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On Nuclear Morality (Bertrand Russell)
Discussion of the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war, which makes disarmament mandatory.
Broadcast date: 11/02/1962
THE JOHN COLTRANE PACK (2-CD set)
CD 1: The Trane Legacy. This new documentary weaves the legacy of John Coltrane through an interview with his wife Alice Coltrane, choice tracks of Coltrane music, and cuts from a rare interview with John Coltrane himself from 1966. Coltrane is widely cited as a major influence on music, transcending divisions of music genre. Special permissions for music given by Alice Coltrane.
CD 2: An Interview with John Coltrane. The jazz musician John Coltrane, discusses his art, the meaning of music in human experience, and his particular spiritual approach. This rare interview was done less than a year before his death in November 1966. WOMEN OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT (6-CD set)
This new compilation includes archival material that highlights events, speakers, activists, and interviews from Pacifica Radio Archives’ broadcast history:
CD 1: Rosa Parks, 1956; Dorothy Dandridge, 1963; Lorraine Hansberry, 1961
CD 2: Florence Kennedy, 1968; Alice Walker, 1978
CD 3: Angela Davis, 1968
CD 4: Lena Horne recorded in 1966 at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
CD 5: Collected speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer
CD 6: bell hooks, 1992; June Jordan, 1991; Gwendolyn Brooks, 1964
Producer: Pacifica Radio Archives
The Film Since World War Two (Pauline Kael)
In this two-part set, film critic Kael discusses the history of filmmaking.
Broadcast date: 08/19/1968
Bob Fass in Chicago
Discussion of current issues with Phil Ochs, Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman.
Broadcast date: 08/27/1969
Trudell, Direct from Alcatraz
Discussion of the American Indian takeover of Alcatraz in December, 1969.
Interview by Al Silbowitz.
Broadcast date: 1969
An Address by Thich Nhat Hanh
Recording of a Vietnamese monk speaking of Buddhism in his country.
Broadcast date: 07/16/1969
PACIFICA RADIO ARCHIVES BLACK HISTORY COLLECTION (6-CD set)
This new compilation includes archival material that highlights events, speakers, activists, and interviews from Pacifica’s broadcast history. JAMES BALDWIN (3-CD set)
An American writer noted for his novels on sexual and personal identity and his sharp essays on civil rights struggle in the United States, Baldwin also wrote three plays, a children's storybook and a book of short stories. He gained fame with his first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), a story of hidden sins, guilt and religious torments. In this and subsequent works, Baldwin fused autobiographical material with analysis of social injustice and prejudices.
CD 1—After the Murder of Four Children (Sept. 1963); Men and Women in the Arts Concerned with Vietnam (March, 1968); Talk at the S.F. Masonic Auditorium (May 1963)
CD 2—The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity (Sept. 1962); Short Stories: Giovanni’s Room (Oct. 1963); Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson and John Leonar
CD 3 —Black Muslims vs. the Sit-Ins (April, 1961); Baldwin at the Masonic Temple (1963)
Producer: Pacifica Radio Archives THE MALCOLM X COLLECTION (6-CD set)
The definitive Malcolm X audio collection, exclusively from Pacifica Radio Archives. Introducing Bob Dylan
This recording includes what is the first recording and broadcast of what was then titled "The Answer My Friend is Blowin' in the Wind".
Broadcast date: 05/1962
BLACKS IN HOLLYWOOD (4-CD set)
CD 1: Lena, Dorothy, and Ruby. Lena Horne interviewed at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, April 1966; Dorothy Dandridge at a Freedom Rally, Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, May 1963; Ruby Dee excerpts from The Black Revolution and the White Backlash, 1964.
CD 2: Paul Robeson: World Citizen. Noted actor and political activist Paul Robeson relates his personal history and views in the interview with Elsa Knight Thompson and Harold Winkler. He discusses his role as one of the early activists of the Civil Rights Movement.
CDs 3 and 4: The Lives of Black Entertainers: Stepin Fetchit, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson. Black history in the Great Depression and World War II, and the U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation decision of 1954.
Producer: Pacifica Radio Archives FREEDOM NOW (2-CD set)
A documentary on the 1963 civil rights march in Birmingham, Alabama. This piece was produced by Robert Kramer, Chris Koch and Dale Minor, and contains actuality of the rally, riots and the voices of Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy and Birmingham's mayor and sheriff.
THE JUNE JORDAN COLLECTION (3-CD set)
This compilation covers over 40 years of Pacifica Radio broadcasting the voice of poet, activist, essayist, and teacher, June Jordan.
Ossie Davis Remembered (3-CD set)
Ossie Davis (December 18, 1917-February 4, 2005)
CD 1: "The Wonderful World of Law and Order": a play written and read by Ossie Davis about race relations in the United States, April 1964.
CD 2: "Ossie Davis, The Activist": End the War Rally, Madison Square Garden, December 8, 1966; speech given at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Rally recorded in Central Park, April 5, 1968; Ossie Davis eulogizes Malcolm X at the Faith Temple Church Of God, February 27, 1965; Ossie Davis makes statement regarding the trial of the Harlem Six, May 3, 1971; Ossie Davis moderates an evening with Angela Davis, recorded Madison Square Garden, June 29, 1972; Democracy Now! interviews Ossie Davis during an anti-war demonstration on March 24, 2003.
CD 3: "Ossie Davis in His Own Words":
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee interviewed by Mimi Rosenberg, December 21, 1998; Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, December 16, 1998; The Black Revolution and the White Backlash, 1964; Ossie Davis and others discuss the social impact of the Civil Rights movement; Ossie Davis and James Baldwin question author William Styron about his biography of the Black activist Nat Turner. May 28, 1968; Stolen Lives: A National Day Against Police Brutality: Ossie Davis speaks at a rally chronicling the stolen lives of young people killed by police, October 28, 1998.
