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You got the audience on pumped up. They're disappointed. You want. You're on. God, is that me? It's me. Not me. Probably. Mm hmm. You? Second. You know, how many times have you read my first 800? What's happening? It's not me. It's 12 noon. We're live on City Line. Hi, I'm Jackie. And I'm Betty Bentley. The Urban League's newly released report on the status of black Americans is disheartening. The solution is the responsibility of our government to assist and help the black community. But Reverend Gene Bradford, City Line's guest today disagrees. He believes it's the responsibility of black people to become united, to seek the equality sought during the sixties civil rights movement. Leslie Bradford carries the message of black liberation theology. And today on City Line, he'll share it with us. Nearly 20,000 demonstrators marched in the all white county of Cumming, Georgia. I'm ten months here today on news camp. I'll have a full report on Anthony here and on today's entertainment page, calling the gang a group that's celebrating victory. Stay tuned. Does the black community need to regroup and revitalize the 1960s civil rights movement? If a movement is necessary, what role, if any, should our churches play? We'll answer these questions and more as we take a look at black liberation theology with Reverend Gene Bradford. It's all up next. Black liberation theology live on city land. Good afternoon and welcome to this afternoon's edition of City Line and Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday We sit here in the midst of our second major snowstorm of the season. My heavens, isn't it gorgeous? I love it if you don't have to come out of here. And thank goodness our guest was able to make it here today.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=6.61,179.44"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah, we were a little bit better about that for a minute. Yes. Bless you. Forgetting to introduce you to Reverend Gene Bradford. Reverend, welcome. Bless you. We're going to talk about what you term black liberation theology, is that correct? Yes. What is black liberation theology? I would say that black liberation theology is simply a theology of liberation. It attempts to look at the entire person and to become not only religious. In quotes. Mm hmm. But also effective in terms of what we do. Okay. But I mean, are we talking about a new concept or are we talking about not really an old effort? Not really. There's always been a tension in the church, it seems to me, between persons who would concentrate on purely religious issues. Mm hmm. As opposed to persons who would translate their religion into an effective way of coping with life's issues. Now, should black liberation theology, as the name connotes, start in the church and move outward? And if so, then what should the church be doing that it is not doing now? It should definitely start in the church now. We ought to define church as being the people of the church as opposed to church buildings or institutions. Indeed, the people do make up the institution. But certainly it should start in the people. It should start in their heart. It should start in terms of a translation of their religious value into lives issues. Okay. Translate that. What does that mean? That means that my religion is of no use. And I'm not a religious person. I'm not a member of the Church of Christ unless I have a way of translating that into dealing with my everyday problem. Doing what? Everyday living to the best of my ability, being obedient to Christ, developing as well as I can personally, dealing with all of my personal development and commitment to other persons.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=179.8,315.48"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And how does this translate into something that's going to move the black community forward in either economic freedom or social freedom? I believe that that that's a very good question, because historically, if we even look back at slavery time, we would see then that black people relied heavily on their religion. If we look at some of the songs that we're saying, I'm looking across the journey. Don't you want to go those songs with song? Not necessarily looking across Jordan, but also song as an articulation of the all and the wish to be free and to cross the Ohio River. So going back to your question, it seems to me that we have always, as a black people, as black people, relied on our religion and a religious experience, even in terms of defining the method by which we attain freedom. But is that safe? I mean, should should be our entire the entire pretext of us obtaining our freedom be based solely on religion. I think that religion is the prime value of life. Without religion, without some value. There is no context in which we define what it is that we do. Okay. Let's invite our home audience into our discussion by calling us at 41, 13, 13, 41, 1330. And we will take a break and come back with your questions, hopefully about black liberation theology. Welcome back. Welcome back. Our discussion today is black liberation theology, and we're here with Reverend Gene Bradford. I'm still left with asking what should the church be doing today that it has not been doing since the sixties in terms of improving the lives and the livelihoods of black people? I believe that the question that you ask is one that presumes that many churches have been doing things since the sixties, let's put it that way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=316.05,535.15"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But