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Real Dragon
Date: 9/23/1971Call Number: RD 005Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Richard Oakes shot and killed by Michael Morgan. He was active in the native American Resistance whereby the "Proclamation of Alcatraz" reads that the Indians will purchase Alcatraz for $24- the same price whites paid when they bought Manhattan.
A poet from Laos draws parallels between Indians in America and those in Indochina.
A Vietnam resolution is yet to be approved by the Senate. North Vietnam ministry reports U.S. bombing of 11 provinces; 33, 000 Saigon troops are deserted in provinces.
President Marcos of the Phillippenes imposes Martial law to save the country from a communist revolution.
Israel invades Lebanon.
Real Dragon
Date: 10/24/1971Call Number: RD 008Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Begins with spoken word recalling Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet, who wrote from his cell during his 10-year imprisonment.
News coverage of the State murder of George Jackson at San Quentin Prison; Continued and expanding victories for Indochine region, especially Laos; Mexican armed guerilla movements; Eritrean movement against Ethiopia;
North Vietnam victim of the heaviest bombing raid waged against them since 1965; Right wing CIA-supported coup in Bolivia;
Reading of "Concerning Hopes" by a Palestinian poet; China is opposing the Indian government; Pakistani genocide in Bangladesh; Divisions in the Black Panther Party
Prison Poets
Prisoners at San Bruno Jail read their poems.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Why I Oppose The Vietnam War"
Date: 1/1/1967Call Number: Vin 053Producers: Paul Winley Records, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Collection: General materials
Original recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s anti-Vietnam war speech. He gave this sermon on April 16, 1967 in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. In the sermon, he draws parallels between the freedom struggle of the Viet Cong and the civil rights movement, calling for an end to US military involvement.
Malcolm X Speaking
A compilation of excerpts from speeches given by Malcolm X. The first speech compares the nonviolent protest method employed by the civil rights movement and the black militancy, or self-defense strategy of Black Power and the Nation of Islam. The second speech describes the role of the United Nations in the global black liberation movement. Side 2 includes three speeches about the Birmingham Sunday School Bombing, and more on black militancy and nationalism.
Up You Mighty Race: Recollections of Marcus Garvey
Date: 1/1/1921Call Number: Vin 055Producers: Garvey Records, Marcus Garvey, Amy Ashwood Garvey, Thelma Massy, Lord Obstinate, The Tony Thomas OrchestraCollection: Malcolm X
Tribute album to Marcus Garvey and his work for the black nationalist and Pan-Africanist movements. Side A includes songs about Garveyism by Thelma Massy, Lord Obstinate ,and the Tony Thomas Orchestra. Side B, narrated by Garvey's wife, Amy Ashwood Garvey, includes the pivotal speech, "Up, You Mighty Race."
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