Producer: Pacifica Radio Archives DEFINING BLACK POWER (3-CD set)
The classic African-American studies standard from Pacifica Radio Archives, used in classrooms around the world. Pauline Kael’s Last Broadcasts
Pauline Kael answers her hate mail and comments on KPFA.
Broadcast date: 12/08/1962
Movies / Pauline Kael
Review of The Loneliness of a long distance runner, and Lawrence of Arabia. [Note on box: "Pauline's final broadcast, asks for pay to continue, accuses station of stealing her mail."]
Broadcast date: 03/27/1963
What's happened to film criticism / Pauline Kael.
Talk on film criticism
Broadcast date: 04/20/1963
The Film since World War Two / Pauline Kael.
Film critic Pauline Kael discusses the history of filmmaking
Broadcast date: 04/26/1968
Squares and circles / Pauline Kael.
Evaluation of techniques for criticizing films.
Broadcast date: 02/08/1964
Coming of age in America / Margaret Mead
Talk on the pressures of adolescence in America from an anthropological perspective.
Broadcast date: 04/01/1965
A Chat with Lord Bertrand Russell / interviewed by Merv Griffin
A CHAT WITH LORD BERTRAND RUSSELL / interviewed by Merv Griffin. - Philosopher/mathematician discusses the world situation today, civil rights, American policy, his life and work.
Broadcast date: 1960
Appeal to the American conscience / Bertrand Russell.
Talk on need to end American involvement in Southeast Asia.
Broadcast date: 07/06/1966
LORD BERTRAND RUSSELL
Lord Bertrand Russell (58 min. total): CONTENTS:
Bertrand Russell: Speaking Personally, 1970 (27:00) [BB4717]
Two Bertrand Russell Letters, 1966 (a reading of two of his letters) (31:00) [BB4722]
The Religious atheist : the source of myth / produced by Mitchell Harding.
Examination of the mythic foundations of religious belief and disbelief.
THE RELIGIOUS ATHEIST : THE SOURCE OF MYTH / produced by Michell Harding.
Broadcast date: 04/1965
Margaret Mead on Sexual Freedom and Cultural Change
Anthropologist discusses sexual morals in America.
Broadcast date: 02/10/1967
The Generation Gap
Mead speaks on the implications of the generation gap for personality development.
Broadcast date: 09/21/1969
American Marriage Mores
Anthropologist analyzes America's values and norms governing marriage. Recorded at Stanford University, 22 May 1960.
Broadcast date: 05/28/1960
A General Against the War / David M. Shoup
From the Vault is two programs in one: “Remixed” (30 min) and “Remembered” (60 min). Here’s the concept: Every week, for From the Vault: Remixed, we pick a subject - sometimes date specific, sometimes seemingly random.
Broadcast date: 12/20/1967
James Baldwin: After the Murder of Four Children
A speech by James Baldwin deploring the use of terrorism to achieve political aims.
Broadcast date: 11/10/1963
Two Short Stories
William Styron and James Baldwin each read one of their short stories.
Broadcast date: 10/07/1963
Living and Growing in a White World
James Baldwin discusses living and growing in a white world in a talk to students at a predominently Black high school in Oakland, California.
Broadcast date: 06/23/1963
Baldwin at the Masonic Temple
James Baldwin speaks on his hopes and plans for changing the modern world. Recorded in 1963.
Broadcast date: 06/11/1963
Free and Brave
James Baldwin talks about the role of Blacks in American history.
Broadcast date: 05/10/1963
The Negro in American Culture
An outstanding panel on Black perceptions of the American setting in art, mainly literature and drama, featuring James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry and Emile Capouya, and Alfred Kazin.
Broadcast date: 01/10/1961
Men and Women in the Arts Concerned with Vietnam: A Benefit for Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Baldwin comments before Martin Luther King Jr.'s last speech in Los Angeles.
Broadcast date: 04/04/1968
Black Muslims vs. the Sit-ins
Malcolm X, James Baldwin and Leverne McCummins discuss the position of the Black Muslims.
Broadcast date: 04/25/1961
The Atomic Bombers
Crewmembers who participated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Robert Lewis, Richard Nelson, Charles W. Sweeney, Bill Fox and Abe Spitzer discuss their experiences and the implications of atomic warfare f
Broadcast date: 10/15/1962
Alan Watts: Truth and Relativity
From a series of talks on the influence of Eastern philosophy on western culture.
Broadcast date: 1960
Alan Watts: Man is a Hoax
A talk by Alan Watts concerning the way in which humans understand themselves.
Broadcast date: 05/06/1966
Alan Watts: Love of Waters
From a series of talks on the influence of Eastern philosophy on western culture.
Broadcast date: 1960
Pacifica Foundation Program, No. 1
On the ideals which underlie the Pacifica Foundation and its broadcast network.
Broadcast date: 1961
A Picture of Oscar Wilde
A two-part dramatization of the life of the poet and playwright, based on his letters, the writings of his wife, his friends, and his biographers.
Broadcast date: 02/12/1964
A Conversation with June Jordan
June Jordan interviewed by Julius Lester.
Broadcast date: 09/15/1968
Boris Karloff
Famous horror and science fiction film actor discusses his career.
Broadcast date: 03/01/1961
Elsa Lanchester Herself
Views of Sitwell, T.S. Eliot and Charles Laughton expressed by Elsa Lanchester.
Broadcast date: 09/27/1967
Peace Pilgrim
Discussion about Peace Pilgrim's efforts to bring about world peace.
Broadcast date: 04/22/1966
A Lady Called Peace Pilgrim
Discussion of Peace Pilgrim's 25,000 mile walk for world peace, begun in 1953.
