Program

The sit-ins and the New South

Priscilla Stephens, winner of the Gandhi Award from the National Congress of Racial Equality gives a first-hand account of the student protests in Florida, speaking under the auspices of SLATE at University of California.

Population and birth control / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson

A panel discussion in the KPFA studio regarding population and birth control, moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson, with Father Eugene Boyle, KPFA commentator; Father Anthony Zimmerman, Society of the Divine Word, Sacrae Theologiae Doctor, author of “Overpopulation”; and Dr. Harold A. Harper, Professor of Biochemistry, U. C. Medical Center in San Francisco, Faculty of the School of Medicine.

American marriage mores / Margaret Mead.

Anthropologist Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) analyzes America's values and norms governing marriage. Mead first discusses marriage customs in New Guinea, where she has performed extensive anthropological research.

The Japanese in California

Interviews with Japanese-Americans and Whites about the problems and advantages of intermarriage between them. This program was the first in a proposed series of programs on racial minorities produced by the Pacifica Foundation under a grant from the Columbia Foundation.

From the cancer journals / Audre Lorde.

Live readings by poet, activist and essayist Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) from her non-fiction work, The Cancer Journals (Aunt Lute Books, 1980). She starts with personal readings in which she shares her experiences with breast cancer. She warns of the dangers of silence and denial, and how to take action by becoming visible to one another about the issue.

Surrendering power to the executive / Gore Vidal.

SURRENDERING POWER TO THE EXECUTIVE / Gore Vidal. - Author and political analyst Gore Vidal speaks about the social, economic and political conditions in the United States. Both Congress and the Supreme Court have handed more and more power to the Executive branch, which only serves to increase the power of the economic elite.

We charge genocide / produced by Sandy Thompson.

Examination of the movement to force the U.S. to ratify the U.N.'s Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and charges of U.S. genocide against Native Americans.

Elsa Knight Thompson accepting the Lewis Hill award

Elsa Knight Thompson (April 6, 1906 - February 12, 1983), broadcaster and former Public Affairs Director at KPFA accepts the KPFA Lewis Hill Award on April 17, 1982. According to the folio below, she was unable to attend the awards banquet, so she submitted this recorded acceptance speech.

Race and class: patriarchal politics and women's experience / Bettina Aptheker

The politics of privilege. How does racism work to distort and lessen White women's lives? Bettina Aptheker, Coordinator of Women's Studies as U.C. Santa Cruz, spoke in April 1982 at Stanford University as part of the lecture series "Gender, Race and Class in Society," sponsored by The Center for Research of Women.

A Joyful noise: Ana Perez in concert

This is a performance by one of the Bay Area's most talented feminist composer/performers, recorded live at Intersection in San Francisco, September 13, 1972. Perez introduces her band: Rob Woo on lead guitar; Penny Hannah on bass. Songs include A Joyful Noise -- Blackie -- Lost And Found -- Dead End Country -- Sea Dream -- Country Time -- Season's Greetings -- Wild Woman.

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