African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • Inside the Ku Klux Klan for the FBI

    A talk by Reverend Delmar Dennis of Meridian, Mississippi, given July 30, 1968 under the sponsorship of TACT (Truth About Civil Turmoil) in Albany, California, regarding his infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan.

  • Mississippi today

    In this interview with Paul Brest, who was an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. based in Jackson, Mississippi from August 1966 to June 1968, Brest discusses racism, racial violence, and integration in Mississippi. The interviewer is Scott Keech.

  • The California gold rush and Black immigration

    African American amateur historian Elena Albert discusses the immigration of Blacks to California as a result of gold discoveries in 1849. She is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson.

  • National Unitarian Black Caucus

    In this discussion of the work of the Black Caucus to achieve racial equality, three members of the newly-formed Black Caucus within the Unitarian Universalist church talk with Elsa Knight Thompson. Participants in the discussion are Hayward Henry (now Mtangulizi Sanyika) of Boston, national chairman of the Caucus; Larry Williams of the Berkeley Unitarian Fellowship;…

  • Conference on racism in the law ; no.1: Keynote address

    On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This first of five recordings from that conference features the keynote address given by Judge George W. Crockett, Jr. of Recorder’s County, Detroit, one of the only black judges in…

  • Conference on racism in the law ; no.3: Language and appearance as factors in legal proceedings

    On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This is the third of five recorded sessions. Lenard G. Weiss opens the session. He introduces Daniel H. Swett, chairman of the department of anthropology at San Francisco State College,…

  • Conference on racism in the law ; no.4: Racism in civil court proceedings; Indian law, poverty and paternalism

    On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. In this fourth of five recordings from the conference, Edward A. Dawley introduces former president of the NAACP, attorney Richard A. Bancroft, who speaks on racism in civil court proceedings.…

  • Conference on racism in the law ; no.5: Various aspects of racism in pre- and post-courtroom proceedings

    On May 4, 1968, nine Bay Area legal organizations sponsored a conference on “Racism in the law” held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco. This is the concluding session of the conference. Moderator Sandra Cox introduces Director of California Rural Legal Assistance, James Lorenz, speaking on the importance of civil rights to civilians; San…

  • An integrated project in Georgia

    Charles M. Sherrod, director of the Southwest Georgia Project, and Joe Pfister, a University of California graduate and a fieldworker for the project, talk with Elsa Knight Thompson about their efforts towards integration in housing and their community. Mr. Sherrod, one of the founders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, worked with SNCC for a…

  • Stokely Carmichael on Black Power

    Speech given by the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Stokely Carmichael, on October 29, 1966, at the University of California, Berkeley, during the Black Power Conference sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society. Ivanhoe Donaldson introduces Mr. Carmichael.