Broadcast date: 04/02/1969
Walk for Peace
Two Committee for Non-violent Action members discuss their San Francisco to Moscow walk for peace.
Broadcast date: 12/24/1961
The Battle for Hue
Field report by Dale Minor from the battle around the city of Hue in South Vietnam.
Broadcast date: 02/23/1968
Coretta King
Speech on the Civil Rights Movement at the 27th peace march in New York. Includes the '10 Commandments of the Vietnam War.'
Broadcast date: 04/27/1968
Cesar Chavez at City College
Cesar Chavez (1927 – 1993), Mexican-American
labor leader and head of the United Farm Workers,
speaks at City College of New York (CCNY).
Broadcast date: 1968
Black Christmas in Milwaukee
Documentary on Black Christmas in Milwaukee.
Broadcast date: 01/03/1968
The Poetry of Chanukah
Readings from selected poems about the Jewish winter holiday.
Broadcast date: 12/10/1963
Michael Polanyi: The Destruction of Reality
Michael Polyani lectures from his book about modern nihilism and totalitarianism, "History and Hope."
Broadcast date: 07/27/1964
Michael Polanyi: The Realm of the Unspoken
Michael Polyani lectures from his book about modern nihilism and totalitarianism, entitled "History and Hope."
Broadcast date: 1964
Michael Polanyi: The Vindication of Realities
Michael Polyani lectures from his book about modern nihilism and totalitarianism, entitled "History and Hope."
Broadcast date: 1964
Michael Polanyi: A Society of Explorers
Michael Polyani lecutres from his book about modern nihilism and totalitarianism "History and Hope."
Broadcast date: 1964
Is Freedom Academic?
Documentary using actuality of the 1964 Berkeley free speech movement. Sit-in Inside Sproul Hall
Actuality from Sproul Hall in Berkeley, where students are staging a protest against new campus rules.
Broadcast date: 1964
Sproul Hall Sit-in Documentation 1968
Actuality of the anti-war demonstration at the Berkeley campus.
Broadcast date: 10/22/1968
Freedom Now!
Documentary on the 1963 Civil Rights march in Birmingham, Alabama.
Broadcast date: 1963
Bette Davis, San Francisco Film International Festival 1969
Bette Davis at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1969.
Broadcast date: 11/01/1969
What Happens to a Democratic Society when Fear is Rampant / John Henry Faulk
Talk on how Faulk was blacklisted by Aware Inc. during the McCarthy era, and his $3.5 million lawsuit which followed.
Broadcast date: 12/22/1969
Rachel Carson: A Memorial Appreciation
Evaluation of Carson's ecological concerns about pesticides, her poetry, and her life.
Broadcast date: 07/07/1964
Changing America / Upton Sinclair
Novelist and socialist discusses methods for constructive political action.
Broadcast date: 1962
Ecology Fair at Provo Park / Eugene Coan and David Brower.
Two talks on the need for a concerted environmental movement.
Broadcast date: 06/23/1969
Delano Now / Delores C. Huerta
Vice President of the United Farm Workers discusses the strike and negotiations centering on Delano.
Broadcast date: 10/30/1969
Miriam Makeba at the Coconut Grove, 1968
Live performance at the Coconut Grove in 1968. Introduced by Lena Horne.
Broadcast date: 04/03/1968
Dolores Huerta: Vice President of the United Farm Workers
Discussion of the Delano grape strike.
Broadcast date: 02/23/1968
The California Grape Strike
Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the National Farm Workers Union, along with three farm laborers, discuss their strike.
Broadcast date: 12/08/1968
The Ascent of F-6 / by Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden
Performance of "The Ascent of F-6," adapted for radio.
Broadcast date: 11/07/1962
A Personal Statement / Christopher Isherwood
Talk on the author's responsibility toward society.
Broadcast date: 11/07/1962
The Berlin Stories / Christopher Isherwood
Isherwood discusses his encounters with two characters, Sally Bowles and Mr. Norris who were incorporated into his novels The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin.
Broadcast date: 02/03/1964
The Delano Grape Strike / Cesar Chavez
Talk on the Delano grape strike, and the history of the National Farm Workers Association.
Broadcast date: 01/15/1966
America's Chief Moral Dilemma
Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. about the immoral consequence of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
Broadcast date: 05/17/1967
Calls Taken During Century City Plaza Demonstration Special
Phone-in listener comments to KPFK 90.7 FM- Los Angeles during report on the Century City Plaza demonstration.
Broadcast date: 06/29/1967
Century Plaza: L.B.J. in Los Angeles
Documentary about the peace demonstration held when President Johnson was at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California on June 23, 1967.
Broadcast date: 06/29/1967
Century Plaza: L.B.J. in Los Angeles / Reported by Les Claypool
Sounds and reports from the peace demonstration held on June 23, 1967 in Century City, California.
Broadcast date: 06/24/1967
Hearings Before the Police, Fire, and Civil Defense Committee of the L.A. City Council on the June 23rd Parade and Demonstration at Century Plaza
Hearings before members of the Los Angeles City Council Thomas Bradley, Robert M. Wilkinson and Arthur Snyder.
Broadcast date: 10/25/1967
Anti-war Speech and Music, 1969
Montage of speeches by J.F. Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt, Will Rogers, and songs by Bob Dylan and Country Joe and the Fish.
Broadcast date: 10/15/1969
Langston Hughes Memorial
Hughes reads his poetry and reminisces about his life and the Black experience in America.
Broadcast date: 03/10/1968
Langston Hughes / interviewed by Eve Corey
Langston Hughes discusses and reads his work.
Broadcast date: 06/13/1963
Conversations with Ralph Nader
On the life and work of the consummer advocate Ralph Nader.
