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African Americans--Civil rights--History

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BB0440.07 The Image of America and the Negro abroad

St. Clair Drake, professor of sociology and head of the department of African Affairs at...

KPFA, 6 Sept. 1964.
BB5462 Bobby Seale in Oakland : the De Fremery Park rally

Bobby Seale delivers a speech about the aims and methods of the Black Panther Party, the day...

KPFA, 7 Apr. 1967.
BB1779 National Unitarian Black Caucus

In this discussion of the work of the Black Caucus to achieve racial equality, three members of...

KPFA, 7 Apr. 1968.
BB0482 Philistinism and the Negro writer

Poet and playwright LeRoi Jones (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka) delivers a speech at the Negro Writers...

KPFA, 7 Aug. 1964. First KPFA broadcast 1964-09-30
BB1309 Conditions in the Oakland ghetto

Mark Comfort, president of the Oakland Direct Action Committee, and member Ronald Stevens...

KPFA, 7 Aug. 1967.
BB0896 An organ for protest : the Negro press

Hoyt Fuller of the Negro Digest, Louise Meriwether of the Los Angeles Sentinel, Bettye Hughes of...

KPFA, 8 Aug. 1964.
BB0534 Paul Robeson : world citizen / interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson and Harold Winkler.

Paul Robeson, noted actor and political activist, relates his personal history and views in this...

KPFA, 8 Feb. 1958. First in KPFA Folio, 1958-03-06.
BB0440.04 Emerging patterns of discrimination

Leon Litwack is a historian, associate professor of history at University of Wisconsin, author...

KPFA, 9 Aug. 1964.
BB0196 Let's all join the fight for freedom

Reverend Ralph Abernathy, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader who rose to...

KPFA, 9 June 1962.
BC0763 Ralph Abernathy and Angela Davis

Angela Davis, recently released from prison, is interviewed by civil rights leader Rev. Ralph...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination KPFA, Apr. 1972.
AZ0090 Ben Hooks interview / produced by Fruit Punch Collective.

Benjamin Hooks, head of the NAACP and first African-American FCC commissioner, is interviewed by...

KPFA, Apr. 1977.
BB1984 Four Black poets

Four black poets read and talk about their work. Herb Kohl introduces the poets: Monte Vista...

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Note from box cover: "Kohl conducts a weekly program on KPFA called 'Many Different...

KPFA, Mar. 1969.
BB5484 Arroyo Viejo Park : mass rally and picnic.

Sounds from the rally given by the Labor Committee to Combat Fascism, a part of the Black...

KPFK, 1 Sept. 1969.
BB5380.03 The family (Episode 3 of 5)

This is the third in a five-part documentary series or "audiomosaic" as the producers...

KPFK, 1964-10-28
BC0326 The wall (Episode 4 of 5)

In 1964, Leonard Brown and a team of volunteers created this five-part "audiomosaic"...

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Previously Tape A (25:45) and Tape B (29:15). The two were joined into one tape in 1997.
...

KPFK, 1964-10-30.
BB5380.05A The out (Episode 5 of 5, part 1 of 2)

This is the fifth and final installment in the five-part documentary series or "audiomosaic...

KPFK, 1964-11-02
BB4702 Thirty years of civil rights education in the South / Myles Horton.

Highlander Folk School, founded in 1932, began as an educational resource for adults fighting...

KPFK, 20 Mar. 1964.
BB4803 The Slaying of George Jackson : response in the Black community of Los Angeles.

Edward Dino McZeal and James Standifer discuss the official report on Jackson's slaying and...

KPFK, 27 Aug. 1971.
BB4542 Eldridge Cleaver at Trade Tech.

Speech at a rally held for the defense of Huey Newton about contemporary Black issues.|ELDRIDGE...

KPFK, 4 May 1969.
BB5133 Sadie and Maude / Jeanette Henderson and Linda Taylor

In this program of poetry, discussion and music dedicated to Angela Davis, two young Black women...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Poetry KPFK, 8 Feb. 1971.
BB4613 LeRoi Jones interviewed by Earl Anthony

Earl Anthony of the Black Panther Party interviews Black poet and playwright LeRoi Jones (Amiri...

KPFK, 8 May 1968.
BB5380 Five nights in the ghetto

This is a five-part documentary series or "audiomosaic" as the producers call it,...

KPFK, October 26-November 2, 1964
BB3069 Equality and governmental action

Justice Arthur J. Goldberg delivers the fifth annual James Madison Lecture on February 11, 1964...

