African Americans

  • Democracy Now! February 26, 2002

    An hour with activist-comedian DICK GREGORY, live from our firehouse studio. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 DICK GREGORY LIVE FROM DEMOCRACY NOW! He was jailed and beaten by Birmingham police for parading without a permit in 1963. He took a bullet in the knee while trying to calm a crowd during the Watts…

  • Cornel West : Speech At Mario Savio Awards Ceremony, November 15, 2001.

    Speech (keynote address) given by activist, theologian, and scholar Dr. Cornel West at the annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture and Young Activist Award ceremony which took place on November 15, 2001 in the Pauley Ballroom at U.C. Berkeley. Dr. Cornel West spoke on “Progressive Politics In These Times: From Vision to Action” [ a video…

  • Lawyers Guild Program February 7, 2002 With Guest Host: Ron Wilkens

    LAWYERS GUILD PROGRAM THURSDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2002 WITH GUEST HOST: RON WILKENS Jim Lafferty hands over his “National Lawyer’s Guild” show to former KPFK Programmer, Ron Wilkins. Lafferty first does a brief intro to his show in which he described the crisis the station has been in, and the recent positive changes that have slowly…

  • Democracy Now! February 11, 2002

    Thomas Miller El death penalty case (to die February 21st) : GUESTS JAMES LIEBMAN; JAVIER CORCUERA (Peru film maker) ,MARIA CARRION, JIM MARCUS. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES A new study to be released today says that death sentences are more likely to be reversed in areas that use the death penalty, have higher African American populations, and…

  • Democracy Now! February 15, 2002

    1968 Olympic Medallist, John Carlos, who raised his fist in the Black Power salute during the national anthem as a protest against U.S. racism. Today, we talk about Olympic protest, past and present. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK COHOST: JUAN GONZALEZ 9:07-9:20 AS THE COUNTRY GATHERS AROUND THEIR TV SETS TO WATCH THE 2002…

  • Democracy Now! February 20, 2002

    As reports emerge of a string of mistakes across southern Afghanistan from the US air war and the war continues at home with a crackdown on civil liberties : the critical voice of activist and scholar Cornel West, University U. professor of African-American studies and philosophy of religion : one month after Bush accuses North…

  • Democracy Now! February 19, 2002

    As US forces open a new phase in the war in Afghanistan with two bombing raids over the weekend, well hear from activist, theologian and scholar CORNEL WEST about working for meaningful democracy, racial equality, and gender and sexual liberation after September 11th. BLACK HAWK DOWN director Ridley Scott is nominated for an Oscar. He…

  • Democracy Now! February 21, 2002

    Malcolm X was assassinated 37 years ago today. WEB DuBois would be 134 years old on Saturday. Today, an AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL: A LOOK AT THE WIND DONE GONE, A PARODY OF GONE WITH THE WIND TOLD FROM A SLAVES…

  • Winona La Duke, Fall Premium 2000

    Winona La Duke, Fall Premium 2000

  • JAMES BALDWIN : Part One of Three

    James Baldwin – Part One of Three CONTENTS: (62 min.) “After the Murder of Four Children”speech given Sept. 25, 1963 (41 minutes) [BB0873]; “Men and Women in the Arts Concerned with Vietnam” speech given in Los Angeles, CA, March 16, 1968 (6:30 min.) [BB4661]; “Talk at the San Francisco Masonic Auditorium” Dec. 16, 1964 (8:30…