I think that we really need to refocus our efforts and renew ourselves in terms of beginning to address the issues. Now, I think a part of our problem is the fact that the the issues as defined in the sixties were social political issues. And I think that the church organizes itself very well around those issues, that the church provided much leadership in those terms. But I agree with many philosophers and and analysts who say that the issues now are economic, and it becomes even more difficult for the church to define its role in an economic sense perhaps, than in even in a social sense. So therefore, what we need do is to again, define what the church's role in terms of the economic development of communities. So is this black liberation theology then something that has yet to fully evolve? I mean, I'm trying to to see what someone looking in right now can go out and grab hold of in terms of black liberation theology. How can they either incorporate it into what they're trying to do or how can they find out more about it? Is it a movement that that is afoot and available to us here in Baltimore as well as other places? Exactly. You know, how do we get into it? I think that, again, we need to not only we constrain ourselves when we use the term black liberation theology. Let's talk about methods of becoming liberated and talk about the role of the church and the role of the individual with the church in doing that. Again, let's go back. Okay. We want to hear you say it. What is the role of the church? What are what is the role of the people? Since you define church as being people as opposed to edifices? Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=536.11,655.09"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"One of the prime problems in our community as it relates to economic issues is the fact that many of us feel that it's hard for a rich man to pass through an eye of a needle. We feel that there's a distinction, in other words, between economically well-off and being a Christian. So therefore, the church needs to define out that conflict, to eliminate that conflict, and to let us know as a people that it's okay to do well economically. Second, one of our major problems in this society as black people is the fact that we don't trust one another in an economic sense. We don't trust one another. We don't support each other. And I think the role has that the church has a definitive role in that regard, in the sense that we need to be able to trust one another and to invest with one another and to do the things that would make us viable as economic entities. Then third, we need to place a value on what we do with our money. I was thinking this morning of the fact that many of us smile when we talk about Imelda marcos in the sense that she had all the shoes. Well, I feel that many of us, in terms of the way we see our lives and the value we place on it would if we had the money, we would have just as many shoes as Imelda marcos has. And the simple fact is that the materialism that we have and the way we define ourselves as economic beings keeps us in a consumption posture and in a posture where we have no value, that that directs what we do with our money and what we do with one another economically.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=656.53,757.69"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. We're going to bring our audience at home into the discussion at this point. Hello, You're on City Line. Yes. Good morning. How are you doing? Just fine, thank you. My name is Randy Mobley. Mm hmm. I just talked briefly about how do we expect a black brother to be able to reach out to the sisters and brothers out in the marketplace on with social basis to understand one another? In the first instance, I think we need to understand that it is a survival issue that that that black people need to come out of its religious base to begin to address this issue all on the. Basis of simple survival. And that survival in and of itself then becomes a part of our posture of loving one another. Now, religion, it seems to me, is is is the ultimate values that we place. And therefore our religion has to teach us that we need to cooperate and build up and support one another in every means possible. So that we will be able to eliminate the bad things that cripple us in our lives. Okay. Thank you for your call. We'll take another caller right right away. Hello? You're on City Line. Hi. Um, I would like to ask him why of the churches that are out here today and religious leaders, are they not more in tune to the personal development and self esteem and motivation of the people? And it's hot. I you know, the only way you can hear this and this is what we lose, you know, and of course, you have to have religion inside of it, but you can't get anywhere unless you have their self esteem and motivation. I think that's more important. Okay. Thank you. I think the caller hit the key.