Burrows, Vinie.

  • Report back from Copenhagen

    Tapes edited and selected from “Report back from Copenhagen,” an event for women to report back from the the mid-decade World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women, which took place in Copenhagen in September 1980. The event was sponsored by Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE). Speakers include Walteen Grady, president of…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer – August 26, 1980: Women’s Equality Day 1980

    Edited selections from Women’s Equality Day rally in Bryant part 26 Aug 1980. Also called “Women 80.” 1980 marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Suffrage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Speeches focus on the the state of women in 1980. Part one opens with chanting, then a speech by Rosemary Gaffney. The…

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer – August 11, 1982: Poetry reading at Plowshares III Coffeehouse

    Poetry reading hosted by Nancy DuPlessis, held June 24th, 1982 at the Plowshare III Coffee House, set up for the duration of the 2nd special United Nations Conference on Disarmament. In Part 1, the readers are Jan Clausen (b. 1950), short story writer, founding editor of Conditions magazine, activist in the feminist movement working for…

  • With hearts of fire / produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

    African and African American women poets discusses and read selections from their works. Includes statements and readings by Nicky Finney, Alex Deveaux, Kate Rushen, Vinie Burrows, and Winnie. These poets were meeting at the United Nations Decade on Women Conference.

  • Coverup, behind the Iran-Contra affair : talks and a panel following a showing of the film.

    Speeches and a panel discussion following the showing of the film Coverup : behind the Iran Contra affair. The speakers are: Samori Marksman, African and Caribbean Resource Center; Reverend Lucius Walker, IFCO; Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition; and Vinie Burrows, WREE. They speak on the network of political leaders, drug smugglers, weapons dealers, hostages, assassinations,…