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![Prison Poets](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Prisoners at San Bruno Jail read their poems.
![Southern Prison Blues](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1963Call Number: Vin 046Producers: Everest Records, Tradition, Harry OsterCollection: General materials
A collection of traditional blues songs about prison life performed by prisoners at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. Produced by folklorist Harry Oster. Songs chronicle the injustices and inherent racism of Southern prison life.
![Maya Angelou reads "Harriet Tubman"](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Black Liberation
Excerpt of Maya Angelou reading "Harriet Tubman" by Margaret Walker at at 1972 benefit for Angela Davis.
![Martin Luther King Jr. "Something is happening in our world"](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Collection: Martin Luther King Jr.
Excerpt from "I've been to the Mountaintop" speech. This speech was given April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee shortly before Rev. King was assassinated.
![Judge Bruce Wright Speaks](images/thumbnails//30460.jpg)
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
In a speech given on November 4th 1989, Judge Bruce Wright talks about the legacy of racism in the courts. He specifically focuses on how the US Supreme Court has served as a historical ally of institutional racism in the United States.
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