African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • Racism in perspective

    Ronald V. Dellums, Berkeley city councilman, speaking September 30 at Sacramento State College during their “Racism in America” symposium.

  • The Negro writer in America

    On the second day of the Negro writers’ conference held at Asilomar, KPFA reporters Kenneth Rexroth and Al Silbowitz asked the first three conference speakers, Saunders Redding, Harvey Swados, and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), to join them in a discussion about the conference thus far. The panel discusses the audience at the conference so far,…

  • An organ for protest : the Negro press

    Hoyt Fuller of the Negro Digest, Louise Meriwether of the Los Angeles Sentinel, Bettye Hughes of the San Francisco Sun Reporter, and Norm McGhee discuss Black publishers and publishing in a panel moderated by Al Silbowitz. This panel may have been associated with “The Negro writer in the United States” conference, sponsored by the University…

  • The New equality

    Late in the evening of the second day of the Asilomar conference, Al Silbowitz moderated this panel with no audience during which was discussed Nat Hentoff’s new book The New Equality. Panelists were Nat Hentoff, Ralph Gleason, LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), and Kenneth Rexroth.

  • John Hope Franklin interviewed by William Swanberg (Part 1 of 2)

    Dr. John Hope Franklin, author and professor of history at the University of Chicago, discusses American Blacks and the problems of integration at a public appearance under the auspices of the University of Chicago Club. He is interviewed by William Swanberg. Part one.

  • Ideological forces in the work of Negro writers

    Horace Cayton delivers a talk on the influence of Marxism, psychoanalysis, Negritude, and African Nationalism on Black authors. The talk was given at “The Negro writer in the United States” conference sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley, on the grounds of Asilomar State Park from August 5-9, 1964.

  • The writer in contemporary American society

    Talk by Harvey Swados on the role of Black authors in American society given at “The Negro Writer in the United States” conference, sponsored by the University of California Extension school.

  • The tradition of Negro writing

    Talk by Saunders Redding on the history of Black literature from caricature to protest to acceptance.

  • Lena Horne / interviewed by Gene De Alessi.

    “Lena: a sound portrait of a multifaceted lady.” Lena Horne (b. June 30, 1917; d. May 9, 2010) is interviewed at San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel by KPFA’s Gene De Alessi in conjunction with the release of her autobiography. She was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood…

  • Symposium on Richard Wright

    Herbert Hill, Horace Cayton, Arna Bontemps, and Saunders Redding, who all knew Richard Wright well, try to recreate him through their reminiscences. Taped at the Asilomar Negro Writers Conference in California, August 1964.