African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • Julian Bond at Princeton

    Speech by Julian Bond about the condition of Blacks in American society. He reads excerpts from three speeches made by Blacks over 100 years earlier (Frederick Douglas, Nat Turner, and Dr. John S. Rock). Bond comments that the Vietnam War is illegal, with violence against hungry children and a disproportionate number of Blacks serving in…

  • Stokeley Carmichael

    Stokely Carmichael addresses a meeting of the Black Panthers in Oakland, California, regarding Huey P. Newton’s incarceration, United States imperialism, Black revolution, and strategies for revolution.

  • Charles Garry : attorney for the Black Panthers.

    Black Panther Party attorney Charles Garry gives a talk at a benefit for the Black Panther Party [on the need for aggressive Black political action] held at the Berkeley Community Theater on December 21, 1969.

  • Civil liberties and Black power

    This is an episode of the program Background hosted by Lyle Haskin, produced on the campus of the University of Michigan and distributed internationally by the Voice of America. This is the first of a two-part program within the series called “Civil liberties and Black power.” In this episode, Haskin is joined by Dr. Arnold…

  • Folsom prison, where people die like flies / Warren Wells interviewed by Mark Schwartz

    Former Black Panther Warren Wells talks about the Panthers’ abandonment of the “prison movement.” Wells is serving time in Folsom Prison from a 1968 Oakland shootout that resulted in the death of Bobby Hutton. He talks about conditions, intra-prison fighting and the failure of people outside to organize around Folsom, especially around those men housed…

  • Black Panther rally at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park

    Actuality of a rally held at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park (a.k.a. DeFremery Park) in Oakland, hosted by Masai Hewitt, Minister of Education of the Black Panther Party. The rally opens with Elaine Brown performing her song “Seize the Time”. The first speaker is Angela Davis, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles,…

  • The Black Panther Party in Sacramento

    This recording is an actuality, including interviews, of events on May 2, 1968 surrounding a bus trip made by the Black Panther Party from Oakland to Sacramento in support of Eldridge Cleaver. The recording was made by KPFA volunteer Denny Smithson, who rode on the bus with Party members and press. The trip began at…

  • Paul Cook, Ruchell Magee, and justice in America

    Paul Cook, former cellmate of Ruchell Magee, is on parole from San Quentin at the time of this interview with Carolyn Craven. Cook tells of an experience he had at the Marin Civic Center on June 3, 1971, and then discusses his relationship with Ruchell Magee and his work on Magee’s defense committee for the…

  • Interview with George Jackson

    Interviewed three weeks before his death [August 21, 1971], George Jackson discusses prison conditions, the role of Black women in Black liberation, and his personal and political ideology. Jackson is interviewed by Max Bloom, and the interview took place at San Quentin Prison. Contains sensitive language.

  • The prison letters of George Jackson (Part 1 of 3)

    Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the book “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson,” which talks of prison life and the conditions Blacks face. These recordings were broadcast during the “Morning reading” time slot at KPFA. Note: Contains sensitive language. Reel one. |This program has…