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Public Housing (1978-02-17)
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In this clip Native American author Ron Skenandore, former member of the Americam Indian Movement, and eyewitness at Wounded Knee, discusses his book The Earth is a Perfect Mother. Overall the program examines the problems related to public housing in Boston, Massachusetts. Host Melvin Moore speaks with guests Myra McAdoo (Executive Director of the Tenants' Policy Council), Alan Root (Chairman of the Tenants' Policy Council), and David McDonough (Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority) to discuss the relationship between the Boston Housing Authority and the Tenants Policy Council, the needs of tenants from the viewpoint of different Boston organizations, the nature of the "consent decree," and what is necessary to improve conditions for tenants. Additional segments include the "Third World Connection" (on intermarriages between Native Americans and Africans in Massachusetts in the 1800s), an interview with Native American author Ron Skenandore (whose discusses his book The Earth is a Perfect Mother), an interview with pianist Reginald Hubbard (who discusses his Hubbard Concert Series), and an in-studio performance by Hubbard. Directed by Barbara Barr…
Directors & creators
WGBH Educational Foundation
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Ron Skenandore, Melvin Moore, Myra McAdoo, Alan Root, David McDonough, Reginald Hubbard, Barbara Barrow-Murray, David DeBarger, Eric Himes, Boston Housing Authority, Tenants' Policy Council, Wounded Knee, public housing, Boston, Massachusetts, Native American studies, consent decree
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