Program

Lone heart mountain

A reading of Lone Heart Mountain (Los Angeles, 1972), an autobiographical account by American artist Estelle Peck Ishigo (1899 - 1990) of her experience in the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming during WWII.

Women's liberation: women in prison

Discussion of the life and conditions in women's correctional facilities, through the reading of letters, interviews and poetry by women in prison. The letters offer a glimpse of the brutality women face in prison, and also how jails reinforce the racism and sexism found in larger society.

Shirley Williams of the Angela Davis Defense Committee / interviewed by Dorothy Healey.

Shirley Williams speaks about the arrest and imprisonment of Angela Davis.|SHIRLEY WILLIAMS OF THE ANGELA DAVIS DEFENSE COMMITTEE / interviewed by Dorothy Healey. - Shirley Williams speaks about the arrest and imprisonment of Angela Davis. - BROADCAST: KFPK, 2 Dec. 1970.

Margaret Mead talks about the generation gap

Anthropologist Margaret Mead speaking on March 15, 1971 at University of Southern California about the current generation gap and the need for commitment in the post-college generation.

Women in the revolution

Gloria Roberts, a Black woman and mother of two children; Winki Takahashi, teacher and native Californian of Japanese and Irish ancestry; and Suad Cano, an Arabian woman married to a Chicano man and who lives in the barrio, discuss the dramatic changes in women's social status. Moderated by Dorothy Gilden.

The Vietnam War and the Latin American revolution / John Gerassi ; introduced by Fred Hollander.

Journalist and author discusses current events in Vietnam and Latin America. More info available on tape box.

Rape at Black Mesa

This is a report on the Western Energy Supply and Transmission Associates (W.E.S.T.) plan to acquire development rights to Hopi and Navajo reservations. Includes an extended interview with David Monongye, elder of the Hopi Nation. Produced by Mitchell Harding.

The Rage of a middle-aged college president / Sister Helen Kelly

Sister Helen Kelly, President of Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, delivers her Baccalaureate Address to the graduating class of 1969. Her talk concerns the Church, the violence of men, and how our indifference leads to the perpetuation of cruelty. Music by Hoyt Axton, "The Epistle." Introduced by Tom Ritt. Recorded at Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles.

The joy of natural birth.

Lisa Connally and Kilo Steiner discuss natural birth.

LeRoi Jones interviewed by Earl Anthony

Earl Anthony of the Black Panther Party interviews Black poet and playwright LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), who talks about his life and work. They also discuss the court case brought against Jones, Barry Wynn, and Charles McCray for unlawful possession of weapons and resisting arrest during the Newark riots in July 1967. The recording quality is low volume, with much background sound.

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