African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • An evaluation of the Garvey Movement (Episode 2 of 14)

    Ted Vincent examines the Garvey Movement, the largest mass nationalistic movement in African-American history.

  • Marcus Garvey’s relations with the Left (Episode 3 of 14)

    In this third episode, Ted Vincent explores Marcus Garvey’s relations with the Left and the causes of the decline of his movement.

  • A biography of Marcus Garvey (Episode 4 of 14)

    Ted Vincent provides a brief biographical sketch of the Jamaican immigrant Marcus Garvey, in which Vincent attempts to explain how Garvey conveyed his self-confidence to others, and thus build an organization which bridged three continents.

  • Violence in a black community (Part 3 of 3)

    Documentary on the police violence in and around the all Black community of El Pueblo near Pittsburg, California in April 1968. The final portion of this program was recorded at a social workers’ union meeting, Local 535, held June 22, 1968 at Diablo Valley College in Concord. The meeting was titled “The myth of liberalism…

  • Violence in a black community (Part 1 of 3)

    This brief series documents examines violent events and 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. Appearing on this recording is an interview with Homer…

  • Violence in a black community (Part 2 of 3)

    This is the second part of the first installment of the documentary series on the police violence in and around the El Pueblo housing project near Pittsburg, California in April 1968. This reel opens with an in-studio interview with five eyewitness accounts of El Pueblo residents, then continues with a police tape given to KPFA…

  • Report From Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2)

    A documentary of the violence and looting in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, prepared from field recordings made on the scene by Al Silbowitz and Walter Thompson in August 1965. Includes interviews with spectators and participants in the looting, spokesmen for the Black Muslims and for civil rights groups, and critics of the Los…

  • Report From Los Angeles (Part 2 of 2)

    A documentary of the violence and looting in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, prepared from field recordings made on the scene by Al Silbowitz and Walter Thompson in August 1965. Includes interviews with spectators and participants in the looting, spokesmen for the Black Muslims and for civil rights groups, and critics of the Los…

  • C.O.R.E.’s 24th National Convention, June 30, 1967 (Part 1 of 2)

    Comedian Dick Gregory, boxer Muhammad Ali, and Donald Warren, head of the Afro-American Association in Oakland, speak on the need for self-identity among American Blacks at this public meeting which opened CORE’s national 1967 convention. Gregory’s topics are white supremacy and social injustice. Muhammad Ali announces that he will fight at the Oakland Coliseum if…

  • C.O.R.E.’s 24th National Convention, June 30, 1967 (Part 2 of 2)

    This is the second half of the rally that was the opening session of the Congress of Racial Equality’s National Convention and 24th anniversary, held at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on June 30, 1967. The speakers on the first reel were Dick Gregory, Muhammad Ali, and Donald Warren. The second reel includes founder…