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Black August
Date: 8/1/1993Call Number: KN 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 93Collection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
George Jackson, Mumia Abu Jamal (from CD) and Black August Commentary read by ?, Shiba Haven, Georgia Jackson, John Cluchette, Fleeta Drumgo, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez on Hugo Pinell, Kiilu Nyasha
Luis Talamantez interview
Call Number: PM 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: San Quentin Six
Interview with several long inserts with Luis Talamantez/one of San Quentin 6, interviewer may be Fania Jordan. Talamantez mentions Mark Merin as good defense attorney.
Real Dragon
Date: 3/31/1973Call Number: RD 036Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Includes news on Ruchell, Rap Brown, prison movement, Wounded Knee, Indochina, Crusade for Justice
Interview with Hugo Pinell Part 1
Date: 4/19/2001Call Number: CD 140Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview done with Hugo Pinell in Pelican Bay in April of 2001.
Interview with Hugo Pinell Part 2
Date: 4/19/2001Call Number: CD 141Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview done with Hugo Pinell in Pelican Bay in April of 2001.
“Lockdown in California Prisons”
Date: 12/29/1993Call Number: PM 232Format: CassetteProducers: KPFACollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
KPFA broadcast of the overcrowding of prisons and the violent tactics employed by prison guards. Old interviews from George Jackson and James "Doc" Holiday discuss the brutal conditions of inmate abuse and the inattention it receives from the media. They discuss the San Quentin strike and outline their demands of: adequate health care, the necessity for a congressional investigation into the prison administration, federal control, and negotiations with the media to provoke dialogue among the general public. The subsequent lockdown is discussed and by San Quentin Six inmate Hugo Pinell. Pinell, along with other inmates, recount the torture of being tear-gassed and beaten by brutal guards. Reporters describe action taken by Bay Area legal organizations challenging the lockdown and inhumane "quiet rooms" also known as "the hole". This report then describes the breaching of inmate rights such as attorney/client confidentiality, and rights to be interviewed. Background prison noise sometimes muffles the sound and makes it difficult to understand; other interviews relatively clear.
KPFA Radio News Summary and Update on the San Quentin Six Trial.
Attorney for David Johnson, Frank Cox, filed an affidavit regarding Melvin Cotton Smith's role as a paid informant for the L.A. police department. The news summary gives a good and detailed history of the events surrounding George Jackson's death up to the circumstances involving the San Quentin Six. Included is information on James Carr, COINTELPRO, and the ideological split between Eldridge Cleaver and Huey P. Newton in the Black Panther Party. Contains excerpt of a recording of George Jackson talking three months before his murder, excerpts of an interview with Eldridge Cleaver in exile from Paris, and a telephone interview with Bob Gardner who witnessed the 1970 shootings of W. L. Nolan, Alvin Miller, Cleveland Edwards at Soledad Prison.
Nothing Is More than Precious 12-29-73
Call Number: CD 576Format: CDProgram: NIMPTCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Program devoted to political prisoners and prison movement, focusing on NYC and CA. First part is interview with Bernice Jones who describes her recent arrest in NYC in relation to BLA trials at the time. Rest of program deals with CA prison movement--hunger strike and reprislas at San Quentin Adjustment Center (with actuality from three prisoners describing their beatings and the conditions); actuality of Doc Holiday on repression against prison movement, and actuality of Warren Wells on Folsom Adjustment center.
12-29-73 [NI 013]
Interview with Hugo Pinell at Pelican Bay
Pinell discusses his reasons to refuse cooperation with the federal government; theories of personal vs. general freedom, suffering and justice; the connection of bad prison conditions with an inherently flawed system; and philosophies he has learned from other inmates within the system. "Us poor, the best way we survive is we create our own world. But it's not. The whole world is our world. I'm just as special as everyone else in the world."
George Jackson: 30 years later
30 Years After the Murder of George Jackson: A 29-minute documentary about the origins of the modern anti-prison movement Master Mix for Prisons on Fire CD August 21st, 2001 marked the 30th anniversary of the murder of George Jackson in San Quentin prison. Through his writings and leadership inside, George Jackson embodies the legacy of the prison movement. Who was George Jackson? Why was he targeted by the prison administration? What makes him important to the anti-prison movement today? Featuring historical materials, including George Jackson, from the Freedom Archives. Other voices include: Angela Davis, UC Santa Cruz professor, who supported George & Jonathan Jackson David Hilliard, former Black Panther Party leader Ruchell Magee, prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political activities Georgia Jackson, mother of George and Jonathan Jackson Harry Belafonte, performer and human rights activist James Baldwin, outspoken writer and social activist David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez and Sundiata Tate, all charged with the San Quentin rebellion following the murder of George Jackson Narrated by Jonathan Jackson, Jr. Knowing what happened in the early 1970s prison movement is essential for youth, communities of color and progressives to effectively confront today's unprecedented prison growth. We bring you this history through the voices of the people who were there - taking young people back to a time that, in today's context, seems unimaginable.
