Budweiser Donates $12,000 to Morris Brown Marching Band (November 22, 1982)

Опубликовано: 17 Июнь 2023
на канале: Foggy Melson's Breakdown

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Voiceover. Reporter Rob Sweeting details the 12 thousand dollar donation by Anheuser Busch to the Morris Brown marching band shortly after Jesse Jackson’s PUSH coalition called for a boycott of Budweiser products. Footage of a Morris Brown Band practice session, the oversized check presented to the band, the Push news conference with Jesse Jackson and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and the marching band playing their rendition of the Budweiser theme. On camera interviews with an unnamed Anheuser Busch spokesman regarding the company’s economic development practices, the Morris Brown Band director regarding his beer of choice and a Morris Brown student who favors PUSH’s actions.