African Americans--Civil rights--History
| PRA Archive # |
Title |
Description | Genre | Broadcast Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB1773 | X-ray procedures and Black people |
Chester Aaron, chief technologist of the X-ray department at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley,... |
KPFA, 16 Jun. 1968 | |
| 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 | |
| BB2250.04 | William Kunstler speaks (Episode 4 of 12) |
Militant speech on the need for radical change in America. Bill Kunstler, one of the lawyers... |
KPFA, 30 July 1969. | |
| BC1211 | Whose freedom next? / Tom Wicker |
This is a recording of the 1972 Carlos Kelly McClatchy Memorial Lecture "Whose freedom next... |
KPFA, 5 Feb. 1973. | |
| BB1830 | Whitney Young on civil rights |
Whitney Young Jr., executive director of the Urban League, speaking on civil rights at the 28th... |
KPFA, 24 Aug. 1968. | |
| BB3075 | Whatsoever a man soweth |
This is a documentary on the Mississippi Civil Rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney,... |
WBAI, 26 June 1964. | |
| BB1071 | What the Negro writer is not saying / Nat Hentoff. |
Jazz critic and author Nat Hentoff speaks on the contradictions in American Black writing. At... |
KPFA, 22 Sept. 1964. | |
| BB0270 | Walk to freedom |
A documentary on Albany, Georgia, featuring field recordings made by Guy Carawan and Alan Lomax... |
KPFA, 1962-06-22 | |
| BB2246.10 | W.E.B. DuBois (Episode 10 of 14) |
Ted Vincent discusses the life and work of W.E.B. DuBois, author, scholar, and founder of the... |
KPFA, 17 Oct. 1967 | |
| BB1784.01C | Violence in a black community (Part 3 of 3) |
Documentary on the police violence in and around the all Black community of El Pueblo near... |
KPFA, 7 Sept. 1968. | |
| BB1784.01B | Violence in a black community (Part 2 of 3) |
This is the second part of the first installment of the documentary series on the police... |
KPFA, 7 Sept. 1968. | |
| BB1784.01A | Violence in a black community (Part 1 of 3) |
This brief series documents examines violent events and police violence in and around the all-... |
KPFA, 7 Sept. 1968 | |
| BB3142 | Tribute to Ella Baker |
The Southern Conference Education Fund's annual dinner held in April at the Roosevelt Hotel... |
American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | WBAI, 20 July 1968. |
| BC1267 | To mourn Fred Hampton is to move forward for the people / Elaine Brown ; interviewed by Larry Bensky. |
Representative from the Black Panther Party Central Headquarters in Oakland discusses the growth... |
KPFA, 4 Dec. 1972. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0899 | The writer in contemporary American society |
Talk by Harvey Swados on the role of Black authors in American society given at "The Negro... |
KPFA, 27 Sept. 1964. | |
| BB0884 | The Wonderful world of law and order |
Actor-playwright Ossie Davis at the conference "The Negro writer in the United States,... ,"The Negro writer in the United States" was a five-day seminar hosted by the... |
KPFA, 1964-10-01 | |
| BB1777 | The White man's stake in Black liberation |
Carl Braden of the Southern Conference Educational Fund speaking in support of racial equality... |
KPFA, 19 Dec. 1968. | |
| BC0326 | The wall (Episode 4 of 5) |
In 1964, Leonard Brown and a team of volunteers created this five-part "audiomosaic"... ,Previously Tape A (25:45) and Tape B (29:15). The two were joined into one tape in 1997. |
KPFK, 1964-10-30. | |
| 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. | |
| BB1523 | The Virginia "freedom of choice" school plan / Leon Dure ; interviewed by Ray Niblack |
Discussion of Virginia's school desegregation plan and whether or not it complies with the... |
KPFA, 10 Apr. 1961. | |
| BB0116 | The unions and discrimination |
This is a recording of the floor debate at the 1959 National AFL-CIO convention regarding a... |
KPFA, 31 Oct. 1959. | |
| BC0923 | The trial of the San Quentin six |
Documentary on the six Black and Chicano prisoners who, following George Jackson's death,... |
KPFA, 17 Aug. 1972. | |
| BB0900 | The tradition of Negro writing |
Talk by Saunders Redding on the history of Black literature from caricature to protest to... |
KPFA, 21 Sept. 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. | |
| BB0117 | The sit-ins and the New South |
Priscilla Stephens, winner of the Gandhi Award from the National Congress of Racial Equality... |
KPFA, 12 Sept. 1960. | |
| BC0646 | The sister's been doing her homework / Betty Shabazz |
Mrs. Betty Shabazz (May 28, 1934 – June 23, 1997), educator, activist, and wife of Malcolm X,... |
American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination, American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Relatives of notable men | KPFA, 20 May 1971. |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BB0466 | The San Francisco human rights march |
This is a recording of the speeches given at a rally of 35,000 people at the Republican National... |
KPFA, 13 July 1964. | |
