City Streets - The Promise

2716.0174
WCVB Collection
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December 18 1981
Master X3493 Program Title: The Promise
Maya Angelou hosts a discussion about the meaning of the church to the Black community. This begins with a history of religion in Africa before it was brought to America and then as it evolved in the new continent and new cultures. Includes interviews with academics and church leaders like John Cartwright, Charles Stith. and Wesley Roberts as well as still photos that are of hardship and painful experience. Black screen between segments.
Credits: The Promise; Host: Maya Angelou; Produced and Directed by: Karl Nurse; Written by: Steve Hussein, Shay Whitman; Associate Producer: Karen Holmes; Assistant Director: Emmons S. Levine; Cameras: Ed Dadulak, Cal Hoyle, David Buhl; CMX Editors: Doug DeVitt, George Ellard, Jeff Brawer; Videotape Editor: Alan Pratt, Curt Reichenbach; Field Sound: Jim Fripp; Switcher: Stan Brown; Audio: Richie O’Neill; Historical Material Provided by: Schomburg Collection New York Public Library, Frances Benjamin Johnson, United Negro College Fund, Tuskegee Institute; Director of Public Affairs: Philip S. Balboni

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