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=758.35,881.49"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Self-esteem and motivation are the types of things, the substantive things of life that really place us in the what gives us the ability to achieve what it is that we have to do in all areas of life? And where's the church going wrong in that? The church is going wrong to the extent that it has gone wrong in defining religion and the religious experience, the religious value as being behaviors that don't have anything to do with economics or our economic lives at all. You know, Reverend Bradford, it seems to me that your message is carried to the general public right now and to us. But it seems to me that you're really talking about changing the mindset of the ministerial community, because if the minister if the church is controlled by ministers in general or in specific, are they the ones that will begin to turn that the the entire church setting the. I would disagree with you that the ministers are the man set of the church that I believe that is that is the collective mindset that day that you get the type of leadership that that you want. I think that we as the leadership has to be a catalyst, it seems to me. But doesn't the ministerial community generally control the workings of a church, even though there is a trustee board and there is whatever other kinds of board and the deacons and and so forth, but isn't it generally controlled by the minister? I would I would I would say that that generally our religious leadership council ministers, but certainly I will agree with you 100% because of the fact that it's important for us to see each other. Okay. You say then that the power is in the people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=882.48,996.78"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The power was in the people led by led by its clergy. But doesn't that still rely on that clergy coming of mind, just to the extent that you were saying in terms of bringing in the economic realities of life into the religious part of life, which is to say, as you were indicating, I believe I believe that the ministers need to to become better informed and study and to lead more in these areas. But I but I but I disagree that it's it's it's something that they can do by themselves. I think that we must begin to to to expect and to require this of our religious leadership, that they be concerned with the holistic application of religion to all of life's issues. So the black liberation theology is basically concerned about the holistic approach of its people. Yes. Meaning economics, education. Yes. Shelter, food, whatever. Whatever. Yes. Okay. Oh, yeah. I'm enlightened, but I'm still at a loss. I'm still at a loss in terms of finding where is the leadership for black liberation theology going to come from as we began to see, a part of the issue is defining what the problem is but don't mean nothing. I think many. Not. Not really. I think that I think that many ministers and many preachers, many religious people made a commitment to the holistic application. But it's the continuing refinement and defining of that. And that's what we're in the process of doing now, even in this discussion. You mean defining the problems that beset black people? Yes. Okay. Let me tell you how you can let me tell you how you can find the problems and get a copy of the Urban League's State of Black America that was just released last week.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=997.29,1111.23"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. We know what the problem is. Then we need to define the solutions. That's what it is. Now, let me let me just give you an example of something that comes out of my non ministerial experience. I was head of the the Policy Analysis and planning division of the Office. So Human development at AGW. For about nine years. One of my responsibilities was to require the plant planning documents on behalf of the Assistant Secretary that I work for each year. Preliminary to budget formulation. In those documents, the various programs the Administration on Aging, the Office of Child Development and other programs that we're under, that assistant Secretary would give to him the the numbers of persons being served by those programs, etc.. In collecting those numbers, I noticed one year that if indeed we counted the people as those programs were counting them, we would then in that particular part of AGW, be serving 500,000 people. 500 million people. Now, the reason I went through that long analysis is because of the fact that obviously there are only about 240 million people in the United States. But yet and still, when we began to define the problems, we defined people and segment them up such that at AGW, although it was a socially a goodwill type of it was a good effort. We were organized as though we were serving 500 million people. I count you because of the fact that you are old another program counselor because of the fact that you're black. Another program counselor. Because of the fact that you're handicapped. Another program counselor. Because of the fact that your laptop was broken. Another program counselor, etc.. So by the time we get to, we've counted a lot of people. The analysis of the issue and we get to the point just a little bit because we're going to have to take a break.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=1112.1,1239.68"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The point is that we need to be able to define what it is that has to be done. Okay. Okay. As a co-host of City Line and a fairly well read person, I still contend that we ought to look at the Urban League's report and State of black America to know what some of the problems are. We'll take a break and come back and discuss solutions. Thank you. 20,000 demonstrators led a peaceful march in Cummings, Georgia. Stay tuned for NewsCorp for the details. Still ahead on the entertainment page, calling the gang's latest classic victory. Stick around. Now, here's this week's community calendar. Hello, my name is Mary Robinson. You are invited to attend the Morgan State University's annual Presidential Scholarship Ball on Friday, January 30th, beginning at 9 p.m. at the Palladium. The evening will include a buffet dinner, Live Entertainment by Bobby Felder's band of Washington, D.C., a special performance by musical star Deniece Williams and lots of interesting people. Proceeds will benefit Morgan State University Scholarship Fund. 