| 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... ,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... ,This program has been distributed by Pacifica and was provided by KPFA in Berkeley. |
December 1970 | |
| 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... ,This program has been distributed by Pacifica and was provided by KPFA in Berkeley. |
December 1970 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BB5380.05B | The out (Episode 5 of 5, part 2 of 2) |
This is the conclusion of the fifth and final installment in the five-part documentary series... |
KPFK, 1964-11-02 | |
| 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 | |
| BB0897 | The New equality |
Late in the evening of the second day of the Asilomar conference, Al Silbowitz moderated this... |
KPFA, 6 Aug. 1964. | |
| BB1070 | The Negro writer in America |
On the second day of the Negro writers' conference held at Asilomar, KPFA reporters Kenneth... |
KPFA, 6 Aug. 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. |
| BB0119 | The Negro lawyer in the South |
James R. Walker, Jr. of the North Carolina Bar speaks before the session devoted to the lawyer... |
KPFA, 14 Oct. 1960. | |
| BB1217 | The Negro heritage in American history |
Paul F. Lawrence, Associate Superintendent for Higher Education, California Department of... |
KPFA, 3 May 1966. | |
| 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 | |
| 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... ,KPFA Folio note, February 1969: Father James E. Groppi, a white Roman Catholic priest, is a... |
KPFA 27 Dec 1968 | |
| 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 | |
| BB0060 | The long road / Frank Wilkinson interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson |
Civil rights leader tells about his life and work. KPFA Folio note, April 10-23, 1961, p... |
KPFA, 12 Apr. 1961. | |
| BC0226 | The Last Poets : live at the Harding Theatre |
This recording of the Last Poets performing live at the Harding Theatre in San Francisco on... |
KPFA, 14 June 1971. | |
| 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. | |
| BB1771.03 | The humanities and prejudice |
This contains a recording of "The humanities and prejudice," the principal address of... |
KPFA 19 Oct 1968 | |
| BB0460 | The Garner case (Episode 4, Part 3 of 3) |
This is the third and concluding episode on the Garner vs. Louisiana case, and the fourth of 13... |
KPFA, 23 Jan. 1964. First in KPFA Folio 1964-02-18 | |
| 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 | |
| BB0440.03B | The first emancipation (Part 2 of 2) |
The KPFA programmers once again found themselves with time left in their allotted slot after... |
KPFA, 6 Aug. 1964. | |
| BB0440.03A | The first emancipation (Part 1 of 2) |
Stanley Elkins, associate professor of history at Smith College and the author of “The First... |
KPFA, 6 Aug. 1964. | |
| 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 | |
| BC0669 | The end of the Soledad Brothers trial |
Documentary on the trial and verdict of the two surviving Soledad brothers. John Clutchette and... |
KPFA, 1972-05-01. | |
| BC0239 | The death of George Jackson |
George Jackson, one of the Soledad Brothers, was killed in San Quentin prison on August 21, 1971... ,part 1: Interview with George Jackson, July 28, 1971 -- part 2: KPFA news update, leading with... ,All reels have been digitized. See each part's record for ordering information. |
August 21-23, 1971 and August 31, 1971. | |
| BB0469 | The Courts : correlations and contradictions |
This is a recording of San Francisco attorney Howard Nemerovski in a studio recording of a talk... |
KPFA, 21 Aug. 1964. | |
| BB1230 | The Civil rights movement and its goals of the future / Martin Luther King. |
Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses the student body at Stanford University with his speech "... |
KPFA, 18 June 1967. | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BB1817 | The church and Berkeley School integration |
This is a special radio panel discussion regarding the role of organized religion in the... ,Note from box cover: "Beauchamp pronounced Bee'-chum" |
KPFA, 25 June 1968. | |
| BB1778 | The California gold rush and Black immigration |
African American amateur historian Elena Albert discusses the immigration of Blacks to... |
KPFA, 22 May 1968. | |
| 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 | |
| BB1268 | The Berkeley schools desegregate / produced by Lou Hartman. |
A special report on the Berkeley school system, which became one of the first in California to... |
KPFA, 21 Sept. 1967. | |
| BB0249 | The battle is not yet won |
Ronnie Moore is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson in this recording. The student activist... |
KPFA, 22 Mar. 1962. First Folio mention April 30, 1962. | |
| BB0718B | The articulators of the Negro revolt (Part 2 of 2) |
Part two of a documentary prepared for the CBC (Canada) and ABC (Australia) by Colin D. Edwards... |
KPFA, 14 Apr. 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. | |
