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The Negro writer in America

Program Title:
The Negro writer in America
PRA Archive #: 
BB1070
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Program
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Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1964-08-06
dateType: 
created
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1964-08-06
dateType: 
broadcast
Date Recorded on: 
at "The Negro writer in the United States" conference in Asilomar, California, August 6, 1964.
Date Broadcast on: 
KPFA, 6 Aug. 1964.
Station: 
KPFA
Item duration: 
33 min.
Keywords: 
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African Americans--Civil rights--History
The Negro writer in United States conference -- Asilomar, California -- 1964
University of California, Berkeley. University Extension
Description: 

On the second day of the Negro writers' conference held at Asilomar, KPFA reporters Kenneth Rexroth and Al Silbowitz asked the first three conference speakers, Saunders Redding, Harvey Swados, and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), to join them in a discussion about the conference thus far. The panel discusses the audience at the conference so far, and the problems and promise of Black authors. As Silbowitz says at the beginning of the recording, "In a manner typical of the conference, the conversation did not remain confined to literary matters for very long, which is to be expected when dealing with a body of writing so deeply embedded in controversy." Moderated by Al Silbowitz and Norm McGhee.

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2485_P01
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1/4 inch audio tape
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PRA Vault Shelves
instantiationDuration: 
33 min.
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2485_P02
instantiationPhysical: 
CD
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PRA Grant Cabinets
instantiationDuration: 
33 min.
instantiationIdentifier: 
2485_D01
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
2009-12-30
instantiationLocation: 
Western Digital HD3
instantiationDuration: 
00:32:13
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audio/x-wav
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Master: preservation
Contributor: 
Amiri Baraka
Role: 
Panelist
Contributor: 
Norm McGhee
Role: 
Moderator
Contributor: 
J. Saunders Redding
Role: 
Panelist
Contributor: 
Kenneth Rexroth
Role: 
Moderator
Contributor: 
Al Silbowitz
Role: 
Moderator
Contributor: 
Harvey Swados
Role: 
Panelist
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1964.
Rights Summary: 
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Grant Tracking Information: 
Grant ID: 
American Archives Pilot Project
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?: 
Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed): 
2014-04-03
Possible restriction issues: 
No
Sensitive language: 
No
Date first level cataloging completed: 
Thursday, April 3, 2014
CD plays: 
Second Level Cataloging completed Date: 
2014-04-09
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials: 
HRL
Second Level Cataloging Notes and Issues: 
For the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment): 
Reels Rewound: 
Production CD (copy) created: 
Reel removed for contamination: 
No
storeItem: 
The Negro writer in America / moderated by Al Silbowitz and Norm McGhee. (CD)
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