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Anti-racist protest in Boston
Dave Lampell’s program gives live coverage from an antiracist protest in Boston. Speakers include Amiri Baraka and Dick Gregory. Amiri Baraka’s speech discusses State violence, imperialism, capitalism, racism and war. Great quotes for vinyl project. Racism in the Boston area is also discussed. Also live coverage from protest taking over streets and police brutality.
Interview - Horace Cayton, Arna Bontemps, and LeRoi Jones
Date: 1/1/1965Call Number: CE 119Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discussion on the "Negro Identity" - writers discuss social divisions within the Black community and how these difference are being overcome in the wake of artistic rebellion. Includes separate interview with Bontemps on the emergence of Negroes in mainstream entertainment and communications media.
Interview - Horace Cayton, Arna Bontemps, and LeRoi Jones - Part 1
Date: 1/1/1965Call Number: CE 120Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discussion on the "Negro Identity" - writers discuss social divisions within the Black community and how these difference are being overcome in the wake of artistic rebellion.
Interview - Horace Cayton, Arna Bontemps, and LeRoi Jones - Part 2 and 3
Date: 1/1/1965Call Number: CE 121Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Discussion on the "Negro Identity" - writers discuss social divisions within the Black community and how these difference are being overcome in the wake of artistic rebellion.
Black Writers - Horace Cayton, LeRoi Jones, and Ossie Davis
Date: 1/1/1967Call Number: CE 124Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews with Horace Cayton, LeRoi Jones, and Ossie Davis discussing the conditions of Blacks in relation to white power, liberalism, socialism and war. Also distinction between violent and nonviolent approaches to organizing, and the impact of Black writers on social movements.
LeRoi Jones on Black Writers: Tell It Like It Is - Part 1
Date: 9/20/1964Call Number: CE 127Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of Negro writers and how they had to emerge from "below the veil of anxious politeness" that was set in place by monied white audiences to reveal the true "Black experience" in America. Includes references to most influential Black artists - from jazz musicians to writers. LeRoi Jones reads from article "LeRoi Jones Speaking."
LeRoi Jones on Black Writers: Tell It Like It Is - Part 2
Date: 9/20/1964Call Number: CE 128Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of Black writers and how they had to emerge from "below the veil of anxious politeness" that was set in place by monied white audiences to reveal the true "Black experience" in America. Includes references to most influential Negro artists - from jazz musicians to writers. LeRoi Jones reads from article "LeRoi Jones Speaking."
LeRoi Jones on Black Writers: Tell It Like It Is - Part 3
Date: 9/20/1964Call Number: CE 129Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
History of Black writers and how they had to emerge from "below the veil of anxious politeness" that was set in place by monied white audiences to reveal the true "Black experience" in America. Includes references to most influential Negro artists - from jazz musicians to writers. LeRoi Jones reads from article "LeRoi Jones Speaking."
LeRoi Jones Reading of Poems
Date: 12/20/1964Call Number: CE 130Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
LeRoi Jones reading poems from his book "The Dead Lecturer". Includes mention of the influence Allen Ginsberg had on Jones' work.
LeRoi Jones on Philistinism - Lecture
Date: 12/20/1964Call Number: CE 131Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
On disrespect of non-material values (like art and spirituality) and how Black artists reject philistinism when expressing the experience of Blacks in America. Includes reading from Jones' book "The Dead Lecturer."