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The public is welcome to see many displays and exhibits provided by minority businesses and community services free of charge to become part of this event.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=1240.61,1522.99"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or for further information, please call 3588376. If your group or organization would like to announce an event, please write us in care of City Line WJC TV Television Hill, Baltimore, Maryland 212, one one. Or call us for further information at 4660013. Between the hours of nine and five. Welcome back live to City Line. Our guest today is the Reverend Gene Bradford. And we're talking about black liberation theology. Right now, we brought the audience at home into it and now we get the audience in the studio involved. Yes, sir. Reverend Bradford, one of the concerns that I have in your discussion is a rather freewheeling definition of black theology. What I would hope that are that that those of us who are here would get it's one of those at home again, would be the distinguishing characteristics, both of black theology, as opposed to, quote unquote, ordinary theology. What are the components of this theology so that we might better understand how we fit into that picture? That's a fair question, and I don't know that we have enough time to answer all of it. But certainly theology, it seems to me, is the role and the the indeed the meaning and purpose of of a god or a greater being in our lives. And black theology seems to me to be the experience that we as black people have brought to it. It seems to me also that we need out of our religious perspective, to indeed take advantage of our past experiences. And if we do so, if we look back at our religion and how the Lord has been with us through the years, we will then see that this is a main means by which we can be liberated. I don't think that I've answered your question sufficiently.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=1523.71,1683.39"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, you haven't. Perhaps you could give me. Can you describe any particular parts of black theology that make it different from any other theology? Is it simply a matter of race? It is a matter of experience. That's all. But how does that experience translate into specific programs that differentiate black theology from another kind of theology? Because you see, the term black theology has a kind of of a negative halo effect you see in terms of of other people's beliefs. But I'm wondering how specific what is the one of the components? You know, one, two or three, what are they? I understand you there's an emotional tension and Miller associated with black theology. But I'm I'm disturbed that that it's a term it's all that is to all embracing. Without having some concrete specifics to it. Well, I think all this was just specific sort of black theology relate to the black experience and the application of our values and our perspectives and our culture to our religion. And I can't be any more specific than that. Okay. Thank you for those questions. Let's try calls from home. Hi. CALLER your live on City line. Yes, my name is Eva Cooper and the statements that were made earlier by the reverend. Okay. I think what I wanted to say is I think the term religion is a bad word to use. I think we need to focus on Jesus Christ because people take religion and use the word any type of way they want to use. And what I also wanted to say to this, I'm sitting here listening to this gentleman, if he would read us, there can be one that would tell him what black theology is. Black theology is very relevant. It concerns the black struggle, the peop the black people that have struggles.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=1684.14,1810.24"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We feel that we can adapt that with Jesus Christ. So i think that these are my thoughts already. Thank you. CALLER. Reverend bradford wanted to respond to that. I believe that that's what I said because I said that our experience and I agree with the caller in one point that she made because she did say that we ought to be talking about Jesus Christ rather than using the term religion, that we indeed should be talking about Jesus Christ and indeed we should be talking about love, because my Bible tells me and John four, seven and eight, that one, John four, seven and eight, that God is love. So indeed, that's why we should be talking about what we should be talking about. Okay. Another question from our audience. Yes. I was concerned about we haven't really discussed or focused on the family. And I was wondering, Dr. Bradford or Bradford, how do you view the role of the family in all of this and how can a positive interaction be achieved between the church and the family to attain the goals that we're trying to achieve? I think the family is critical. And here again, I've been using a lot of terms that are sort of general, but they have a very specific meaning to your question. Values is what grows out of out of one's love of Christ or love of love. It seems to me that our values are the things that would strengthen and reinforce our familial relationships. And therefore, the church has a key role. Indeed, the family as an institution is a liberating institution. It is in the family that we learn and do our primary learning. And what does the church understand that? Does the church understand that it needs to take the need to seize upon that role and do something about it? I believe I believe that the church does.