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Kathleen Cleaver with Kiilu Nyasha
Date: 8/25/1994Call Number: KN 005Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: interview for airCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Struggle By Kathleen Cleaver to represent Geronimo Ji Jaga at his parole hearing, Geronimo's case, COINTELPRO
The Slaying of James Carr
Date: 9/19/1974Call Number: PM 116Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Pacifica Radio-KPFKCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
A discussion of facts and theories surrounding the death of James Carr and analysis of who stands to benefit from the slaying. Earl Ofari of the LA Free Press, Jerry Cohen of the LA Times, and Donald Freed from Citizen Research Investigation Committee (CRIC) are interviewed by Mary Bess of Pacifica Radio. A taped phone conversation between Lewis Tackwood and Sergeant Brown of the Los Angeles Police Department is listened to and examined in the effort to determine who is to blame for the slaying of James Carr.
Police brutality and the Earthquake in Nicaragua
Date: 12/30/1972Call Number: RP 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Raul Torres, Emiliano Echeverria, Nina Serrano, Isabel AlegriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Ending the year with two topics of focus: the recent earthquake in Nicaragua, and police brutality in the Mission. Also community announcements
30th Anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton
Date: 12/4/1999Call Number: PM 076Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanCollection: Fred Hampton
Program made for the 30th anniversary of the murder of Chicago Panther leader, Fred Hampton. Includes portions of a speech made by Hampton in April, 1969 at the University of Chicago, comments by Akua Ngeri (his wife at the time) from an interview by Kiilu Nyasha, and portions of an original broadcast on Nothing is more Precious than from 1974.
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.
Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore - Tape 1 of 2
Date: 6/16/1973Call Number: PM 143Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Marc SchwartzProgram: KPFACollection: Dhoruba Bin Wahad
Part one (part two - PM 145) of a two-part interview with Richard Dharuba (Bin Wahad) Moore from prison at the House of Detention in New York. Moore speaks in defense of the Black Liberation Army and the revolutionaries who have been imprisoned or killed in the struggle. The role of the New York police department is highlighted in the killing of Frank Fields, Anthony White and others. The media portrayal of Sam Napier’s death as the result of a feud between rival Panther factions is examined. Without validating this claim Moore discusses his perception of the strengths and weaknesses of the movement on the East and West coasts. Moore criticizes the Rx Program, a “behavioral modification” prison experiment which among other things prescribes the liberal usage of methadone. He relates this to the effects of drug addiction in the black community and what the proper response should be. Throughout the interview the ideology of the Black Liberation Army, Black Liberation Army, and it’s influence on other progressive movements is elucidated.
Dick Elman interviews Malcolm X in 1961
Dick Elman interviews Malcolm X in 1961 on police brutality in Los Angeles, CA. Malcolm X explains what happened the previous Friday, when police entered a Mosque with their guns flaring, severely injuring 7 men, and killing an official of the Mosque. He calls on the FBI to stop investigating outside the country, and to start paying attention to the “Gestapo tactics used by police officers in the United States of America.”
Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969.
Live recording of the events that took place at People’s Park in Berkeley, California on May 15th, 1969. The battle is between the people of the community, who built it from a muddy parking lot into a park, versus the University and the Berkeley Police for trying to rip it down. Although the land was owned by the University, the people claimed it had been a muddy mess for years, and the people needed a park in South Berkeley. People were injured and killed by police in full riot gear, by guns as well as tear gas.
GI Peace March April 6, 1969
Sound samples taken from different marches and protests against the Vietnam war, interviews with supporters of war, friction between police and protesters, all set to music.
The Dan White "Confession" Tape
Date: 5/30/1979Call Number: KP 220Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Helen MickiewiczCollection: General materials
Police interrogation of former San Francisco Supervisor, Dan White, as conducted by SFPD officers Frank Falzon and Edward Erdelatz. The interrogation took place on November 27, 1978 immediately following the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. White emotionally outlines his version of events and his state of mind leading up to, and during, the killings. Following the police tape is a brief analysis of the faulty interrogation and how D.A. Tom Norman "blew the case" as reported in the S.F. Bay Guardian newspaper during the trial.
