African Americans

  • 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…

  • JAMES BALDWIN – Part Two of Three

    James Baldwin – Part two of three. CONTENT: Artists struggle for integrity, Nov. 1962 [BB3641]; Baldwin reads “Giovanni’s Room”, Oct. 1963 [BB3684]; Interview by Elsa Knight Thompson and John Leonard, May 7, 1963.[BB0632] Produced by Mark Torres.

  • JAMES BALDWIN – Part Three of Three.

    James Baldwin – Part three of three. CONTENT: (62 min.) Malcolm X debates James Baldwin on the “Sit-Ins”, April 25, 1961[BB5322]; Talk at the San Francisco Masonic Auditorium, May 7, 1963.[BB0838] Produced by Mark Torres.

  • Malcolm X – 6 Tape Box Set

    TAPE 1: THE BALLOT OR THE BULLET [BB3101]; TAPE 2 AND 3: MALCOLM X SPEAKS: THE PROSPECTS FOR FREEDOM, FEBRUARY, 1965 [BB3103ab]; TAPE 4: SPEECH BY MALCOLM X DECEMBER 20, 1964 [BB3528]; TAPE 5: BLACK MUSLIMS VS. THE SIT-INS [BB5322]; TAPE 6 JOHN HENRIK CLARKE ON MALCOLM X [SZ0897].

  • Democracy Now! September 17, 2001

    FREDERICK DOUGLASS ORATION ON JULY 4TH : BEST OF ENEMIES: THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A FORMER KLANSMAN AND AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST [Replay of DN! July 4, 2000] |Rerun of: FREDERICK DOUGLASS ORATION ON JULY 4TH Today is a national holiday, commemorating the Fourth of July, when American colonies declared their…

  • Democracy Now! August 10, 2001

    TWO ACTIVISTS BEATEN BY POLICE IN GENOA, ITALY RETURN TO THE U.S.; LOS ANGELES SHERIFFS TRAINED ITALIAN POLICE BEFORE THE G8 SUMMIT ; MANY STILL IN PRISON IN GENOA, INCLUDING SUSANNA THOMAS, A QUAKER PACIFIST AND HONORS STUDENT: SHE FACES 15 YEARS IN JAIL ; RADICAL HIP HOP DUO DEAD PREZ TALKS ABOUT BLACK MUSIC…

  • Democracy Now! September 5, 2001

    FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE [Replay DN! December 29, 2000] |FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE Nearly 38 years after James Meredith struggled against racism to enter the University of Mississippi, students have elected the school’s first black student body president. Nick Lott beat his white opponent by more than 100 votes. But despite this, the…

  • Democracy Now! August 30, 2001

    THE DEBT: RANDALL ROBINSON TALKS ABOUT WHAT AMERICA OWES TO BLACKS [Replay of DN! January 17, 2000] |THE DEBT: RANDALL ROBINSON TALKS ABOUT WHAT AMERICA OWES TO BLACKS Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and as people across the United States commemorate the life of the great civil rights leader, many here still languish…

  • Democracy Now! August 3, 2001

    AS ISRAEL INSISTS IT WILL CONTINUE ASSASSINATING PALESTINIANS, A CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD SAID ; CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHOR WILBERT RIDEAU RE-INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGES ; AS NAVY POUNDS VIEQUES WITH LARGEST BOMBING OPERATION IN YEARS, JACKIE JACKSON, DENNIS RIVERA AND ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. SPEAK OUT AFTER SERVING JAIL TIME FOR THEIR PROTESTS. |AS ISRAEL INSISTS IT…

  • James Baldwin

    Part one of a three part series featuring James Baldwin. Contents: “After the Murder of Four Children”speech given Sept. 25, 1963 (41 minutes); “Men and Women in the Arts Concerned with Vietnam” speech given in Los Angeles, CA, March 16, 1968 (6:30 min.); “Talk at the San Francisco Masonic Auditorium” May 7, 1963 (8:30 min.).…