Helene Rosenbluth interviews Black and Jewish representatives of groups who are fighting the anti-gay Briggs Initiative, which would have prohibited hiring and required the dismissal of any teacher who engaged in homosexual activity or advocated for gay civil rights. The interviewees are Henry Dodson of the NAACP, Rabbi Allen I. Freehling of the University Synagogue, Rita Kort and Ellen Ledley of Jews Against Briggs, and Kwambe Omdahda of Lesbians of Color Caucus. Music by Joan Armatrading and Linda Tillery. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth.
Minority reaction to the Briggs initiative / produced by Helene Rosenbluth
PRA Archive #:
KZ0721
Date Recorded On:
1 Aug. 1978.
Date Broadcast On:
KPFK, 1 Aug. 1978.
Item Duration:
1 reel (ca. 50 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Total Duration (All Reels):
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
Availability Notice:
This recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica’s American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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- PRA Archive #: KZ0721
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- Episode: Minority reaction to the Briggs initiative / produced by Helene Rosenbluth
- Series: Lesbian sisters
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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
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- Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archives, 1978
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- Producer: Helene Rosenbluth
- Interviewee: Kwambe Omdahda
- Interviewee: Henry Dodson
- Interviewee: Allen Freehling
- Interviewee: Rita Kort
- Interviewee: Ellen Ledley


