failure of Americans to make a total commitment to social justice.

Acquisition information:
Given to Jacquie Gales Webb by Sam Chase in 1996 for deposit at the AAAMC; forwarded to the AAAMC by the Smithsonian Institution in 2011.
Processing information:

Processed by AAAMC Staff. Completed in 2013.

Arrangement:

Arranged in one series:

Series 1: Recordings
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.

Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.

For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.

Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).

All recordings ©1968 by WLIB Radio, New York.

PREFERRED CITATION:

What Must Be Done radio series, SC 157, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-181
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-8547
aaamc@indiana.edu