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The following segments were tentatively planned to air on Black Journal episode 5. They may or may not have actually aired. 1. The emergence of Julian Bond. Utilizing the cinema verite technique, this segment examines the life of this 28-year-old member of the Georgia State Legislature since he was thrust into national prominence as a protest "candidate" for the vice presidency at the Democratic National Convention. Sequences show him boosting Paul O'Dwyer's energetic New York senatorial campaign in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section and in Westchester County, then returning to his duties in Atlanta. 2. An exhibition linking African and Afro-American art. This relationship is illustrated by exhibitions in the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of African Art, Washington, DC. The African influence on Afro-American dance is demonstrated by Eleo Pomare Dance Company, a New York based modern ballet troupe. 3. A report on Mozambique liberation struggle. Filmed at the Mozambique Liberation Solidarity Day Conference at the United Nations, New York, September, this piece features interviews with leading figures in the Portuguese colony's struggle for independence. 4. A political piece outlining the influence of the black vote in the upcoming election. The piece includes comment and analysis by Charles Hamilton, chairman of the political science department at Roosevelt University in Chicago, and a panel discussion with Hamilton and other panelist TBA. 5. A report on school decentralization in the controversial Ocean Hill-Brownsville school district of New York. 6. An interview with St. Louis Cardinals' pitcher Bob Gibson, who book "From Ghetto to Glory" was just published. "Black Journal #5" is an NET production (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)