WBAI, 13 Apr. 1964.
BB5284 The Negro woman in American literature (Episode 2 of 12)

This program from the "Negro Writer's Vision of America" conference held April 23...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Authors and journalists WBAI, 13 June 1965; KPFK, 23 Sept. 1965.
BC2876 Civil liberties and Black power

This is an episode of the program Background hosted by Lyle Haskin, produced on the campus of...

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Previously attributed to Mark Haskins.

WBAI, 19 June 1967.
BB4239 Julian Bond at Princeton

Speech by Julian Bond about the condition of Blacks in American society. He reads excerpts from...

WBAI, 1970.
BB3807.01 Ralph Ellison testimony

Actuality of Ralph Ellison's testimony before the Senate subcommittee on executive...

WBAI, 24 Oct. 1966.
BB3075 Whatsoever a man soweth

This is a documentary on the Mississippi Civil Rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney,...

WBAI, 26 June 1964.
BB0467 The Civil rights lawyer in the South

Thom Hurwitz interviews three lawyers who work for the NAACP National Legal Defense and...

WBAI, 27 Aug. 1964.
BB5373 Panthers in Algiers vs. the National Party organization.

Eldridge Cleaver, Don Cox, Pete O'Neill, Larry Mack, Seiku Odinga, Barbara Cox, Kathleen...

WBAI, 5 Mar. 1971.
WZ0152 Remembering George Jackson / Acklyn Lynch.

Political science professor discusses the significance of Jackson's life on the 6th...

WPFW, Aug. 1977.
BB1771.02A The churches and prejudice (Part 1 of 2)

The second session of the University of California, Berkeley centennial symposium deals with...

12 Oct. 1968
BB1771.02B The churches and prejudice (Part 2 of 2)

The second session of the University of California, Berkeley centennial symposium deals with...

12 Oct. 1968
BB2531 Huey Newton : August 11, 1970

Huey Newton, the founder and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party, is interviewed by...

14 Aug. 1970, 6 Sep. 1970
BB1771.07 Institutional strategies against prejudice

"Institutional Strategies Against Prejudice" is the topic for this concluding session...

16 Nov 1968
BB1632 Are the Black Panthers violent?

Elsa Knight Thompson moderates a panel discussion about the alliance between the Black Panthers...

1968-02-15
BB5471 Bobby Seale at the Oakland auditorium.

Speech by Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther Party, at the Free Huey Newton rally held...

1968-02-26. In KPFA Folio 1968-04-08.
BB1783 Rally for the Oakland Seven

This is a recording of speeches given at a rally held in support of the seven men indicted on...

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Previously written in catalog record: "Held on February 17, 1968 at the Oakland Auditorium...

1968-03-26
BB5475A Bobby Hutton funeral and memorial service (Part 1 of 2)

Actuality of the memorial service held at Ephesian Church of God in Christ for Bobby Hutton (...

1968-04-12
BB5475B Bobby Hutton funeral and memorial service (Part 2 of 2)

Continuation of the rally at Merritt Park in memory of Bobby Hutton (1950-1968), and in support...

1968-04-12
BB5474 The Black Panther Party in Sacramento

This recording is an actuality, including interviews, of events on May 2, 1968 surrounding a bus...

1968-05-03
BB4723 Bobby Seale for the defense of Huey Newton

Speech given on April 16, 1968 by Bobby Seale, Black Panther chairman, during a Black Panther...

1968-07-16
BB1782 Police fire on Black Panther headquarters

KPFA's Colin Edwards reports on the police attack on the Black Panther Party headquarters...

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Sensitive language: shit

1968-09-10
BB2438 A visit with Huey Newton at Vacaville Prison Facility

Black Panther Party co-founder and leader Huey P. Newton discusses his imprisonment at Vacaville...

1968-10-18, 1968-12-06
BB2428 Eldridge Cleaver at California Hall

Black Panther Party Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver speaks at a meeting sponsored by...

1968-11-21
BB5459 Eldridge Cleaver's speech at a noon rally

Actuality of Eldridge Cleaver's speech at the University of California, Berkeley campus in...

1968-12-12
BB5473 Black Panther rally at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park

Actuality of a rally held at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park (a.k.a. DeFremery Park) in Oakland,...

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Previous title: Black Panther rally : Oakland.

1969-11-14
AZ1025 Herbert Marcuse and Angela Davis at Berkeley

Excerpt from a rally at University of California Berkeley featuring speeches by philosopher and...

American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination 1969?.
BB2424 Charles Garry : attorney for the Black Panthers.

Black Panther Party attorney Charles Garry gives a talk at a benefit for the Black Panther Party...