Broadcast date: 11/1968
Consumer Abuse Testimony by Ralph Nader
Actuality of Nader's testimony before the Senate Government Operations Committee on March 20, 1969 in Washington, D.C.
Broadcast date: 09/10/1969
Malcolm X: A Retrospective
A biography of Malcolm X.
Broadcast date: 03/30/1965
Fannie Lou Hamer Interview / by Colin Edwards
Discussion of feminine Black Power at work in the Mississippi Democratic Party, 1965.
Broadcast date: 09/24/1965
Summer in Mississippi / Candy Brown
S.N.C.C. Mississippi Summer Project worker discusses her experiences.
Broadcast date: 09/30/1964
Memorial Service for James Changey
Robert Gore, Reverend R.S. Porter, David Dennis, and Reverend R. Edward speak about James Changey's work for civil rights.
Broadcast date: 09/04/1964
The Causes of C. Wright Mills / Narrated by Elsa Knight Thompson and Saul Landau
Documentary biography of the noted socialist author C. Wright Mills.
Broadcast date: 10/01/1962
New Nihilism or New Art / Moderated by Bruce Glazer
Dan Flavin, Don Judd, and Frank Stella discuss contemporary art.
Broadcast date: 03/24/1964
Ralph Gleason Interviews Dick Gregory
Humorist discusses his participation in the Civil Rights movement.
Broadcast date: 06/23/1963
After the Murder of Four Children / James Baldwin
A speech deploring the use of terrorism to achieve political aims.
Broadcast date: 11/10/1963
Symposium on Richard Wright
Herbert Hill, Horace Cayton, Arna Bontemps, and Saunders Redding discuss Wright.
Broadcast date: 01/20/1965
Ideological Forces in Work of Negro Writers / Horace Cayton
Talk on the influence of Marxism, psychoanalysis, Negritude, and African Nationalism on Black authors.
Broadcast date: 08/15/1964
The Lives of Black Entertainers
On Stepin Fetchit, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Black history in the Great Depression, World War II, and the U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation decision of 1954.
Broadcast date: 05/26/1968
A Poetry Reading / Written and Read by Leroi Jones and Gwendolyn Brooks
Two Black poets, Leroi Jones and Gwendolyn Brooks, read from their own works.
Broadcast date: 10/03/1964
A Biography of Marcus Garvey
Ted Vincent provides a brief biographical sketch of the Jamaican immigrant Marcus Garvey.
Broadcast date: 09/13/1967
Negro Rights in Africa and America / Kenneth Duanda and Bayard Rustin
An African and an Afro-American discuss civil rights in their countries.
Broadcast date: 06/13/1960
Martin Luther King Memorial in Central Park
Actuality of the rally held the day after King's assassination.
Broadcast date: 04/05/1968
Trial by Sex / Flo Kennedy and Ti-Grade Atkinson
On discrimination against women in the judicial system.
Broadcast date: 08/07/1968
The Unknown American Negro Artist / Romare Bearden
Black artist discusses the problems facing Blacks in the American art world.
Broadcast date: 10/12/1967
Leroi Jones
Poet reads and comments on selections from Dutchman and from other selections of his works.
Broadcast date: 12/02/1966
Poetry by 7th and 8th Grade Students at J.H.S. 271
Readings of poems by Black and Puerto Rican students with an interview with a teacher who was instrumental in encouraging the students' efforts.
Broadcast date: 11/06/1968
Two Short Stories / William Styron and James Baldwin
William Styron and James Baldwin read their own short stories.
Broadcast date: 10/07/1963
Future of Minorities / Bayard Rustin
Rustin talks on the changing role for minorities in American society.
Broadcast date: 09/29/1968
Ask Your Mama / Written and read by Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes reads his own short story.
Broadcast date: 12/02/1961
This Little Light No. 1: The New Negro
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 2: Valley View
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 3: Harmony
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 4: The Invasion
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 5: The Freedom Schools
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 6: The Shaw Boycott
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 7: No Right To Vote
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 8: The Freedom Democratic Party
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 9: The Two Conventions
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 10: The Challenge
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 11: The End of Summer
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
This Little Light No. 12: Conclusion
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1965
Tribute to Lorraine Hansberry
Documentary about the Black playwright. Includes an interview with Lorraine Hansberry.
Broadcast date: 07/22/1967
Lorraine Hansberry: In Her Own Words
Documentary on the life and work of the Black woman author. Includes interviews with friends and literary scholars.
Broadcast date: 12/14/1967
Langston Hughes Memorial
Hughes reads his poetry and reminisces about his life and the Black experience in America.
Broadcast date: 03/10/1968
Diahann Carroll at the Fairmont
Actress discuss her life in the theater.
Broadcast date: 09/08/1969
The Future of Minorities / Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin talks on the changing role for minorities in American society.
Broadcast date: 09/29/1968
The Future of Minorities
Talk on the changing role for minorities in American society.
Broadcast date: 09/29/1968
The Future of Minorities / Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin talks on the changing role for minorities in American society.
Broadcast date: 09/29/1968
Poetry of Charles Bukowski
Poet reads selections of his own work.
Broadcast date: 08/05/1962
Pat Paulsen's $0.89 Testimonial Dinner
Comedian's Presidential campaign fund-raising dinner.
Broadcast date: 09/16/1968
Teevee Comedy Panel / Groucho Marx and Steve Allen
Two comedians discuss television humor.
Broadcast date: 1961
Lenny Bruce: A Profile
Talk on the comedian's efforts to break down cultural taboos, and the resulting legal controversies.
Broadcast date: 03/18/1963
Lenny Bruce Comes Clean
On the comedian's battle for free speech on stage.
Broadcast date: 11/11/1963
The Reading of Shakespeare: Shakespeare with a Difference
Jane Hunter talks with Alfred Rothschild about his work with the Bantam Shakespeare.
