African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • The sit-ins and the New South

    Priscilla Stephens, winner of the Gandhi Award from the National Congress of Racial Equality gives a first-hand account of the student protests in Florida, speaking under the auspices of SLATE at University of California. Stephens speaks to the audience about testing bus lines for civil rights in the South, sit-ins, freedom rides, and other nonviolent…

  • The churches and prejudice (Part 1 of 2)

    The second session of the University of California, Berkeley centennial symposium deals with “The Churches and Prejudice.” Chairing the meeting is Walter Wagoner, associate dean of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. The participants are Charles Y. Glock, chairman of the sociology department at U.C. Berkeley; Rodney Stark, research sociologist, University of California at Berkeley;…

  • The churches and prejudice (Part 2 of 2)

    The second session of the University of California, Berkeley centennial symposium deals with “The Churches and Prejudice.” Chairing the meeting is Walter Wagoner, associate dean of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. The participants are Charles Y. Glock, chairman of the sociology department at U.C. Berkeley; Rodney Stark, research sociologist, University of California at Berkeley;…

  • The persistence of American prejudice (Part 2 of 2)

    This is part two of the opening session of the centennial symposium held at the University of California in Berkeley March 24-26, 1968 and attended by leaders from the churches, schools, mass media, government and politics, business and labor. Following the welcoming address by Chancellor Roger W. Heyns of the University, and a foreword by…

  • The persistence of American prejudice (Part 1 of 2)

    This recording is of the opening session of the centennial symposium held at the University of California in Berkeley March 24-26, 1968 and attended by leaders from the churches, schools, mass media, government and politics, business and labor. Following the welcoming address by Chancellor Roger W. Heyns of the University, and a foreword by the…

  • Special program commemorating Negro History Week (Part 1 of 2)

    Special program in honor of Negro History Week produced by Elsa Knight Thompson and Mike Tigar. The entire program provides a brief history of Blacks in the United States, highlighting the Civil Rights movement. Part one includes a history of Blacks as slave and freemen in Latin America, audio from a Folkways recording narrated by…

  • Special program commemorating Negro History Week (Part 2 of 2)

    Special program in honor of Negro History Week produced by Elsa Knight Thompson and Mike Tigar. The entire program provides a brief history of Blacks in the United States, highlighting the Civil Rights movement. Part two starts with excerpts from a recording previously aired on KPFA featuring statements from Robert Zellner, field secretary of the…

  • Whose freedom next? / Tom Wicker

    This is a recording of the 1972 Carlos Kelly McClatchy Memorial Lecture “Whose freedom next?” given by Tom Wicker at Stanford University. Wicker’s talk is regarding American Civil liberties, and is followed by a question and answer period. Introduced by Lyle Nelson.

  • Diahann Carroll at the Fairmont interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

    Dr. Feinstein talks with the star of stage, screen, supper clubs and television about the problems of being a black actress in Hollywood films. Diahann Carroll discusses her relationship with her mother, her history, and her career. Carroll was the first African American actress to star in her own television series where she did not…

  • The trial of the San Quentin six

    Documentary on the six Black and Chicano prisoners who, following George Jackson’s death, were charged on charges of murder and conspiracy, known as the San Quentin six. The men charged were David Johnson, Willie Tate, Fleeta Drumgo, Johnny Larry Spain, Luis Talamantez, and Hugo Pinell. Voices heard in this recording are George Jackson, Associate Warden…