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Report on the murder of George Jackson Report on the murder of George Jackson
Date: 9/12/1974Call Number: PM 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Prison MovementCollection: George Jackson
Report on assassination of George Jackson, including press conferences with warden James Park, Warden Lewis Nelson, State Director of Corrections Raymond Procunier, Georgia Jackson, and DA’s John Thorne and Floyd Silliman. Squeal last ten minutes of tape.
Death of George Jackson Death of George Jackson
Date: 7/9/1974Call Number: PM 055Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Deloris CostelloProgram: George Jackson assassinationCollection: George Jackson
Montage of interviews and press conferences; interview with Georgia Jackson and George Jackson 3 weeks before his death, some music. Dub over the phone.
Mark Essex Mark Essex
Date: 1/6/1974Call Number: KP 012AFormat: Cass AProducers: Dave LampellCollection: Black Liberation
Dave Lampell delivers a short program documenting the shootout in New Orleans in 1974 where Mark Essex, a 23 year old Vietnam veteran killed police officers. The area was closed off, and calling on backup for reinforcements, police numbers were in the hundreds. They believed there to be more than one sniper. They shot Mark Essex over one hundred times, killing him the first night of the shootout. The police also took out many of their own in an insane display of force. The rest of the program gives a history of Mark Essex’s life in Kansas and suffering racism in the military. Great quotes about the racist State from his mother and sister.
The Death of George Jackson The Death of George Jackson
Date: 7/9/1974Call Number: PM 131Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: George Jackson
Interviews and sound bites of several different people and groups about the death of George Jackson and the six people killed at San Quentin Federal Prison. Includes interviews with Willy Brown, shoppers at a Berkeley grocery store, and Ronald Reagan. Police riot in San Francisco courtroom 8/26/71.
Black Liberation Army - Fact or Fantasy Black Liberation Army - Fact or Fantasy
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: PM 165Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Ron Magee, Rest of the News, Claude Marks, Bruce Soloway, Mark SchwartzProgram: Rest of the NewsCollection: BLA
Interviews and discussion concerning the Black Liberation Army and it’s alleged members. The question is raised as to the actual existence of the group which some claim to be a fabrication of the media and police to justify increased repression of Black revolutionaries. Various criminal trials of black activists are looked at to reveal how the local Police, FBI, News Media, and U.S. Justice System have worked together to pursue a repressive course to combat what they see as a threat to the very structure of American Society. Interviews detail use of police violence and torture to intimidate and demoralize the black radical movement. The cases of the “New York Five”, Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur), and Fred Hilton are described, along with the killing of Fred Hampton and the imprisonment of Muhammad Arif and Victor Cumerbash. Black Liberation Army prisoners (Herman Bell and Gabriel Torres) are interviewed extensively. Family members speak to the violence and repression of the police at a press conference. The murder by police of Twyman Myers is extensively addressed.
Contradictions Within the Black Panther Contradictions Within the Black Panther
Date: 9/17/1974Call Number: KP 031Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Bruce SolowayProgram: Contradictions Within the Black Panther PartyCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971. Recorded in Algiers on videotape, February 28, 1971. This is basically a compilation of testimonials of high profile Panther Party members speaking on the contradictions within the party, namely the expulsion of certain members expelled because of their less than favorable public image or agenda. Judy Douglass declared insane by people in the central party. Everyone speaking here is calling for the expulsion of David Hilliard from his position as Chief of Staff for the Black Panther party. Also testimonials for reinstatement of New York Panther 21 and Geronimo.
Contradictions Within the Black Panther Contradictions Within the Black Panther
Date: 9/17/1974Call Number: CD 023Format: CDProducers: Bruce SolowayCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971. Recorded in Algiers on videotape, February 28, 1971. Huey Newton calls out Hilliard on the telephone. Kathleen Cleaver speaks of Hilliard as revisionists, or people who are revolutionary in rhetoric but counter-revolutionary in action. Issues of the Central Panther Party, led by revisionists turning their backs on revolutionaries who have been arrested. This is basically a compilation of testimonials of high profile Panther Party members speaking on the contradictions within the party, namely the expulsion of certain members expelled because of their less than favorable public image or agenda. Judy Douglass declared insane by people in the central party. Everyone speaking here is calling for the expulsion of David Hilliard from his position as Chief of Staff for the Black Panther party. Also testimonials for reinstatement of New York Panther 21 and Geronimo.
BLA on Steven Orlando’s disappearance and murder BLA on Steven Orlando’s disappearance and murder
Date: 6/21/1974Call Number: PM 177Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: BLA
BLA account of events connected to the killing of Steven Orlando, son of a New Jersey state trooper in Jacksonville, Florida. Tape was sent to television and radio stations, the sheriff’s office, and to the Orlando family.
Black Liberation Army communication on Jacksonville events Black Liberation Army communication on Jacksonville events
Date: 7/5/1974Call Number: PM 179Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: BLA
Safiyah Bukhari reads Black Liberation Army (BLA) communication from underground location about the BLA’s position on the killings in Jacksonville, the organization’s missions, and goals for the people of the United States.
The Hidden radical dimensions of Dr. Martin Luther King The Hidden radical dimensions of Dr. Martin Luther King
Date: 1/15/1974Call Number: KP 087Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Earl OfariCollection: Martin Luther King Jr.
Examination of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King from the perspective of his commitment to radical social change. Through his speeches and writings, a composite picture is presented of his views on issues such as Black power, the Vietnam War, the draft, capitalism, and socialism. Includes actuality of his speeches and readings from his writings. THE HIDDEN RADICAL DIMENSIONS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING / produced by Earl Ofari