Broadcast date: 06/08/1966
The Reading of Shakespeare: Shakespeare with a Difference
This program contains a reading from "Romeo and Juliet".
Broadcast date: 06/08/1966
Romeo and Juliet / Directed by Baird Searles
Performance of the Shakespeare play.
Broadcast date: 1968
Dale Minor reports from Khe Sanh
News report on the Tet offensive.
Broadcast date: 1968
Interview with Madame Nguyen Thi Bihn
Head of the N.F.L. delegation to the Paris peace talks discusses the war in Vietnam and her efforts to end it. Interviewed in Vienna by Madeline Duckles; interpreted by Madame Le Thi Cao.
Broadcast date: 1968
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Santa Rita
King's speech at a demonstration supporting anti-war activists imprisoned at the Santa Rita rehabilitation center. Produced by Colin Edwards.
Broadcast date: 01/15/1968
Dr Benjamin Spock In Berkeley
Talk on the charges against Spock for conspiring to aid, abet, and counsel young men to resist the draft. Berkeley Community Theater. Introduced by James Forman.
(Two reels) Dolores Huerta, Vice President of United Farm Workers
Discussion of the Delano grape strike. Interview by Maria Huffman. Cesar Chavez speaks about the Delano Grape Strike
Talk on the Delano grape strike, and the history of the National Farm Workers Association.|Introduced by Hank Anderson.
Cesar Chavez, President of the National Farm Workers Association, spoke in Berkeley under the auspices of Citizens for Farm Labor about the progress of the Delano Grape Strike and the history of the National Farm Workers Association. He is introduced by Henry Anderson, Chairman of Citizens for Farm Labor.
Broadcast date: 01/15/1966
Haight-Ashbury Street Sit-In
Eyewitness reports and actuality of the anti-war demonstration and the resulting violence. Reported by Elsa Knight Thompson. Actuality and eyewitness reports of the anti-war demonstration, and the violence which followed when the police arrived to break up the demonstration
Broadcast date: 02/18/1968
Free Huey Rally
H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael address the Black Panthers. Speech on Black political action.|H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael address the Black Panthers. Event is a Free Huey rally in February, 1968; either the one held February 17 at the Oakland Auditorium, or February 18 in Los Angeles.
Presented on two compact discs.
Broadcast date: 1968
The Battle for Hue
Recorded in Da Nang, South Vietnam, 22 Feb. 1968. News reports from Dale Minor on the fighting in and around Hue during the Tet offensive. Military Monitor
Moderated by Seymour Hersh. Bob Kuttner, Steve Bookshester and David Obst discuss the implications of the massacre of Vietnamese civilians in My Lai. A Higher Standard
Keynote speech by Seymour Hersh, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who broke the My Lai Massacre story and has authored several books, including "The Price of Power" and "The Sampson Option." Hersh speaks about the importance of moral force in fostering change, citing the anti-Vietnam War protest movement as evidence. He warns of the role of contemporary press as a propaganda tool, particularly how it was manipulated during the Gulf War. The misrepresentation of Middle Eastern affairs is evident in Ronald Reagan's portrayal of the Iran-Contra affair, but stretches back into the 1960's when the United States could have prevented Israel from developing nuclear weapons. It is up to United States citizens to criticize the government, holding it up to a higher standard that we have come to expect. Recorded at the Eleanor Roosevelt Annual Awards Dinner, Los Angeles, 12 Apr. 1992. The Story Behind The My Lai Incident
Seymour Hersh|interviewed by Steve Bookshester. Examination of various aspects of the My Lai massacre, the attempted cover-up and the military trial.
Three reels. Reies Tijerina Speech at Peace and Freedom Party Rally
Recorded in Richmond, California. Robert F. Kennedy at San Fernando Valley State College:
Speech to students at San Fernando Valley State College. Introduced by Jesse Unruh.
Speech made during his residential campaign and shortly before his assassination.
Recorded by KEDC, Van Nuys, California.
Broadcast date: 03/25/1968
Men and Women in the Arts Concerned with Vietnam: Benefit for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Benefit for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. James Baldwin comments (6 min.) before Martin Luther King's last speech (31 min.) in Los Angeles. Recorded from the audience.
Broadcast date: 04/04/1968
Whitney Young, executive director of the Urban League
Whitney Young, executive director of the Urban League, speaks about the Civil Rights movement before the National League of Women Voters Convention in Chicago. Press conference with Andreas Papandreou and Eldridge Cleaver
Papandreou discusses his imprisonment in Greece for political crimes; Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Party member, discusses his imprisonment in the United States for his activities in the Black Panthers. Recorded University of California, Berkeley.
Broadcast date: 04/01/1968
A Discussion between James Baldwin and R.H. Darden
A discussion by James Baldwin and R. H. Dardin, introduced by comedian Dick van Dyke
Broadcast date: 04/01/1968
White Response to Urban Riots
Talk on the anti-minority reaction among whites following the widespread urban violence of the 1960s: Allan Silver. SERIES: Symposium on violence. Recorded: Columbia University.
Broadcast date: 08/15/1968
Radicalization at Columbia University
Report and actuality of student activities on the Columbia University campus. Includes speeches by Mark Rudd and Juan Gonzales. Produced by Bob Murphy and Bob Bisom. Contains sensitive language.
Broadcast date: 09/19/1968
Columbia Rally
We hear excerpts from the rally which was held Wednesday evening, May 23, 1968, at Amsterdam Avenue and 116th Street. The speakers are Mark Rudd, Chairman of Columbia SDS| Marty Kanter, a student at Columbia| and Ted Gold, of SDS and the original "I.D.A.G."