| BB2250.11 | Terry Cooper speaks (Episode 11 of 12) |
Terry Cooper speaking at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park on July 20, 1969 on Black political activity... |
KPFA, 24 Nov. 1969. | |
| BB1073 | Tell it like it is: the young Negro writer |
Poet and commentator LeRoi Jones (a.k.a. Amiri Baraka) discusses the prospects for the emerging... |
KPFA, 23 June 1965. First KPFA broadcast 1964-09-24. | |
| BB0882 | Symposium on Richard Wright |
Herbert Hill, Horace Cayton, Arna Bontemps, and Saunders Redding, who all knew Richard Wright... |
KPFA, 20 Jan. 1965. First KPFA broadcast 1964-09-28. | |
| BB1709 | Stokely Carmichael on Black Power |
Speech given by the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Stokely... |
KPFA, 30 Oct. 1966. | |
| BB0720 | Stokely Carmichael interview |
Discussion with Stokely Carmichael of the Civil Rights movement and the growing participation of... |
KPFA, 21 Apr. 1966. | |
| BB1781 | Stokeley Carmichael |
Stokely Carmichael addresses a meeting of the Black Panthers in Oakland, California, regarding... |
KPFA, 25 Aug. 1968. | |
| BB2365B | Sproul Hall sit-in documentation 1968 (Part 2 of 2) |
Actuality of the anti-racism demonstration at the Berkeley campus. In the fall of 1968, students... |
KPFA, 22 Oct. 1968. | |
| BB2365A | Sproul Hall sit-in documentation 1968 (Part 1 of 2) |
Actuality of the anti-racism demonstration at the Berkeley campus. In the fall of 1968, students... |
KPFA, 22 Oct. 1968. | |
| BB0215B | Special program commemorating Negro History Week (Part 2 of 2) |
Special program in honor of Negro History Week produced by Elsa Knight Thompson and Mike Tigar.... |
KPFA, 16 Feb. 1962 | |
| BB0215A | Special program commemorating Negro History Week (Part 1 of 2) |
Special program in honor of Negro History Week produced by Elsa Knight Thompson and Mike Tigar.... |
KPFA, 16 Feb. 1962 | |
| BC0243 | Soledad Brother read by Christopher Brooks |
Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the... ,Note: Contains sensitive language. |
December 1970, August 1971. | |
| BB0440.05 | Social consequences of discrimination |
Historian and author Peter I. Rose delivers a talk on the social turmoil caused by... |
KPFA, 16 Aug. 1964. | |
| BB1706 | Senator Robert Kennedy in Berkeley |
Senator Robert Kennedy in Berkeley, delivering a political speech at the Greek Theater on the... |
KPFA, 23 Oct. 1966. First in the Folio 1967-01-09 | |
| BB0274 | Segregation and the law |
In this recording, Elsa Knight Thompson and attorney Alex Hoffman interview attorney Len Holt.... ,Additional notes from tape box: |
KPFA, 17 July 1962. | |
| BC0239.03 | San Quentin press conference |
This recording begins with the reporter narrating the scene at San Quentin prison, such as... |
KPFA, 21 Aug. 1971. | |
| 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. |
| BC0239.04 | Roundtable discussion |
Al Silbowitz moderates a panel of reporters who had been at San Quentin and at Marin General... |
KPFA, 21 Aug. 1971. | |
| BB2250.05 | Ron Dellums speaks (Episode 5 of 12) |
Ron Dellums, Berkeley City Councilman outlines directions for change in American society at the... |
KPFA, 1 Aug. 1969. | |
| BC0239.05B | Roland Young, Seale, Craven on George Jackson (Part 2 of 2) |
Continuation of the panel discussion moderated by Roland Young, with guests Bobby Seale and... |
KPFA, 22 Aug. 1971. | |
| BC0239.05A | Roland Young, Seale, Craven on George Jackson (Part 1 of 2) |
Roland Young moderates a discussion between Bobby Seale and Carolyn Craven on the implications... |
KPFA, 22 Aug. 1971. | |
| BB2246.12 | Robert S. Abbott : middle-class Black Radicalism (Episode 12 of 14) |
Ted Vincent discusses the efforts of Black middle-class radical Robert S. Abbott, who promoted... |
KPFA, 31 Oct. 1967 | |
| BB0388 | Reverend Wyatt T. Walker |
This is a three-part program on Administrative director of the Southern Christian Leadership... ,KPFA allowed for several "open hours" in their schedule every month, which they... |
KPFA, 28 May 1963. | |
| 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. | |
| BB0358 | Report from the south - James Bevel |
In the summer of 1963, KPFA, KPFK, and WBAI scheduled regular hours for news updates "from... |
KPFA, 14 Aug. 1963 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| WZ0152 | Remembering George Jackson / Acklyn Lynch. |
Political science professor discusses the significance of Jackson's life on the 6th... |
WPFW, Aug. 1977. | |
| BB2250.12 | Religion vs. fascism seminar (Episode 12 of 12) |
Portions of the Religion versus Fascism seminar held on Saturday, July 20, 1969 at Bobby Hutton... |
KPFA, 13 Aug. 1969 and 21 Nov. 1969. | |
| BB0826 | Ralph Gleason interviewing Dick Gregory |
Humorist and writer Dick Gregory discusses his participation in the Civil Rights movement. Ralph... |
KPFA, 23 June 1963. | |
| BB3807.01 | Ralph Ellison testimony |
Actuality of Ralph Ellison's testimony before the Senate subcommittee on executive... |
WBAI, 24 Oct. 1966. |
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