LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Brian Hayes programme

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement

TX Date

Oct 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

01:03:39

Description

Brian Hayes talks to writer James Baldwin, whose latest novel, Just Above My Head, is published today. Topics include Baldwin’s development as a novelist; his characters and their relationships; the Black American experience; American society and the black question; political movements; the question of divided ethnic and/or national loyalties. Includes phone-in; news bulletins (read by and with contributions from Prue Keely, John Perkins, Merrilee Cox, Jack Gee and Alan Clark) and commercial breaks.

Contributors

Brian Hayes; John Perkins; Prue Keely; Merrilee Cox; Jack Gee; James Baldwin (1924-1987); Alan Clark (LBC)

Keywords

Books; Authors; USA; Political movements; Interethnic relations; Racial discrimination; National Front; Andrew Young; Novels; African-American peoples; Black peoples; Racial segregation; Martin Luther King; Malcolm X; Roots (television series); James Baldwin (1924-1987); Just Above My Head

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