Broadcast date: 05/23/1968
Columbia University Strike
Marvin Harris, Juan Gonzales and Stuart Gedel discuss the student upheaval at Columbia in the spring of 1968. Moderated by Dwight McDonald. Ayn Rand: Campus or Battleground
Rand presents her views on the world, international politics, current affairs and human thought.
Broadcast date: 10/15/1968
Coretta Scott King Speaks about Civil Rights
Speech by Coretta King on the Civil Rights movement.
Broadcast date: 1968
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Central Park
Actuality of the rally held the day after King's assassination. Includes speeches by Ossie Davis, Dr. Benjamin Spock, James Forman, Florence Kennedy, Lidia Williams, Jarvis Teiner and Phil Luciano.
Broadcast date: 04/05/1968
Poor People's March
Report on the march and demonstration in Washington, D.C. Produced by Ellen Kohn. Poor People's Campaign
Documentary on the poor's efforts to influence government actions by creating Resurrection City in Washington D.C. Includes songs, speeches, and interviews in the City. Produced by Arthur Alexander. Includes songs, speeches and interviews in the City.
Broadcast date: 06/21/1968
Documentary on the poor people’s march on Washington, DC
A documentary of the first day of the Poor People’s Campaign on Washington in 1968 by WBAI reporter Ellen Kohn.
Broadcast date: 05/29/1968
France: Four Years after the Days of May
Report on conditions in France four years after the May 19, 1968 student uprisings. Reported by Daniel Singer. Mary Alice Waters
Mary Alice Waters, reporter for The Militant and Young Socialist, interviewed by Mike Olfe Interview with a French Student Leader
Talk on student political activities in France. Jean Dube
Discussion with the president of JCR, the French youth group which led the strike that paralyzed France. The Left in France
rancois Mitterand interviewed by Marshall Windmiller. Discussion of French socialism. Jenny Batlay
French artist and poet talks about her work and her generation Ayn Rand: The End of the Road
Rand presents her views of the world, politics, and human thought.
Broadcast date: 04/04/1968
The Invasion Of Czechoslovakia (Ayn Rand)
Rand presents her views on the world, international politics, current affairs, and human thought.
Broadcast date: 10/30/1968
The Last Windmiller
The last known public speech by Marshall Windmiller. A Major Address: Robert F. Kennedy
RFK's speech as presidential candidate at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles Robert F. Kennedy, Beverly Hilton Hotel
Senator Kennedy speaking at a luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
Broadcast date: 05/29/1968
The Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Actuality of day of the assassination at Kennedy's campaign headquarters : Jesse Unruh's speech, Kennedy's speech, the shooting, eyewitness accounts. Recorded at Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.
Broadcast date: 06/04/1968
Reverand Ralph Abernathy
Speech on the Poor People's Campaign The Hopi Speak
My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying. Produced by Mona Spangler and Mitchell Harding. Documentary examining the difficulties facing Native Americans. Includes interviews with Hopi spiritual leaders. Tiny Tim Goes to the Moon
Interview with the singer by Paul Eberle at the LA Free Press office. Dick Gregory: Citizen of this Great Turtle Island
France Nuyen, actress, and Craig Carpenter, messenger between the traditional Indian nations of the United States, discuss racism in the United States. Interviews by Mitchell Harding.
Broadcast date: 07/17/1968
United Mexican-American Students Symposium At UCLA
United Mexican-American Students Symposium At UCLA moderated by Eleasar Risco. Speech by President of the Mexican-American Political Association, Bert Corona, at a conference exploring Chicano political and social activities across the United States.
Contents: Introduction of Bert Corona. He begins with a story about the oppression of colored alley cats by white alley cats. He discusses the need for political self-determination, the MAPA movement, land as a political power base, living in occupied Mexico, the role of Latinos as cultural buffers, anti-poverty programs, the need to bring Latino youths into colleges, the need for housing, improving barrio life, gerrymandering and political power, the impact of the Mexica Revolution, and the hope for eventual success.
Recorded at University of California, Los Angeles.
Broadcast date: 07/28/1968
Ayn Rand
Rand presents her views on the world, international politics, current affairs, and human thought.
Broadcast date: 10/30/1968
Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia
Soviet Intervention In Czechoslovakia, moderated by Scott Keech. William Mandel, Bob Avakian, Professor Franz Schurmann and Colin Edwards discuss the implications of Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia.
(Reel One of Two)
Broadcast date: 08/23/1968
On Czechoslovakia
Mike Berlin, Peter Schwernin and Gheet Bueno discuss the impact of the Czechoslovakia invasion on US-Soviet relations. Interviews by Betty Pilkington. A Night in Chicago
Reported by Dale Minor, Phil Watson and Bob Fass. Produced by Elsa Knight Thompson. Documentary report on the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Includes actuality of Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party co-founder outside the Convention Center at a Black Panther rally; Dick Gregory at President Lyndon Johnson's "birthday" party; and reports from Allen Ginsberg and Studs Terkel about police brutality at a religious prayer vigil.
Broadcast date: 12/19/1968
Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Coverage of the convention in Los Angeles, August 28, 1968. The Rally on Telegraph Avenue
Rally in support of the demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, reported by Denny Smithson and Steve Clark Barbed Wire Man
Excerpts from a rally protesting maltreatment of migrant workers, planned by the students of Connecticut College's Summer Program in the Humanities. Violence In A Black Community
Interviews about the police violence in and around the all-black community of El Pueblo near Pittsburg, California in April, 1968. During the incident the police surrounded the area, gunfire was exchanged for several hours, and a state of emergency was declared.
(Reel One of Three)
Broadcast date: 09/07/1968
Civil Disaster in Berkeley and the American Civil Liberties Union
Paul Halvonik, Malcolm Burnstein, Stephen Goldstein and Ken Kawaichi discuss civil disorder in Berkeley.
