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Real Dragon
Date: 6/23/1973Call Number: RD 048Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
20th anniversary program on the Rosenberg executions. Includes two letters written by the Rosenbergs.
Also contains news summaries: Breznhev & Nixon meeting, Attica, Arizona prison, Gibson, Justice, Martin Sostre, Camden draft office, Carlos Feliciano, Irish Republican Army, return of Peron to Argentina after exile, Chile, Bolivia.
Real Dragon
Date: 8/15/1971Call Number: RD 003Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon (Midnight Flash)Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Lincoln Bergman reads "Midnight Flash" with focus on the civil war in Northern Ireland in 1971. News reports on other events of the world in August of 1971 include Uruguay's attempt to remove their president, the United States basketball team's loss to the Cuban national team, South Africa's continued protests against apartheid by proposing a bill to turn the U.S. companies in South Africa over to Black Africans, the United States continued to stall an NLF Peace Proposal in VietNam, the six year anniversary of the 1965 Watts Riot. Reading of a poem written by Charlie Cobb formerly of SNCC. Bergman also reports the crumbling of the Saigon government, and rebellion by war veterans at an Air Force base that was trying to appeal for benefits from the U.S. government. Other coverage of 6 Pitt River Indians forced off their land by Pacific Gas & Electric, and Chicano march at Folsom Prison in protest of prison conditions.
Real Dragon
Date: 9/8/1971Call Number: RD 004Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Talks about the retaking of Attica prison in the struggle for humane treatment of prisoners. The demands include that they be moved to a non-imperialist country.
Also news of inequality for Black students in public education, riots in San Diego, CA; Police brutality in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Puerto Rican youth struggle with the police in Hoboken, NJ. Also mention of Los Angeles and San francisco racist acts and killings.
Racism in San Bruno County Jail
The first part of this recording is a question and answer session between San Bruno County Jail inmates and the head cook in their cafeteria. The conversation is facilitated by an ex-inmate. Topics discussed include the firing of three Black members of the kitchen staff, and insufficient quantities of food. The second part is the facilitator speaking on institutionalization, political education, and the creation of revolutionaries within the prison system.
Promises of the Storm
Date: 1/1/1983Call Number: Vin 028Producers: Paredon Records, Marcel KhalifeCollection: General materials
Marcel Khalife sings about the struggles of people in Lebanon and Palestine. Influenced by traditional Arabic Music, Khalife draws connections between the two freedom struggles, creating a new music of resistance. Includes liner notes and Paredon Records catalogue.
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.
Gay Community Social Services of Seattle- Lavender Country
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: Vin 051Producers: Gay Community Social Services of Seattle, Lavender Country, Patrick HaggertyCollection: General materials
The first album of gay music of record. Sponsored by a collective called Gay Community Social Services of Seattle, Lavender Country was led by songwriter Patrick Haggerty. Songs that protest the oppressive heteronormativity and homophobia of American society and rally for an empowering Gay Movement.
Ballads of Black America
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: Vin 052Producers: Folkways Recordings, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, Pete Seeger, Jeanne HumphriesCollection: General materials
A collection of songs from the Ballads of Black America project, which sought to educate children about black leaders in American history, including Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Paul Robeson. The project was started by Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, who also founded the Deacons For Defense and Justice during the civil rights movement. Accompanied by Pete Seeger and Jeanne Humphries. With extensive liner notes.
Malcolm X Speaking
A compilation of excerpts from speeches given by Malcolm X. The first speech compares the nonviolent protest method employed by the civil rights movement and the black militancy, or self-defense strategy of Black Power and the Nation of Islam. The second speech describes the role of the United Nations in the global black liberation movement. Side 2 includes three speeches about the Birmingham Sunday School Bombing, and more on black militancy and nationalism.
Up You Mighty Race: Recollections of Marcus Garvey
Date: 1/1/1921Call Number: Vin 055Producers: Garvey Records, Marcus Garvey, Amy Ashwood Garvey, Thelma Massy, Lord Obstinate, The Tony Thomas OrchestraCollection: Malcolm X
Tribute album to Marcus Garvey and his work for the black nationalist and Pan-Africanist movements. Side A includes songs about Garveyism by Thelma Massy, Lord Obstinate ,and the Tony Thomas Orchestra. Side B, narrated by Garvey's wife, Amy Ashwood Garvey, includes the pivotal speech, "Up, You Mighty Race."
