Civil rights.

  • Gay Rights With The Reverend Mel White.

    Gay Rights With The Reverend Mel White. Includes 1958 panel discussion moderated by KPFA’s Elsa Knight Thompson which Pacifica historian Matthew Lasar says “…very likely constituted the first comprehensive gay rights radio documentary in U.S. broadcast history.”; 1968 WBAI interview with “Hustler”; 1977 KPFA’s Fruit Punch Collective broadcasts Orange Tuesday Reaction, the national reaction to…

  • Democracy Now! September 11, 2001 (interrupted by news)

    THANKSGIVING SPECIAL: NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST LEONARD PELTIER SPEAKS FROM PRISON [Replay DN! November 23, 2000] |THANKSGIVING SPECIAL: NATIVE AMERICAN ACTIVIST LEONARD PELTIER SPEAKS FROM PRISON Archbishop Desmond Tutu says he should be freed. Amnesty International calls him a political prisoner. The FBI says he’s a cold blooded murderer. Today an hour with jailed Native American…

  • 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! 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! September 6, 2001

    AMERICAN PHARAOH: THE DALEY EMPIRE IN CHICAGO [Replay DN! June 19, 2000] |NEWS HEADLINES AMERICAN PHARAOH: THE DALEY EMPIRE IN CHICAGO Al Gore last week named Commerce Secretary William Daley his new campaign chairman. Daley replaces Tony Coelho, the former California congressman who said he was stepping down because of a potentially debilitating medical condition.…

  • Anna Deavere Smith Interiewed By Jay Kugelman

    Anna Deavere Smith, interviewed by Jay Kugelman (by phone in Los Angeles). Smith is an African American actress / performer, culture worker, and social change artist. Her performances draw from hundred of interviews she conducted with members of the Los Angeles communities suffering from racial and social injustice (Crown Heights, Los Angeles, 1992); and reflect…

  • The Search : the LAPD at KPFK.

    Actuality of the LAPD search for documents relating to the Sheraton hotel bombing; subsequent phone-ins; the press conference.

  • In his discretion / produced by Victor Vazques.

    A documentary on how Presidential Executive Order 9066 interned 110,000 Japanese Americans in World War II concentration camps. This program was produced by KPFK’s Victor Vazquez with field interviews by Sam Kushner. It focuses on the Manzanar committee, a group of Japanese Americans whose efforts have restored the concentration camp located in California’s high deserts…

  • Democracy Now! February 24, 1999

    Sentencing Phase of Jasper Trial Begins; Chevron Linked to Violence in Nigeria; Nigeria Human Rights Watch |Sentencing Phase of Jasper Trial Begins After a week of hearing gruesome testimony and examining grisly evidence, it took a Texas jury of 10 whites and one African American less than three hours to find John William King, an…

  • Democracy Now! March 1, 1999

    U.S. Role in Genocide in Guatemala; Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Police Brutality |U.S. Role in Genocide in Guatemala In a much anticipated report released last week, Guatemala’s independent Historical Clarification Commission concluded that the U.S. gave money and training to a Guatemalan military that committed “acts of genocide” against the country’s Mayan population during the…