Pro-Nixon Rally
Actuality of a pro-Richard Nixon political rally. Recorded at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Broadcast date: 10/31/1968
Chinese Politics and the Cultural Revolution
Talk on the internal impact of the cultural revolution. Recurrent Revolution: China’s Red Guard
Speech by the chairman of the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
Broadcast date: 01/14/1967
UC Berkeley, Sproul Hall Sit-in
Actuality of the anti-war demonstration at the Berkeley campus.
(Two reels) Reclaiming the Shattered Past of Cambodia
From a series exploring the development of Khmer culture. This part examines the current struggle among surviving Cambodians to preserve was is left of their culture following the Khmer Rouge Civil war. Now under Vietnamese rule, former refugees are reclaiming Cambodia's shattered past. Produced by Barbara Bernstein.
(Reel four of four)
Broadcast date: 10/1987
Bike-Boy
Bruce Haines and George McKittrich interviewed by Claire Clouzot and Lee Meyerzove, Los Angeles. The actors discuss their experiences in making Andy Warhol's film. Interview with Taylor Mead and Tom Hompertz
Cast members discuss Andy Warhol's film Lonesome Cowboys. Also present were Bruce Haines from Warhol's Bike-boy and poet Lee Meyerzov. H. Rap Brown
Discussion of revolution, militancy, black politics and the politics of sports; includes discussion of the Olympic games in Mexico City 1968 California Grape Strike
Dolores Huerta, vice president of the National Farm Workers Union, along with three farm laborers, discuss their strike. Reported by Nanette Rainone.
Broadcast date: 12/08/1968
The Lion in Winter
Anthony Harvey and June Merrow interviewed by Herbert Feinstein. Director and actress from the The Lion in Winter movie discuss the production. Silent Outcry
Marcel Marceau interviewed by Morgan Upton on the development of mime and its place in the world of current social protest. Recorded in San Francisco. Seymour Cassell talks to Claire Clouzot about John Cassavetes’ Faces
Cassell talks about filmmaker Cassavetes and his film. Alan Arkin
Actor discusses his role in the film Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Fiftieth Anniversary of The Republic Of Czechoslovakia
Jan Triska, Gabriel Almond, Denis Hayes, David Riesman and James Day discuss the political status of Czechoslovakia. Moderated by Dr. Harry Friedgood.
Broadcast date: 12/13/1968
1968 California Grape Strike
Dolores Huerta, vice president of the National Farm Workers Union, along with three farm laborers, discuss their strike. Reported by Nanette Rainone.
Broadcast date: 12/08/1968
Causes and Prevention of Violence
Actuality of testimony from Kingman Brewster, Henry Mayer, Sam Brown, Price Cobbs and Huey Newton (Black Panther Party co-founder) before the Presidential Committee on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.
Broadcast date: 12/02/1968
Interview with Melvin Van Peebles
African-American director discusses his film The Story of a Three-Day Pass. Interview by Claire Clouzot The Theatre of Commitment / Eric Bentley ; interviewed by Dale Minor
Discussion of political art in the theater, and Bentley's book The Theatre of Commitment and other essays. My father, Robert Frost / Lesley Frost and Will Geer ; introduced by William Gahagan.
Frost gives the annual Frost Memorial Lecture and Geer performs. Father and Son / Louis and Allen Ginsberg
The Ginsbergs read selections of their poetry.
(2 reels)
Don Juan : the sorcerer / Carlos Castaneda ; interviewed by Theodore Roszak
Author of The Teachings of Don Juan, discusses his experiences with hallucinogenic substances used under the guidance of his Yaqui Indian teacher, Dan Juan.
Broadcast date: 01/30/1969
To end the judgment of God : a discussion Ruth Hirschman and Jean Jacques Labelle.
Discussion of Antonin Artaud's play. To have done with the judgment of God / written and read by Antonin Artaud.
Artaud reads from his play, in French.
Broadcast date: 10/15/1968
Dame Edith Evans discusses her film, The Whisperers
Discussion of her film The Whisperers.
Broadcast date: 05/03/1968
Radicalization at Columbia University
Report and actuality of student activities on the Columbia University campus in 1968.
Broadcast date: 09/19/1968
Campus or Battleground / Ayn Rand
Rand presents her views on the world, international politics, current affairs, and human thought.
Broadcast date: 10/15/1968
A Day in the Park: 1968 Festival of Life
Narrated by William Malloch. Recorded at the Festival of Life in Chicago, which led to the infamous trial of the Chicago Seven. Includes music and audio of confrontation with police. A Choice of Two Roads
Malcolm X, Bayard Rustin, and John Donald discuss the direction of the civil rights movement and its choices as seen from the perspective of the mid-60's.
Broadcast date: 1960
The Future of Minorities / Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin talks on the changing role for minorities in American society.
Broadcast date: 09/29/1968
Mary Alice Waters: Reporter for the Militant and Young Socialist
Discussion of the 1968 student demonstrations in France.
Broadcast date: 08/05/1968
Jean Dube / Interviewed by Mike Olfe
Discussion with the president of JCR, the French youth group which led the strike that paralyzed France.
Broadcast date: 08/31/1968
Interview with a French Student Leader / Yves Salesse
Talk on student political activities in France.
Broadcast date: 12/31/1968
Jenny Batlay / Interviewed by George Cleyet
French artist and poet talks about her work, her philosophy and her generation.
Broadcast date: 06/20/1968
Poor People's Campaign
Documentary on the poor's efforts to influence government actions by creating Resurrection City in Washington D.C.
Broadcast date: 06/21/1968
United Mexican-American Students Symposium at UCLA - 4 CD Set
Speeches at a 1968 conference exploring Chicano political and social activities across the United States.