1970-01-05, 1970-02-09
BB5463 An interview with Huey Newton

Huey Newton, interviewed by Alex Hoffman, KPFA reporter. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther...

1970-05-29
BB5458 A statement from Huey P. Newton

Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton speaks about his political activities and events...

1970-06-03
BB2587 The funeral of Jonathan Jackson and William Christmas

The funeral service of Jonathan Peter Jackson (1953-1970) and William Arthur Christmas (1943-...

1970-08-17, 1970-10-20
BB4374 Eldridge Cleaver on the drug culture

Eldridge Cleaver speaks about the drug culture in the United States and about Timothy Leary....

1971-01-30
BC0239.06 Huey Newton statement read by Bobby Seale at KPFA

Statement written by Huey Newton, read by Bobby Seale, expressing grief at the death of George...

1971-08-22
BC0239.02 KPFA News : the death of George Jackson

First news story on KPFA after the death of George Jackson, recorded and aired hours after he...

21 Aug. 1971.
BB5472 Eldridge Cleaver at California Hall

Black Panther Party Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver speaks at a meeting sponsored by...

21 Nov. 1968.
BB3183 An Interview with Huey Newton

Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, talks with KPFA's...

22 June 1968.
BB3807.02 Adam Clayton Powell testimony

Actuality of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell's testimony before the Senate subcommittee on...

26 Oct. 1966.
BB2508 Otis Brown Jr. of Indianola, Mississippi

This is an autobiographical statement from a young Southern Black organizer on his experiences...

29 Aug. 1970.
BB5405 Intercommunal day of solidarity

On March 5, 1971, the Black Panther Party held an event at the Oakland Auditorium called "...

5 Mar. 1971.
BB1771.01B The persistence of American prejudice (Part 2 of 2)

This is part two of the opening session of the centennial symposium held at the University of...

5 Oct. 1968
BB1771.01A The persistence of American prejudice (Part 1 of 2)

This recording is of the opening session of the centennial symposium held at the University of...

5 Oct. 1968
BB2369 Attorney Michael Kennedy on the Chicago Conspiracy trial.

Michael Kennedy, one of the pre-trial attorneys in the Chicago Seven Conspiracy case, speaks...

7 Jan. 1970.
BC0004B Getting it together / George Jackson (Part 2 of 2)

Dr. George Jackson, a prominent Black psychologist, speaks on the struggle for Black liberation...

7 Oct. 1970
BC0004A Getting it together / George Jackson (Part 1 of 2)

Dr. George Jackson, a prominent Black psychologist, speaks on the struggle for Black liberation...

7 Oct. 1970.
BB2781 Conversation with Ishmael Reed

Eleanor Sully talks with Ishmael Reed, author of "The Free-Lance Pallbearers" and...

8 June 1970.
BC0242 Report on the deaths at San Quentin : 21 August, 1971.

A report on the events from August 27, 1971 through August 31, 1971 related to the death of...

8 Sept. 1971.
BB1771.06 Industry and prejudice

This is the sixth session of the University of California's Centennial symposium. The...

9 Nov. 1968
BB5411 In memory of Martin Luther King Jr.

This is a recording of a portion of a memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. held on April 5,...

April 1968
BC0239 The death of George Jackson

George Jackson, one of the Soledad Brothers, was killed in San Quentin prison on August 21, 1971...

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part 1: Interview with George Jackson, July 28, 1971 -- part 2: KPFA news update, leading with...

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All reels have been digitized. See each part's record for ordering information.

August 21-23, 1971 and August 31, 1971.
BC0239.01 Interview with George Jackson

Interviewed three weeks before his death [August 21, 1971], George Jackson discusses prison...

August 22, 1971
BC0243.01 The prison letters of George Jackson (Part 1 of 3)

Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the...

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This program has been distributed by Pacifica and was provided by KPFA in Berkeley.

December 1970
BC0243.02 The prison letters of George Jackson (Part 2 of 3)

Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the...

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This program has been distributed by Pacifica and was provided by KPFA in Berkeley.

December 1970
BC0243 Soledad Brother read by Christopher Brooks

Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the...

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Note: Contains sensitive language.

December 1970, August 1971.
BC0243.03 The prison letters of George Jackson (Part 3 of 3)

Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the...

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This program has been distributed by Pacifica and was provided by KPFA in Berkeley.

December 1970.
BB1722.03B Cops and robbers IIIB: Crime and punishment in California

Assemblyman John Vasconcellos of Santa Clara County and Robin Lamson discuss proposed...

KPFA 10 Aug 1968
BB4090B Fasting Dick Gregory entertains (Part 2 of 2)

This is a recording of the speech given by the Black comedian-turned-activist Dick Gregory on...

