Most of the Harambe segments, produced at both Service Electric Cable TV and public television station WLVT-TV in the suburbs of Philadelphia, were captured by the producer on either Beta or VHS tapes. Because of the pure expense of it, some were not secured before his layoff. Fortunately, the best of the best were captured and have been digitized and made available for you to see, in their original form, minus the opening and closing credits. So every show begins with Penn opening the dialogue.
Unfortunately, two very promising shows were not consummated before its creator and series was canceled. The first being Blacks in the Bible, a focus on Biblical Scriptures and the presence of black people in the Old and New Testament. Noted Biblical scholar, Cain Hope Felder, was on tap to be interviewed along with Walter Mc Cray, author of The Black Presence in the Bible.
The second piece was a focus on the award-winning producer of the public TV series The Africans, Dr. Ali Mazrui. Dr. Mazrui was one of 12 eminent citizens tasked with developing a strategy and plan to seek reparations for Africa from Western nations that benefited from The Great Enslavement, otherwise known as the Trans Atlantic slave trade. Again, the show was interrupted by the producer's demise. While Blacks in the Bible never materialized, the interview with Dr. Mazrui, taped with Penn off-camera is now being made available for you to see.
There are also other bits and pieces of interviews that will be made available, including excerpts from Andrew Hacker, author of Two Nations White and Black, Separate Hostile and Unequal; the irrepressible Dr. Ben, Yosef ben-Jochannan, noted Egyptologist; and a man you won't see getting any face time on ESPN, Sports Sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards, among others.
If there are any that are in the 'Must See' category, begin with the two shows with Molefi K. Asante, Were the Ancient Egyptians Black, and Afrocentricity. I'd also add the segment with communications scholar Dr. Robert Entman, Does TV News Have a Negative Impact on Racial Perceptions and Race Relations; Pan Africanism, the prophetic voice of the late Dr. John Henrik Clarke, a giant of a man; The BCA vs. The NCAA; Justice or Just Us; A F.A.I.R. Critique, with media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting; one-hour special, Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Weekend, and Great Blacks in Wax.
All of the segments should be seen! And all of our children should see these segments.