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=1810.78,1921.09"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Again, it becomes an issue of what do you focus on now? So what we need to do as a people is begin to develop these issues. A lot of churches feel that all we should be concerned about is saving of souls as opposed to applying our religion to everyday life problems so that we survive, so that we survive. Let me try to get something specific because everyone seems to be asking for specifics. Now you tell me whether I'm in the right ballpark or whatever. About a week ago, a Reverend John Wright of the First Baptist Church of Guilford called upon black people to forego the use of credit cards because all the credit cards do. And his words basically is enslave black people because they go into debt and cannot ever climb out of that. Is that a part of what you would believe to be black liberation theology? Yes, that is that is a specific action that Reverend Wright took. He took it on the basis of analysis that we use, credit cards we consume to a great degree. They cause us to go into debt that has no value on the debt and its consumption as opposed to producing, as opposed to producing, as opposed to investing, as opposed to saving as opposed it. The fact of consumption also leads to family breakdown in the sense that most families, I think the courts will say most families break down because of a because of financial problems. Okay. We're going to continue our discussion for another block. But first, I've got to take a break. Don't go anywhere. We'll be right back. We're continuing our discussion, trying to gain a better understanding of the concept of black liberation theology and some of the other issues closely related to that that blacks need to be thinking about.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=1921.93,2136.56"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We have another question from our audience, Reverend Bradford, how can we put what you have said on a more practical basis in helping a young person interpret and accept the concept of Christianity and the theology that you are saying so that we can relieve them or help them to believe themselves? So much of the drug problems and the other problems that we're having facing our black youth. We can begin with self love and we can tell people that don't take drugs because God wants you to love yourself. We can tell people that we ought to love one another. That indeed, if we do that, we can. We can begin to trust one another in economic situations. We can start building jobs. What I would say is that in terms of the specifics, we need to simply begin to act out of love and out of concern for one another and to hold dear the ultimate value of Christ. Now, that's not very specific, is it? I was trying to get it more practical so that we as Christians and as spiritual leaders could reach out on a more practical basis rather than the abstract. Well, of it is is Reverend Wright did this practically. He he he said cut your credit cards and his church cut their credit cards because of the fact that they didn't see any any positive use of credit cards and credit, that it was detrimental. We need to do such basic things that it sounds like I'm talking in generalities. We need to do basic things such as knowing who to love. And who to care for and how to care for ourselves. And our churches need to teach us that how to do practical things. Everything. Everything that we that we do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=2136.8,2246.78"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Let me let me let me go on with this. One of the things that a friend of mine, Reverend Willie Wilson in Washington, D.C., talks about is the fact that we as black people are walking around like zombies. We're basically economic zombies. We don't make determinations and decisions about what we do in economic terms. We will go out and spend our money at stores where they won't hire black people. That's because of the value that we place on ourselves. So we need to start evaluating what it is that we're doing. Okay. Maybe that will help somewhat. Okay. Let's take a call from home now. CALLER you're on City Line. Hello, this is Antoinette Skye, Reverend Bradford. Yes. I'd like to make some comments to you, first of all. Mother Teresa of Calcutta made an interesting statement and she said that the materialism of America is its greatest poverty. And I believe that address is a value system. Yes, there is a whole of breakdown within the value system, beginning with family. It's reflected in the schools. I am a city school teacher. It's reflected all over. It's a matter of self preferences within the world. Yes. As leaders, as religious leaders within society. I would like that we would. All churches, not only mine, the Catholic Church in which a pope has thrown a letter on economic justice and our Holy Father have been pushing and fighting for. But also all of us work together and address responsibility to the families and to various aspects of society to bring forth faith and the meaning and the depth of faith, because it's been such a shallow. You turn, we go on Sunday, the church and I believe and we come home Monday and it's like a praying coat.