Program

Daughters and rebels / Jessica Mitford ; interviewed by Sidney Roger.

KPFA's Sidney Roger interviews political activist Jessica Mitford (1917 - 1996) about her autobiography "Daughters and rebels" (Houghton & Mifflin Co., 1960, first published under the title "Hons and rebels" in the UK). She is introduced as Decca Treuhaft (Decca being her nickname, Treuhaft her husband's surname).

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 Brown vs. the Board of Education (1954) Supreme Court decision to integrate the schools of the United States. Leon Dure, originator of the plan, is interviewed by Ray Niblack, news director of radio station WINA, Charlottesville, VA.

A Negro votes

Loren Miller, attorney, publisher, and cochair of the West Coast legal committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, discusses Black voting philosophy. Interviewed by Gene Marine.

Children of Vietnam / Madeline Duckles interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

Madeline Duckles, Chairman of the San Francisco branch of the Committee of Responsibility, talks with Elsa Knight Thompson about the work of the committee in bringing war-injured children to the United States for treatment.

Has the world changed?

Attorney William L. Patterson (also known as Mr. Civil Rights) discusses with Elsa Knight Thompson his 40 years of struggle, and the conclusions he draws from his experiences as a Black man and attorney in America.

A Teacher spends Christmas in jail / Walter Bachrach and Rachel Bachrach ; interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson.

Two teachers discuss their experiences after the 1967 sit-in at the Oakland induction center.|A TEACHER SPENDS CHRISTMAS IN JAIL / Walter Bachrach and Rachel Bachrach| interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson. RECORDED: 7 Jan. 1968. BROADCAST: KPFA, 4 Mar. 1968.

Eavesdropping along the Mason-Dixon line

Anne Braden of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, talks informally with a number of young student activists in Berkeley about the condition of peace and civil rights movements in the North and South. She is joined by Elsa Knight Thompson, Lou Hartman, and attorney Alex Hoffman.

Twenty days in Santa Rita / Emily Lewis and Lillian Rubin interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

Emily Lewis, public health nurse and wife of Berkeley doctor Reuben Lewis, and Lillian Rubin, research assistant in sociology at the University of California, and the wife of a Berkeley restaurant owner, talk with Elsa Knight Thompson about their jail experiences. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs.

A new look at abortion / W.J. Bryan Henrie.

Dr. William Jennings Bryan Henrie (1896-1972), a country doctor turned abortion rights activist after being convicted in 1962 for performing abortions, speaks at the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights on January 9, 1966 in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion.

Abortion and social science / moderated by Mrs. Frances Hugle.

A panel from the Conference on Abortion and Human Rights held on January 9, 1966 in San Francisco under the auspices of the Society for Humane Abortion. Topics discussed include the liberalization of abortion laws, the economic justification for legalizing abortions, and abortion as a folk medicine practice. The panel comprises Dr.Lucile Newman, Ph.D, anthropologist at UC Berkeley; Dr.

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