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The Sugar Cain Manong: Rapping with 20,00 Carabaos in the Dark, Maurice Passion. The Sugar Cain Manong: Rapping with 20,00 Carabaos in the Dark, Maurice Passion.
Date: 5/10/1985Call Number: IH 053Producers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Maurice Passion talks of many subjects that a usual Manilatown manong has gone through in his life. Maurice begins with telling Al Robles about how when he was young there were no Filipina women in San Francisco. Maurice explained his experience dating white women and how white men were suspicious of him and often threaten to beat him up. He further discusses the dynamics and dangers of inter-racial dating during that time. He also contrasts relationships in America with relationships in the Philippines. Maurice explains arranged marriages and trends of infidelity with Filipino men. Towards the end of the interview, Maurice describes vanishing Filipino businesses in Manilatown and the hardship after the eviction. Seven years after the eviction it is still a hole in the ground.
Life of a Manilatown Manong: Mr. Cortes, born 1886. Life of a Manilatown Manong: Mr. Cortes, born 1886.
Date: 8/20/1980Call Number: IH 054Producers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Manong Cortes tells Al Robles how life in the Philippines was in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Manong Cortes grew up in an agricultural town in the Muncada area of Luzan. In a family of him and his parents, their income mainly came from selling water buffalo and small farming. Next Cortes explains different techniques in growing rice such as: planting time, seasons, cutting, and harvest times. While living in a nepa hut, they slept on floor mats (Banigs) with no electricity. Their kitchen had no metal just homemade clay stoves and pots. Cortes ends the interview with his memories of the Spanish-Philippine War and the Philippine-American war. Cortes explains that his family went into hiding during both wars. Looking for revolutionaries, Spanish and Americans alike killed many innocent people. The men of his family fought for independence by using knives, out of date rifles, and homemade bamboo muskets.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 5/26/1971Call Number: RD 002Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
News reports of May 26, 1971 march on Washington of over 15,000 to protest against President Richard Nixon and voice outrage over his administration's racist actions toward South Africa. The day is called African Liberation day.
Algo se quema alla afuera! (Something Is Burning Out There!) Algo se quema alla afuera! (Something Is Burning Out There!)
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 029Producers: Paredon Records, Estrella ArtauCollection: General materials
Songs that call for the independence of Puerto Rico. Sung in Spanish, these protest songs emphasize the injustices in Puerto Rico brought on by capitalism and colonialism. Representation of nonviolence through music.
Como el filo del machete (Like the Edge of the Machete) Como el filo del machete (Like the Edge of the Machete)
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: Vin 030Producers: Paredon Records, Andres JimenezCollection: General materials
An album of political ballads for independence in Puerto Rico. In traditional decima form, or songs of forty-four lines.
Viva Puerto Rico Libre Viva Puerto Rico Libre
Date: 1/1/1978Call Number: Vin 033Producers: Paredon Records, Puerto Rico Solidarity CommitteeCollection: General materials
Sponsored by the Puerto Rico Solidarity Committee, an organization for American support of an independent Puerto Rico, this album is a collection of political ballads by Puerto Rican songwriters. Dominant themes include liberation, anti-imperialism, and self-determination. Album includes extensive liner notes.
James Baldwin and American Identity James Baldwin and American Identity
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Black Liberation
In this speech given in 1963 James Baldwin addresses the genocide and slave labor that is largely denied by the history of the 'formation' of the United States.
Taking Our Stand Against Zionism and White Supremacy Taking Our Stand Against Zionism and White Supremacy
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
One Azania, One Nation, One People! Speeches and Documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress One Azania, One Nation, One People! Speeches and Documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress
Publisher: P.A.C.Collection: South Africa
The P.A.C. Case (Mangaliso Sobukwe); The Manifesto of the P.A.C. (adopted in 1959); Twilight Time for Apartheid-Colonialism (Potlako K. Leballo); From Sharpeville to Soweto (David Maphumzana Sibeko); Tambos ANC Prefers Colonial and Racist Name to Azania (David Dube).