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=2247.8,2369.48"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Reverend Bradford, with you. Perhaps it's one more comment. Yeah, we're running out of time. You're going to have to make it extremely quickly. Please. Okay. One more comment. As far as the gentleman who said, what do you mean? Looking back and it's a matter of experience, you comment. It is a matter of all of us looking back in Scripture to our beginnings in a faith, and it is a matter of experience and some of us may not have had experiences. Okay, Tony. CALLER, Thank you. Reverend Bradford, the black church is an extremely wealthy institution in the black community. Am I right or wrong? You're right. How are you going to wrestle some of that money from the black church to put it to use somewhere other than in the church? We're going to do that by placing a value on the church as a institution that addresses the whole lives of people. Okay. I'm a member of a church. What do you propose I do? As of now, make sure that you make make sure that your church has a food program. Make sure that it has a an investment program in the community. Make sure that your church attends to the needs of the sick. Make sure that the church has a teaching program for young people to give them values about their families and about their sexuality. Make sure that you make sure that your church does a host of things that are consistent with liberating their minds in the context of their religion or the context of their their value for Christ the law. Reverend Gene Bradford, thank you very much. I think we've had a very lively discussion here today. Thank you. We'll be back with more sitting on the newscast in just a minute.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=2369.81,2472.56"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Stay right there. 20,000 demonstrators lead a peaceful march in Cummings, Georgia. Stay tuned for NewsCorp for the details. Still ahead on the entertainment page, Kool and the Gang's latest classic victory. Stick around. Good afternoon. Topping today's news cap. Tomorrow, history will be made when Clarence Bernard is sworn in as Baltimore's 45th mayor, the first black to hold that office. The swearing in ceremony takes place at noon tomorrow at the War Memorial Building. Later in the evening, Mayor Burns will host a 100 person fund raiser at the Baltimore Arena. There's promising news in the future of Baltimore Police Commissioner Bishop Robinson. Governor Don Schaefer is asking the legislature to draft a bill allowing him to appoint Robinson as the state's secretary of public Safety and Correctional Services. If appointed, Robinson would join three other cabinet officials who salaries the governor wants to raise to $95,000. Up to 20,000 demonstrators, protected by at least 2300 National Guardsmen and police, marched peacefully yesterday at the all white county of Cummings, Georgia. We get a report from Rebecca Chase. It had been expected that this would be the biggest civil rights march the South had seen since the sixties, but no one had anticipated just how big it would be. At least 10,000 strong because of the violence of last weekend. 1700 National Guardsmen had been called out, as well as another thousand law enforcement officers to help keep the peace. The guard formed a human chain around the marchers, although that did not stop the verbal battle for tension. The next day, you might ask. I mean, a trailer lover. Even before the march began, there were more than a dozen arrest, mostly for carrying concealed weapons. And a noted white supremacist was also arrested after leading a counter march to the courthouse.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=2472.98,2677.8"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"This is the beginning of the white civil rights movement. And that's. The marchers filled 175 busses and more than 100 cars. They had come from all over the country to join in what was called a march against fear and intimidation. I hope it show that America is a country of brotherhood and is a country of diversity. This is unity at its best. Even though the sign said Welcome to Forsyth County, mostly what the marchers found was hate and resentment. You don't see that they have a right to come out here and march and take over this town like this. This is a white community. Atlanta is that's mostly what it is. Its neighbors. Let them stay in Atlanta. This is a white community. We want it to stay quiet. For several days now, local residents have been told by the county sheriff that the whole world will be watching them today and to act accordingly. There was no major outbreak of violence as police did not hesitate to arrest unruly spectators. There was some rock throwing and one woman was injured. It may have taken the largest show of force in Georgia's history, but in fact, the march, for the most part, was peaceful. Rebecca Chase, ABC News, Forsyth County, Georgia. Briefly, in business affairs, there's encouraging news on the horizon for Chicken George Chicken restaurants. The minority owned fast food chain, which closed its operation in late 1986, was recently purchased by a locally based management company. If the new owners have their way, at least five of the seven company owned Baltimore stores could be reopened as early as next month. Turning to News Corp. Newsmakers, former state Senator Clarence Mitchell. The third has been chosen by black legislators across the country to head their Washington based lobbying group.