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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure
Date: 2/8/1989Call Number: KP 047Format: Cass A & BCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure
Joe Slovo speaking at the ‘Future of Socialism’ conference Joe Slovo speaking at the ‘Future of Socialism’ conference
Date: 10/13/1990Call Number: KP 049Format: Cass A & BCollection: African liberation movements
Joe Slovo speaking at the ‘Future of Socialism’ conference
Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 1 of 2 Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 1 of 2
Date: 7/30/2004Call Number: KP 205Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
A panel discussion on political prisoners, hosted by Linda Evans at AK Press. Features lectures by Chesa Boudin, Maria Poblet, and Ward Churchill. Chesa Boudin, son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert who were members of the Revolutionary Armed Task Force discusses Gilbert's book No Surrender. Poblet reads poetry, and Churchill speaks on Leonard Peliter.
Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 2 of 2 Ward Churchill at AK Press Tape 2 of 2
Date: 7/30/2004Call Number: KP 206Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
In part Part Two (Part One is KP 205) of a panel discussion on political prisoners Maria Poblet, Chesa Boudin, and Ward Churchill answer audience questions at a lecture series for political prisoners.
Ward Churchill and Natsu Saito Uncut! Tape 1 0f 2 Ward Churchill and Natsu Saito Uncut! Tape 1 0f 2
Date: 3/25/2005Call Number: KP 207Format: Cass A & BCollection: Native Americans
Ward Churchill Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado gives a speech, primarily to discuss the controversy swirling around him, but also to promote his book On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality. The first of these speeches took place on the evening of March 25 at The Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission District. Churchill's wife and fellow professor Natsu Saito gives a short speech preceding Churchill's.
Interview of workers organizing against Capwell's Department  Store Interview of workers organizing against Capwell's Department Store
Date: 11/2/1976Call Number: KP 215Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Rosalie Jones, Alice Stanford, and George Edward Junior speak of gaining community support for their lawsuit against Capwell's Department Store and The Culinary Union, Local 28. After experiencing racism and sexism, the two women went to their union for support but were denied. Managers and union representatives began threatening the two women and their families to suppress the development of their suit.
Interview of workers organizing against Capwell's Department  Store. Interview of workers organizing against Capwell's Department Store.
Date: 11/2/1976Call Number: KP 216Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Rosalie Jones, Alice Stanford, and George Edward Junior speak of gaining community support for their lawsuit against Capwell's Department Store and The Culinary Union, Local 28. After experiencing racism and sexism, the two women went to their union for support but were denied. Managers and union representatives began threatening the two women and their families to suppress the development of their suit.
Interview with Herman Bell Interview with Herman Bell
Date: 9/16/1974Call Number: CD 540Format: Cass A & BProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interviews with Herman Bell by Claude Marks. The first conducted on September 16, 1974, the day of his conviction of a San Francisco bank robbery and the second September 25, 1974. “just came from the courtroom..if I had had my hopes up high for justice or fair play, I would have been disappointed. No great surprise. The whole charade. I was very relaxed and prepared for it. My position and always will be...look for nothing from these people...” Herman Bell speaks to the issue of prison and how he will continue to struggle ‘I dare to struggle and I dare to win.”
The Neon Oven- The Chicago Eight The Neon Oven- The Chicago Eight
Date: 12/13/1969Call Number: KP 226Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: KPFACollection: Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Attorneys and experts discuss the case the trial of Bobby Seale and the original "Chicago Eight." They compare the sentencing of the other members to the sentencing and courtroom treatment (bounding and gagging) of Bobby Seale by Judge Hoffman. Also briefly mentioned is the case of Fred Hampton murdered by authorities after they raided his home/Black Panther headquarters. Both Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed in this government attack.
Baldwin and Malcolm X Baldwin and Malcolm X
Call Number: CV 002Format: Cass A & BCollection: Malcolm X
Debate between Malcolm X, James Baldwin, and Laverne McCummings. Subjects include the "Sit in" movement, NAACP and the student movement, and the meaning of intergration. Check CD 350 may be the same.