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Chokwe Lumumba Speech Chokwe Lumumba Speech
Date: 9/27/1985Call Number: V 057Format: VHSCollection: Chokwe Lumumba
Chokwe Lumumba (revolutionary leader of the New Afrikan People's Organization) speech. Includes his thoughts on Azania, South Africa and the Civil Rights movement and its relation to the conditions still faced by African Americans.
Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle - Malcolm X Conference - Black Liberation and Social Revolution: U.S.A. 
Day Two (tape 1 of 2) Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle - Malcolm X Conference - Black Liberation and Social Revolution: U.S.A. Day Two (tape 1 of 2)
Date: 11/2/1990Call Number: KP 132Format: CassetteProducers: Manhattan Community CollegeProgram: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of StruggleCollection: Malcolm X
“Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle,” held at Manhattan Community College in NYC with more than 100 speakers led 24 sessions during November 1-4, 1990. The conference was meant to commemorate and honor Malcolm X and his contributions, as well as see what we have to learn from him. The speakers are interested in adapting and promoting their understanding of Malcolm X’s teachings. This recording is the first tape from the second day of the conference. The focus of this panel is Black Liberation and Social Revolution: World. On this tape the speakers include: Chokwe Lumumba, New African Peoples Organization, By Any Means Necessary Newspaper, Linda Burnham, Frontline Political Organization, Crossroards Magazine, Bill Fletcher, Freedom Road Organization, Forward Motion Journal, Nelson Peery, Communist Labor Party, Peoples Tribune Newspaper. For more information please visit the website: http://www.brothermalcolm.net/sections/malcolm/
Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle - Malcolm X Conference - Black Liberation and Social Revolution: U.S.A. 
Day Two (tape 2 of 2) Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle - Malcolm X Conference - Black Liberation and Social Revolution: U.S.A. Day Two (tape 2 of 2)
Date: 11/2/1990Call Number: KP 133Format: CassetteProducers: Manhattan Community CollegeProgram: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of StruggleCollection: Malcolm X
“Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle,” held at Manhattan Community College in NYC with more than 100 speakers led 24 sessions during November 1-4, 1990. The conference was meant to commemorate and honor Malcolm X and his contributions, as well as see what we have to learn from him. The speakers are interested in adapting and promoting their understanding of Malcolm X’s teachings. This recording is the second tape from the second day of the conference. The focus of this panel is Black Liberation and Social Revolution: World. On this tape the speakers include: Chokwe Lumumba, New African Peoples Organization, By Any Means Necessary Newspaper, Linda Burnham, Frontline Political Organization, Crossroards Magazine, Bill Fletcher, Freedom Road Organization, Forward Motion Journal, Nelson Peery, Communist Labor Party, Peoples Tribune Newspaper. For more information please visit the website: http://www.brothermalcolm.net/sections/malcolm/
The Making of Black History: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee Event The Making of Black History: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee Event
Date: 2/1/1984Call Number: KP 468Format: CassetteCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Event held by John Brown Anti-Klan Committee for Black History Month, with speech by Chokwe Lumumba, speaking on the importance of history, the role of John Brown, and the critical juncture in the Black liberation movement. There is an opening dramatic presentation by Robbie McCauley. Speech by Michelle Chandler on the case of the New York 8 and talk on Washington DC Grand Jury and the NY 3 case.
Malcolm X Tribute Event - Part 1 Malcolm X Tribute Event - Part 1
Date: 2/21/1986Call Number: KP 470Format: CassetteCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
Speeches and cultural performances at tribute event for Malcolm X, and for Mutulu Shakur, by New Afrikan People's Organization, including main speech by Chokwe Lumumba.
Malcolm X Tribute Event - Part 2 Malcolm X Tribute Event - Part 2
Date: 2/21/1986Call Number: KP 471Format: CassetteCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
Speeches and cultural performances at tribute event for Malcolm X, and for Mutulu Shakur, by New Afrikan People's Organization, including main speech by Chokwe Lumumba.
CEML: Marion Prison Demonstration 1989 CEML: Marion Prison Demonstration 1989
Demonstration against the Marion Prison control unit. Rally begins with a Puerto Rican religious service. Chokwe Lumumba speaks at about 40 minutes in.
Chokwe Lumumba speaks about Pontiac Brothers Chokwe Lumumba speaks about Pontiac Brothers
Call Number: KP 524Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chokwe Lumumba
In January, 1981, Chokwe Lumumba speaks to a gathering of people at the Moncada Library. The primary topic of his speech is the Pontiac Brothers (30 prisoners) and the rebellion that occurred on July 2, 1978 in the Pontiac Prison in Pontiac, Illinois. Lumumba give an overview of the event by talking about the 1,000 (+) prisoners who rebelled against the inhumane, filthy, brutal, and overcrowded conditions and the ramifications of the rebellion. The Pontiac Rebellion is often compared to the more widely known Attica Rebellion in the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, which occurred in 1971.
New Afrikan Declaration of Independence New Afrikan Declaration of Independence
Publisher: New Afrikan People's OrganizationFormat: MonographCollection: New Afrikan People's Organization
Reproduction. The New Afrikan Declaration of Independence, a profile of the New Afrikan Peoples Organization (NAPO), the text of the founding statement of NAPO, why we use the term New Afrikan, why we say free the land, New Afrikan creed, Principles and Programme of Action of NAPO, Message from the Chairman Chokwe Lumumba, Who Are the New Afrikan Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War.
Breakthrough Breakthrough
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. 12-1 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: The Uprising p. 1 - What Happens to a Dream Deferred? Felix Shafer P. 3 - No Justice, No Peace: the Black Liberation Movement 1968-1988 Interview with Chokwe Lumumba, Chairman, New Afrikan People's Organization p. 8 -Interiew with Kwame Ture, All-African People's Revolutionary Party p. 9 - Free the Sharpeville Six p. 17 - Lesbian Mothers: Rozzie and Harriet Raise a Family, Judy Gerber with Leslie Mullen p. 26 - Revising the 60s, review of Todd Gitlin's The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rag, Robert Roth and Nancy Kurshan p. 33 - Behind the U.S. Economic Decline, Julio Rosado, Movimiento de Liberacin Nacional Puertorriqueno p. 38 - Can't Kill the Spirit: Political Prisoners and POWs Update p. 46 - Write Through the Walls p. 50