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=2679.06,2790.6"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mr. Mitchell has been named executive director of the 402 member National Black Caucus of State Legislators. And newly elected Congressman Kweisi Mfume has been unanimously elected deputy whip of the Democratic Freshman Caucus as the deputy whip, and FEMA will lobby the larger House membership on various specialized issues. In South Africa, black students who have played a major role in that country's struggle for majority rule have returned to classrooms following months of sporadic school boycotts. The back to school campaign was supported by parents, church leaders and university officials who had expressed fears that an entire generation of blacks were growing up without education. And finally, total strategy. Apartheid Regional War is the title of a three day conference in Washington, DC, sponsored by the Washington Office on Africa Educational Fund. The conference will be held January 29th through the 31st, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Family Life Center of Shiloh Baptist Church, 1510 ninth Street Northwest. For more information, call Area Code 2025467961. And that is today's news cab. I'm t monte morris. We learn. It's coming up next. Stay with us and have a good afternoon, Neal. AT\u0026T in a rally to win with fire in your eyes, Jake, those butterflies. I'm doing the best that you can. Hi, I'm Harold Anthony. You know, there's a group that's been churning out consistent hits that's kept them in the spotlight for the past six years. Since January 1980, Kool and the Gang, I've had more top 40 singles than Lionel Richie, Prince and Michael Jackson. Their current popularity is, in fact, the second wave of success for this group with an ever evolving sound. You see, when disco became popular in the mid-seventies, calling the gang's progressive funk sound suddenly became obsolete. After incorporating James J.T.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=2791.08,3046.07"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Taylor into lead vocals, the group began producing a newer, softer sound, which proved to have an enormous appeal. After Fuzing pop and rock with rhythm and blues. The group that brought us such hits as Jungle Boogie and Hollywood Swinging well, once again climbing the charts. Three of Kool and the Gang singles have become standards. First, their celebration, which was played when the hostages returned from Iran. And whenever the Orioles win a game at Memorial Stadium. And second is Joanna, which according to BMI, was the most played pop song of 1984. And third is Charice, which was Christian, the top adult contemporary song of 1985 by radio and records. In 1985, their emergency album went double platinum, and when Bob Geldof assembled his band Aid Ethiopian relief record in England, the only American act included on this single was none other than calling in the gang. According to Robert Kool Bell, victory is about success in life. Whether you're going for a diploma or trying to be an Olympic champion. In fact, the entire Forever album is one of affirmation and constructive messages with their latest, which is destined to become a classic. Here's Kool and the Gang with Victory. People really start to want to get higher ticket prices. There's only one way to. Divine decree released energy in a red hot wind with fire in your eyes. Eat those butterflies and do the best that you can never be. Sorry. Let the body get. Mr. Big, Big Donkey. Let's do it again. You are the best. I see you stand out from the New York Times more than an honorable mention. You must've had victory at least ten inches in. Right? When I hear your eyes stop and go with. Everybody is happy because everybody can win.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=3046.52,3257.33"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You must find. Sunscreen. Sunscreen. There's only one way to decide if you really want to stop pushing for the big three. From their Forever album. That was cool in the Gang with Victory. And before I leave you, I want to remind you that if you're group, organization or place of business is planning an event and you want it mentioned on the entertainment page, just send me the information at least three weeks in advance. Simply mail your information to Harold Anthony. Care of City Line, WJC TV Channel 13 Television Hill, Baltimore, Maryland. Two one, two, one, one. Don't let your event be the best kept secret in town. And with that, another edition of the entertainment page is over. I'm Harold Anthony, hoping you all have a great week. I think you got that that zip code last year. Well, I hope so. For his and ours. You know, Black History Month is coming up and Cityline has a series of specials coming up that'll be taking place during Black History Month. The first one on February 1st will be 101. Intriguing black facts. Indeed, indeed. And the second one, the second week in February, is crossing the lines. No, it is not about passing. It is about those people who became the first at whatever the wounds and so forth. Yes. Following that, we have a follow up to this kind of deer, to this lady here up on Pennsylvania Avenue. That was a wonderful show, an award winning show that we did a couple of years ago. And we're going to do a follow up on that. Yes. And the beautiful thing about the way we're going to handle it this time around is that we're going to have a half hour in-studio live show with some of the folk who hold dear the memories of Pennsylvania Avenue.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277#t=3269.05,3477.44"},{"id":"https://marmia.aviaryplatform.com/collections/948/collection_resources/105517/file/206277/transcript/48923/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And last the last week in February will be black history, past, present and future. 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