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![Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
This is the first installment of an interview of labor organizer, Vicki Garvin, conducted by Lincoln Bergmen. In this volume Vickie speaks of growing up in Richmond, Virginia, her family’s exodus to Manhattan and the challenges of growing up black in New York during the depression. She describes here her beginnings in labor and union organizing and her opportunity to study economics at Smith College. She talks as well about working with Adam Clayton Powell on his campaign for state representative.
![Queer in Cuba (Part 1)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/25/1992Call Number: JG/ 102Format: CassetteCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
In Part 1 of this moderated discussion recorded in 1992, Sonja De Vries and Jorge Cortinas talk about their experiences in Cuba and their observations on how HIV/AIDS and other LGBT issues are addressed in the country. De Vries spent six months in Cuba interviewing gay men and women. Cortinas spent a year in Havana, working for the National Center for Health Education. Several key topics raised during the discussion include: how the Communist party in Cuba is dealing with HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues, the impact of U.S. foreign policy, the effectiveness of sanatoriums, and different methods of safe sex education. In addition to this, both De Vries and Cortinas talk about daily aspects of queer life in Cuba, like the visibility of the LGBT community and the influence of machismo.
![Queer in Cuba (Part 2)](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 10/25/1985Call Number: JG/ 103Format: CassetteCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
In Part 2, the question and answer portion of a moderated discussion continues. Members of the audience asked the speakers, Sonja De Vries and Jorge Cortinas, questions that called for a further exploration of the impact of race, class and colonialism on Cuba. De Vries and Cortinas talk about their experiences in Cuba and their observations on how HIV/AIDS and other LGBT issues are addressed in the country. De Vries spent six months in Cuba interviewing gay men and women. Cortinas spent a year in Havana, working for the National Center for Health Education. Several key topics continued from Part 1 include: how the Communist party in Cuba is dealing with HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues, the impact of U.S. foreign policy, and the effectiveness of sanatoriums.
![Black Panther Party Internal Discussion: Nationalism and Internationalism](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Internal discussion between unnamed participants, likely Oakland Black Panther Party membership, on the differences between nationalism and internationalism, strategies to organize communism internationally, role of Black communists in the US, the role of the US as an imperial force, and the meaning of national liberation struggles for the Black Panther Party.
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