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Vicki Garvin interviewed by Lincoln Bergman
same as KP 154. This is the third cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by Lincoln Bergman. In this interview Ms. Garvin discusses living in Africa and China during the 60s. Ms. Garvin talks about living in Ghana with Maya Angelou and spending time with Dubois and his family. She speaks in depth about the CIA monitoring her travel through Africa and the difficulty this caused when she moved throughout. She talks about a meeting with Malcolm X in Cairo just before she moved to China and shortly before his death. Her experience with Chairman Mao is discussed as well as the Chinese understanding of black liberation politics.
Ruben Ruuyal - Two Poems with Music
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: CAA 050Collection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Two poems accompanied by music performed by Ruben Ruuyal:
"Mambo/Santo"
"Mr. Establishment"
Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago
Collection: Fred Hampton Jr.
Taken from speech at University of Chicago, March 1969. Fred Hampton about the U.S. prison system and the fight for equal rights among people of color
Pablo Neruda Memorial & Tribute Program
Call Number: CD 444Producers: A. Alegria, L. BanskyCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Raw materials for Pablo Neruda Memorial & Tribute
For Neruda, For Chile Poetry Reading at Glide Church
Life of the Manong: Henry Hipolito in Portsmouth Square
Date: 6/8/1977Call Number: CD 476Producers: Al RoblesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Manong Henry Hipolito talks with Al Robles about the old days in Manilatown. Henry speaks of the Manilatown area from Market to Broadway being the section symbolizing the common poor Filipino. Although the I-hotel area was run down during the interview (late 70s), it used to be a nice area bustling with streetcars and horse drawn wagons. When speaking of the area in the late 70s, the I-Hotel and its few old timers represent the last of Manilatown. Some of Henry's experiences of the old days were that there were no pinays in America till 1948 and local job discrimination forced him to travel to Alaska for seasonal fishing jobs. He reminisces about Pinoy town in Alaska and how he survived the depression. Ending the interview, Henry gives advice to new Filipino immigrants such as get more education, get more independence, make more progress against poverty and discrimination, and don't be corrupt.
Life of a Manilatown Manong: Mr. Pacifico, 1976.
Call Number: CD 477Producers: Al RoblesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Mr. Pacifico begins explaining his experiences with America. Pacifico explains fraternal organizations that brought pinoys together. Helio Mucado a five star WWII general started one of the most popular groups. Being treated as a martyr, he started an organization that combined men from all islands and was similar to the free masons. Pacifico also describes how Spanish influence changed the Philippines by conflicted ideals and the raping of resources. As the locals got smart to the Spanish and fought back, US were there to claim the land unlawfully. Pacifico then explains America's presence as being a blessing and a curse. Pacifico then goes into describing the social hierarchy in Philippines vs. America. Differences of mestizos to peasants are not as present in the US. Pacifico speaks of the manong voice not being heard because of the money promised after WWII not being given. He then delves into his first encounters with the US. Pacifico ends with him explaining the old days back in the islands and how he is Marcos's 3rd cousin.
The Sugar Cain Manong: Rapping with 20,00 Carabaos in the Dark. Maurice Passion.
Date: 5/10/1985Call Number: CD 478Producers: Al RoblesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Maurice Passion talks of many subjects that a usual Manilatown manong has gone through in his life. Maurice begins with telling Al Robles about how when he was young there were no Filipino women in San Francisco. Maurice explained his experience dating white women and how white men were suspicious of him and often threaten to beat him up. He also described Filipino men of the time having big hearts and they would buy and offer many presents to their women. This often attracted many white women of San Francisco. Maurice says love was dangerous and worth the gamble. He then goes into explaining love in the Islands. Maurice explains arranged marriages and trends of infidelity with Filipino men. Towards the end of the interview, Maurice describes vanishing Filipino businesses in Manilatown and the hardship after the eviction. Seven years after the eviction it is still a hole in the ground.
Life of a Manilatown Manong: Mr. Cortes, born 1886.
Date: 8/20/1980Call Number: CD 479Producers: Al RoblesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Manong Cortes tells Al Robles how life in the Philippines was in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Manong Cortes grew up in an agricultural town in the Muncada area of Luzan. In a family of him and his parents, their income mainly came from selling water buffalo and small farming. Next Cortes explains different techniques in growing rice such as: planting time, seasons, cutting, and harvest times. While living in a nepa hut, they slept on floor mats (Banigs) with no electricity. Their kitchen had no metal just homemade clay stoves and pots. Cortes ends the interview with his memories of the Spanish-Philippine War and the Philippine-American war. Cortes explains that his family went into hiding during both wars. Looking for revolutionaries, Spanish and Americans alike killed many innocent people. The men of his family fought for independence by using knives, out of date rifles, and homemade bamboo muskets.
Life of the Manong: Henry Hipolito in Portsmouth Square
Date: 6/8/1977Call Number: IH 051Producers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Manong Henry Hipolito talks with Al Robles about the old days in Manilatown. Henry speaks of the Manilatown area from Market to Broadway being the section symbolizing the common poor Filipino. Although the I-hotel area was run down during the interview (late 70s), it used to be a nice area bustling with streetcars and horse drawn wagons. When speaking of the area in the late 70s, the I-Hotel and its few old timers represent the last of Manilatown. Some of Henry's experiences of the old days were that there were no pinays in America till 1948 and local job discrimination forced him to travel to Alaska for seasonal fishing jobs. He reminisces about Pinoy town in Alaska and how he survived the depression. Ending the interview, Henry gives advice to new Filipino immigrants such as the importance of education, independence, poverty and discrimination reduction, and resist corruption.
Life of a Manilatown Manong: Mr. Pacifico, 1976.
Call Number: IH 052Producers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Mr. Pacifico begins explaining his experiences with America. Pacifico explains fraternal organizations that brought pinoys together. Helio Mucado a five star WWII general started one of the most popular groups. Being treated as a martyr, he started an organization that combined men from all islands and was similar to the free masons. Pacifico also describes how Spanish influence changed the Philippines by conflicted ideals and the raping of resources. As the locals got smart to the Spanish and fought back, US were there to claim the land unlawfully. Pacifico then explains America's presence as being a blessing and a curse. Pacifico then goes into describing the social hierarchy in Philippines vs. America. Differences of mestizos to peasants are not as present in the US. Pacifico speaks of the manong voice not being heard because of the money promised after WWII not being given. He then delves into his first encounters with the US. Pacifico ends with him explaining the old days back in the islands and how he is Marcos's 3rd cousin.
