American Women — Women of Color and discrimination

  • The Varied Voices of Black Women: an Olivia Records concert

    This is a recording of the final concert from the Olivia Records tour “The Varied Voices of Black Women,” which began in California and ended here at Medusa’s Revenge on November 7, 1978 at Medusa’s Revenge. The concert features musicians Gwen Avery, Mary Watkins, Linda Tillery and poet Pat Parker, accompanied by a band of…

  • A celebration of Black womanhood: Black women in the health sciences (Tapes 5 and 7 only)

    Actualities from Barnard College’s conference “Celebration of Black Womanhood” held February 4-5, 1978. Tapes in Pacifica’s holdings were numbered #5 and #7, indicating that several are missing. These two parts are from a panel about Black women and careers in the health sciences. Part 5 is about applying to medical school. Speakers include Jewel Hodge,…

  • Cooking with author Li Ling-Ai

    Nina Mende interviews Chinese-Hawaiian writer, lecturer and actor Li Ling-Ai (1908 – ?), author of the memoir “Life Is for a Long Time,” as she gives a Chinese cooking lesson.

  • Women’s Poetry Reading to benefit Ikon Magazine

    The second half of the excerpted version of the benefit reading held for Ikon Magazine on October 16 1982 at New York University. The event was emceed by poet Patricia Spears Jones. Readers are Lois Elaine Griffith (one of the founding poets of the Nuryorican Poets Cafe), Hettie Jones (b. 1935, ex-wife of Leroi Jones/Amiri…

  • Racism in the Women’s movement (Part 1 only)

    In this program, guests talk about the racism forum “Racism in the Women’s movement: how to fight it,” sponsored by the Women Writers Union and Radical Women, and held at the Women’s Building in San Francisco. They are: Suki Durham, member of both organizations, Max Regal, member of the Seattle Radical Women; Ann Finger, organizer…

  • Sojourner’s Journal: November 19, 1981-Black women writers and artists

    Sojourner’s Journal, a series about Black women. Yasmin Pierre speaks with four Black women writers/artists about their careers and their family lives. The guests are artist, poet and member of Black Writer’s Union Akua Lezli Hope, writer, poet and memeber of the Black Writer’s Union Rashidah Ismaili (b. 1941), member of the Black New York…

  • The extinction of Black women

    An informal discussion by three Black women from the New York Black Feminist Counseling Collective, sponsored by the WBAI Women’s Radio Workshop, concerning what the group calls the extinction of Black women. The discussion centers on attacks on Black women, impediments to survival, and expanding Black women’s political consciousness. The three women are Lavidia Penson[sp?],…

  • Black Awareness: Ti-Grace Atkinson

    Feminist author and activist Ti-Grace Atkinson discusses her involvement with the feminist movement and her decision to leave the Women’s Liberation group. Atkinson also discusses Mayor John Lindsay asking Gloria Steinem to mobilize the women’s movement to support moving welfare recipients from hotels into abandoned housing near Floyd Bennett Field. Hosted by Deloris Costello.

  • Florynce Kennedy speaks at Memorial Church in New York City

    Flo (Florynce) Kennedy (1916-2000) speech given at “Memorial Church [New York City]” advocating peace activism. [Unclear from label of location–Judson Memorial Church? Memorial Baptist Church?] Theme of the meeting is “Swords into Plowshares.” She promotes personal powers of the body, dollar, and vote to change the pathology of oppression and the oppressive system. She uses…

  • An interview with Robert Shelton (Part 2 of 4)

    This is the second of four programs produced by Marcia Tompkins in a series called “You must go home again: 1970,” about her hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The series is a sequel to her 1965 series of the same title. In this program she interviews Robert Shelton of the Alabama Knights of the Ku Klux…