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Attica Prison Rebellion
Collection: Attica
Frank "Big Black" Smith and L.D. Barkley, who proclaimed the Attica Manifesto, and Elizabeth Fink, an attorney for the Attica Brothers. Barkley was killed in the massacre. Smith survived mass torture to help lead the eventually successful legal battle on behalf of the Attica Brothers.
A Double Sentence- AIDS in Prisons
Call Number: JG/ 007Producers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
"A Double Sentence- AIDS in Prisons" California male prisoners with AIDS are sent to insufficient facility in Vacaville and totally removed from the rest of the prison population
Capital Punishment Discussion
Call Number: JG/ 056Collection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview of/discussion between Curtis Sliwa (Founder of Guardian Angels) and Karima Wicks of the Legal Defense Fund and Capital Punishment Project of the NAACP on the issue of the death penalty and capital punishment. Race/Class in punishment. Disproportionate sentencing.
Redstocking Interview
Call Number: FI 048Producers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview by Barbara Lubinski of an unidentified activist in the New York area women’s movement.
El Salvador: Terror and Hope
The terror of the El Salvador government’s armed forces from 1980 to 1990 is discussed. The discussion centers around the murder of the Arch Bishop of Oscar Ramiro and other members of the clergy within the Catholic church. The Catholic church’s alleged connection to the Salvadoran Armed Opposition (FMLN), through its assistance to the poor that had been ravaged by government bombings, is also examined. Primary accounts of torture by the government by a few people are also available.
Conditions in Zimbabwe and political consciousness America
Call Number: AFR 077Collection: Zimbabwe
Judy Jensen,of the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) is interviewed about raising support in America for revolutionary struggles in Africa. A passionate anti-imperialist, she speaks about the wrongs being done to Africans, particularly those in Southern Africa. She aims to educate Americans on the revolutionary struggles in Africa, and to teach them about anti-Apartheid goals. She details the measures and protests the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU will use to achieve their objectives. She speaks about war in Central America, and about American political consciousness, saying that people are slowly realizing the American government’s aggressive and imperialist nature.
Side B contains an interview between two women. They discuss the problems facing Zimbabwe, such as land issues and dwindling resources. Next, the provincial secretary for the ZANU Women’s League, Eastern Province, is interviewed about the organization’s work for the Zimbabwean elections and their work in the provinces. Lastly, several women speak about problems getting material and supplies in Zimbabwe, expressing their thoughts on the newly independent Zimbabwe, and their hope for more equality between men and women.
Interview With Ramon Cordona
Call Number: LA 100Collection: El Salvador
Beginning with some children singing, this tape segues a few minutes in to an interview with Ramon Cordona, a representative of the FMLN to the United States. He tells the story of his humble beginnings and experiences with the FMLN, the construction of the FMLN forces, history of El Salvador and other issues of injustice in the war-torn country.
Call Number: LA 088Collection: Struggles in Latin America
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.
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
