Mexican Americans — Civil rights

  • Blacks and the jury system / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson

    A panel discussion on the problems of being Black or Mexican-American under current jury procedures, with Fay Stender, Berkeley attorney, Carl Metoyer, president of the Alameda County Bar Association, Robert Boags, president of the Charles Houston Law Club, and Dr. Philip Good, a statistical consultant who has done research on Black registration. Topics discussed include…

  • A medical desert / Dr. Richard Fine and Shari Whitehead interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

    Elsa Knight Thompson talks with Shari Whitehead of the International Liberation School and Dr. Richard Fine, co-chairman of the San Francisco Medical Committee for Human Rights, about a recent trip to northern New Mexico, their investigations into the appalling medical situation there, and the plans to correct it. Originally aired during KPFA’s open hour.