Slavery–America–History

  • Special program commemorating Negro History Week (Part 1 of 2)

    Special program in honor of Negro History Week produced by Elsa Knight Thompson and Mike Tigar. The entire program provides a brief history of Blacks in the United States, highlighting the Civil Rights movement. Part one includes a history of Blacks as slave and freemen in Latin America, audio from a Folkways recording narrated by…

  • Special program commemorating Negro History Week (Part 2 of 2)

    Special program in honor of Negro History Week produced by Elsa Knight Thompson and Mike Tigar. The entire program provides a brief history of Blacks in the United States, highlighting the Civil Rights movement. Part two starts with excerpts from a recording previously aired on KPFA featuring statements from Robert Zellner, field secretary of the…