Blacks — Los Angeles (Calif.) — Social conditions.

  • The out (Episode 5 of 5, part 2 of 2)

    This is the conclusion of the fifth and final installment in the five-part documentary series about the ghettos and race relations in Los Angeles. This recording begins with a job placement staffer talking about how he helps all of his applicants of various ethnic backgrounds get better jobs and opportunities they didn’t know they could…

  • The family (Episode 3 of 5)

    This is the third in a five-part documentary series or “audiomosaic” as the producers call it, about the ghettos and race relations in Los Angeles. The series was produced by Leonard Brown and a team of volunteers. This episode centers on the family unit, teen pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, and other family-centered issues. None of the…

  • The out (Episode 5 of 5, part 1 of 2)

    This is the fifth and final installment in the five-part documentary series or “audiomosaic” as the producers call it, about the ghettos and race relations in Los Angeles. This recording begins with almost 37 minutes of discussion between Leonard Brown and three members of his team of volunteers, Mario Milch, Frank Eidens, and Claude Hayward,…

  • Freedom summer in Los Angeles (Part 2 of 2)

    An audio mosaic of people and sounds which tells the events of the integration struggles of the summer of 1963 in Los Angeles. It represents the four areas of concern as they are met locally by Negro leaders: housing, education, employment and police practices. The sources of the material run the full range of diversity…

  • Media imagery : the misrepresentation of African-Americans to the public / interviews and produced by Jan Robinson Flint.

    Two interviews which explore how the mass media presents negative images of African-American individuals and the community.|MEDIA IMAGERY : THE MISREPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO THE PUBLIC / interviews and produced by Jan Robinson Flint. – Two interviews which explore how the mass media presents negative images of African-American individuals and the community. CONTENT: pt.1. Astenu,…

  • The wall (Episode 4 of 5)

    In 1964, Leonard Brown and a team of volunteers created this five-part “audiomosaic” documentary series on the lives of African Americans in the ghettos of Los Angeles. This fourth part “The wall,” focuses on the social barriers between Blacks and Whites in America. Blacks talk about their distrust of Whites, recount stories of racial discrimination…

  • Freedom summer in Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2)

    An audio mosaic of people and sounds which tells the events of the integration struggles of the summer of 1963 in Los Angeles. It represents the four areas of concern as they are met locally by Negro leaders: housing, education, employment and police practices. The sources of the material run the full range of diversity…

  • Five nights in the ghetto

    This is a five-part documentary series or “audiomosaic” as the producers call it, about the ghettos and race relations in Los Angeles. The series was produced by Leonard Brown and a team of volunteers. Initially broadcast by KPFK at 9:30 p.m. on October 26, 27, 28, and 30, 1964 and at 9:00 p.m. on November…