Broadcast date: 07/28/1968
Dolores Huerta: Vice President of the United Farm Workers
Dolores Huerta discusses the Delano grape strike.
Broadcast date: 02/23/1968
The California Grape Strike
Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the National Farm Workers Union, along with three farm laborers, discuss their strike.
Broadcast date: 12/08/1968
Bobby Kennedy at San Fernando Valley State College
Robert F. Kennedy's speech to students on campus during his Presidential campaign, shortly before his assassination in Downtown Los Angeles.
Broadcast date: 03/25/1968
A Major Address / Robert F. Kennedy
Speech by the presidential candidate.
Broadcast date: 05/01/1968
The Assissination of Robert F. Kennedy
Actuality of day of the assassination at Kennedy's campaign headquarters: Jesse Unruh's speech, Kennedy's speech, the shooting, and eyewitness accounts.
Broadcast date: 06/06/1968
Making Mystery Movies / Alfred Hitchcock
Film director discusses his technique for making mystery movies.
Broadcast date: 03/20/1964
Francis Ford Coppola
Film director discusses his experiences and answers audience questions.
Broadcast date: 01/15/1967
Dame Edith Evans
Discussion of her film, The Whisperers.
Broadcast date: 03/06/1968
Theater for Ideas
Series of talks about the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Includes statements by Robert Lowell, John Kenneth Galbraith, Tom Hayden, Jeremy Lardner, and Murray Thompson.
Broadcast date: 01/1969
Tribute to Paul Robeson / produced by Charles Hobson.
On the life and work of the Black performer Paul Robeson.
Broadcast date: 07/22/1969
William Shakespeare: This was a Man
A documentary on Shakespeare's life and works.
Broadcast date: 1964
John Trudell - Radio Free Alcatraz (aircheck)
Aircheck of Radio Free Alcatraz recorded in Alcatraz Prison featuring John Trudell.
April 22, 1969.
Broadcast date: 04/20/1969
Trudell Direct from Alcatraz / Interviewed by Al Silbowitz
Discussion of the American Indian takeover of Alcatraz in December, 1969.
Broadcast date: 05/15/2009
Benefit for the Indians on Alcatraz / Malvina Reynolds and Buffy Sainte-Marie
Benefit concert in support of the Indians occupying Alcatraz, featuring Malvina Reynolds and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Broadcast date: 12/12/1969
Pauline Kael: Last Broadcast
Kael reviews two films and announces the end of her relationship with the station. Kael's broadcast is followed by KPFA's answer, "Report to the subscriber" by Trevor Thomas.
Broadcast date: 03/27/1963
Diane diPrima Reads Her Poetry
Radio Free People presents poet Diane diPrima reading a chapter from an upcoming prose book "Blessed are the Meek, Baby", a monologue "Zip Code", and a four-part poem "Canticle of St. Joan". Underground Poetry Festival: Diane di Prima
Poet Diane di Prima reads "Calculus of Variations." Winds of the People
Documentary on the Spanish Civil War; includes music, drama and interviews.
Broadcast date: 1961
Renoir Seminar: A Rehearsal
Filmmaker Jean Renoir conducts a seminar for actors using his "Carola" as the exercise.
Broadcast date: 1960
Scenes by Jean Genet
Actuality from a rehearsal for a Genet play.
Broadcast date: 1964
William Saroyan Talks to English Teachers
Author discusses his own writings. Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko reads selections of his work.
Broadcast date: 1966
This Little Light, Nos. 1 - 12
Examination of current Black problems.
Broadcast date: 02/03/1965
Meeting of the Minds / Steve Allen
Actors represent Aristotle, Montaigue, Hegel, Dostoyevsky, Freud, and Darwin in a discussion of the death penalty.
Broadcast date: 1960
The Confessions of Nat Turner / William Styron
James Baldwin and Ossie Davis question William Styron about his biography of Nat Turner.
Broadcast date: 08/11/1968
We Want to be Free
Dick Gregory, Paul Newman, Dorothy Dandridge, Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, Dr. Ralph Abernathy, and the Rev. Martin Luther King speak at a Freedom Rally held at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, on May 26, 1963.
Broadcast date: 02/16/1964
Radio Free Dixie
Music, news and commentary of the old south. Recorded during the Burmingham crisis.
Broadcast date: 1963
Don Juan: The Sorcerer / Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda, author of The Teachings of Don Juan, discusses his experiences with hallucinogenic substances used under the guidance of his Yaqui Indian teacher, Don Juan.
Broadcast date: 1968
Life of W.E.B DuBois
Includes DuBois speeches and anecdotes by friends and relatives.
Broadcast date: 05/19/1968
Report on the Internal Security Act: The Effect on W.E.B. DuBois Clubs
Two talks on the impact of Federal investigations into the activities of private citizens.
Broadcast date: 1968
Lady Day: Billie Holiday
A biographical documentary about the blues singer Billie Holiday.
Broadcast date: 1967
The Diary of Anaïs Nin
Anaïs Nin dicusses her life and diary.
Broadcast date: 1966
Lena Horne / Interviewed by Gene Dealessi, 1966
Singer Lena Horne discusses her career in a 1966 interview with Gene Dealessi.
Broadcast date: 04/12/1966
Listen, Ofay Revisited
Lena Horne introduces "Listen, Ofay," a program originally broadcast in 1962 about racial inequality, which is followed by a panel discussion on segregation.
Broadcast date: 1968
Interview with Sun Ra
Poet, mythical scientist and leader of Solar Arkestra discusses his mystical view of the world.
Broadcast date: 1968
Charlie Spider at the Seeds of Knowledge / Carlos Castenda
Carlos Castaneda, author of "The Teachings of Don Juan," retells how when he first met Don Juan, the Bruho 'Man of Knowledge' of the Yaqui Indians.
Broadcast date: 05/17/1969
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