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What use are herbs / Janet Vickers ; interviewed by Nancy Delaney.
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Women living in communes.
Five U.C. Berkeley women students discuss their experiences living in communes. The discussion, with women from the Campus Women’s Forum audience, brings out both the difficulties encountered and the advantages available from this kind of living situation for a woman, and probably dispels several myths about communal living. Contains sensitive language.
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Puerto Rican independence movement in the 30s ; World War II ; postwar red scare ; execution of the Rosenbergs.
Poetry of Julia de Burgos, excerpt from It can’t happen here by Sinclair Lewis, excerpt from Rosie the riveter, reading from The Death house letters of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.|PUERTO RICAN INDEPEDENCE MOVEMENT IN THE 30’S| WORLD WAR II| POSTWAR RED SCARE| EXECUTION OF THE ROSENBERGS – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history of…
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The Fifties ; Allen Ginsberg ; Puerto Rican revolutionaries ; Rosa Parks ; and Black anger rises. (Episode 7 of 10)
The Fifties: Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”; Puerto Rican revolutionaries; Rosa Parks takes a front seat in Montgomery, AB; Black anger arises. Material: HOWL–an early Ginsberg reading, a KPFA recordings; music of Charlie and Inez Foxx, MOCKINGBIRD; Eddie Palmieri; poetry of Julia de Burgos from WNET-TV Realidades production, with translation by Christina Medina; Nina Simone I WISH…
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The Sixties ; Martin Luther King ; free speech movement ; emancipation proclamation centennial.
Includes “Centennial” by Langston Hughes, read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, speeches by King, Malcolm X; poetry of Hank Heifits, Norman Mailer address, musical selections.|THE SIXTIES| MARTIN LUTHER KING| FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT| EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION CENTENNIAL – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history of the United States| part 8. – Includes “Centennial” by Langston…
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The United Farm Workers ; People’s Park ; victory in Vietnam ; the women’s movement.
“Viva la cause”, UFW actuality ; poem by Marge Piercy, readings from People’s Park literature, other poems, and musical selections.|THE UNITED FARM WORKERS| PEOPLE’S PARK| VICTORY IN VIETNAM| THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history of the United States| part 9. – “Viva La Cause”, UFW actuality, poem by Marge Piercy,…
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Stirrings in the workforce; Puerto Rican independence; American Indian Movement; San Francisco International Hotel; United Auto Workers leader.
Includes poems by Pedro Pietri, Roberto Vargas, and Julia de Burgos; a speech by UAW leader Pete Kelly.|STIRRINGS IN THE WORKFORCE| PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE| AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT| SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL HOTEL| UNITED AUTO WORKERS – SERIES: Plain speaking : a counter history of the United States| part 10. – Includes poems by Pedro Pietri, Roberto…
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Galapagos Islands discovered : evolution of the ocean floor / Dr. John Corliss ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett.
Laurie Garrett interviews Dr. John Corliss of Oregon State University, Corvalis, co-head of the Galapagos Research Mission, about the recent discoveries off the Galapagos Islands. Corliss, plunging two miles to the sea floor, found enormous volcanic activity, high concentrations of radioactivity and rare elements, and strange new life forms. The new biology of the ocean…
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The Test / Philip Maldari.