KPFA 12 Dec. 1968.
BB2246.04 A biography of Marcus Garvey (Episode 4 of 14)

Ted Vincent provides a brief biographical sketch of the Jamaican immigrant Marcus Garvey, in...

KPFA 13 Sep 1967
BB1772.03 Emotional roots of racism

Dr. Price M. Cobbs, black psychiatrist and co-author with Dr. William Grier of the best-seller...

KPFA 15 Feb 1969
BB1772.07 Eldridge Cleaver at Sacramento State

An address by the Black Panther Minister of Information and 1968 Presidential nominee for the...

KPFA 17 Feb 1969
BC0674A Lady Day : Billie Holiday (Part 1 of 2)

Years after her death in New York City, Billie Holiday's voice continues to captivate listeners...

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Record in box says "No cassette sales."

KPFA 17 July 1967, 24 Aug 1967
BB1771.03 The humanities and prejudice

This contains a recording of "The humanities and prejudice," the principal address of...

KPFA 19 Oct 1968
BB1557A Report From Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2)

A documentary of the violence and looting in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, prepared...

KPFA 1965-10-10
BB1557B Report From Los Angeles (Part 2 of 2)

A documentary of the violence and looting in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, prepared...

KPFA 1965-10-10
BB1708 Free Huey rally in Oakland

H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin) and Stokely Carmichael deliver speeches at a Free Huey rally on...

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The digitized version of this recording is on two CDs.

KPFA 1968-04-08
BB1771.05 The mass media and prejudice

This is the fifth part of the University of California's centennial symposium. Dore Schary,...

KPFA 2 Nov. 1968
BB1772.05 Racism in perspective

Ronald V. Dellums, Berkeley city councilman, speaking September 30 at Sacramento State College...

KPFA 20 Feb 1969
BB1772.01 Integration is impossible

Kenneth Goode, assistant to the executive vice-chancellor at University of California at...

KPFA 21 Jan 1969
BB1771.04A The schools and prejudice (Part 1 of 2)

In this fourth session of the University of California at Berkeley Centennial symposium, the...

KPFA 26 Oct 1968
BB1771.04B The schools and prejudice (Part 2 of 2)

This is the second reel of "The Schools and Prejudice," the fourth session of the...

KPFA 26 Oct 1968
BB1772.02A The need for action (Part 1 of 2)

Father James E. Groppi, a white Roman Catholic priest leading a black militant group in...

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KPFA Folio note, February 1969: Father James E. Groppi, a white Roman Catholic priest, is a...

KPFA 27 Dec 1968
BB1772.02B The need for action (Part 2 of 2)

Father James E. Groppi, a white Roman Catholic priest leading a black militant group in...

KPFA 27 Dec 1968
BB1722.03A Cops and robbers IIIA: Crime and punishment in California

Assemblyman John Vasconcellos of Santa Clara County and Robin Lamson discuss proposed...

KPFA, 10 Aug 1968
BB1525 The Walking Negroes of Montgomery / Robert Schutz, Reverend L. Roy Bennett.

Robert Schutz interviews Rev. L. Roy Bennett, formerly of Montgomery, Alabama, now minister...

KPFA, 10 Jan. 1957.
BB2246.09 The Poston family: a history of Black Radicalism (Episode 9 of 14)

Ted Vincent traces the family history of the Postons, from the patriarch Ephraim Poston through...

KPFA, 10 Oct. 1967
BB2250.03 Women speak out against fascism (Episode 3 of 12)

A panel at the conference called by the Black Panther Party the weekend of July 18-20 in Oakland...

American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Work and unions KPFA, 11 Aug. 1969
BB2246.14 William Monroe Trotter (Episode 14 of 14)

In the last episode of the 14-part series, Ted Vincent discusses William Monroe Trotter, a civil...

KPFA, 11 Nov. 1967
BB4090A Fasting Dick Gregory entertains (Part 1 of 2)

This is a recording of the speech given by the Black comedian-turned-activist Dick Gregory on...

KPFA, 12 Dec. 1968.
BB0520.05 Gandhi invades the South / Edward Keating, Ira Sandperl, and Roy Kepler.

The panel discusses the use of nonviolence by Southern Blacks in the Civil Rights movement. This...

KPFA, 13 Oct. 1965.
BB0718A The articulators of the Negro revolt (Part 1 of 2)

Part one of a documentary prepared for the CBC (Canada) and ABC (Australia) by Colin D. Edwards...

KPFA, 14 Apr. 1965.
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