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Historical documentary on race relations since the Civil War.|A CENTURY AFTER : A MONTAGE OF BLACK HISTORY. – Historical documentary in montage form which examines the condition of African Americans a century after the emancipation. – CONTENT: Song entitled “If You’re White Your All Right, If You’re Black Get Back” — Romantic, stereotypical description of the old plantation South — Song / by Maya Angelu — Music with the sound of whip lashes in the background — Poem about being whipped / unidentified male Black author — Jelly Roll style piano music — Black humor comedy sketch — Joking about integration / Dick Gregory — Making Blacks comfortable at a cocktail party / Lenny Bruce — Personal experiences at the Talhasse lunch counter sit-in / a young Black woman — The murder of a Black family in 1913 — Being harassed by police / a Black Methodist minister — An Albany preacher — Klansmen on the radio — The L.A. Mosque incident / Malcolm X — A Black man is tarred and feathered. – BROADCAST: KPFK, 5 Apr. 1969.

Report and actuality of the Black Community Survival Conference held by the Black Panthers at the Oakland Auditorium, aimed at raising the consciousness of Blacks to their social condition in America. Includes speeches by Bobby Seale. The title of the recording arose from the promise the Black Panthers gave to give away a bag of groceries, including a whole chicken, to 10,000 conference attendees.

On December 14, 1969 the NOrth Vietnamese Ministry of Culture presented a concert for 5 American visitors: Cora Weiss, Ethel Taylor, Madeline Duckles, and Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus EAton. Cora Weiss introduces the program, which was dubbed from a cassette she brought back from Hanoi, selection are introduced in English.

Dr. Seymour Washburn, professor of anthropology at University of California, Berkeley, attacks the field of sociobiology. Much of the speech focuses on a critique of E.O. Wilson of Harvard University, the chief proponent of the field of sociobiology, who wields evolutionary arguments to support the ascription of genetic bases to human behaviors. This approach has been criticized by many in the scientific community as racist, non-scientific, sexist and dangerous. Recorded at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Symposium in San Francisco in 1977. Produced by Laurie Garrett. Previously cataloged as AZ0116.