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International Hotel
Date: 5/27/1977Call Number: FI 003Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
I-Hotel interviews with tenants, Geronimo Ji Jaga, Dennis Banks, lesbian mother court case.
International Hotel Special
Date: 8/6/1977Call Number: FI 042Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara L, Heber D.Program: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Dedicated to the ongoing struggle at then International Hotel.
International Hotel Actuality (EH)
Date: 8/3/1977Call Number: IH 002Format: CassetteCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
On the night of the 1977 International Hotel eviction, a reporter following Sheriff Richard Hongisto made recordings documenting the breaking down of doors. As a sledgehammer is used to break doors down, the reporter comments on the sheriff's refusal to warn tenants to vacate their rooms. Field recording includes verbal exchanges between the sheriff, the reporter, and Estella Habal.
Life of the Manong: Henry Hipolito in Portsmouth Square
Date: 6/8/1977Call Number: CD 476Producers: Al RoblesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Manong Henry Hipolito talks with Al Robles about the old days in Manilatown. Henry speaks of the Manilatown area from Market to Broadway being the section symbolizing the common poor Filipino. Although the I-hotel area was run down during the interview (late 70s), it used to be a nice area bustling with streetcars and horse drawn wagons. When speaking of the area in the late 70s, the I-Hotel and its few old timers represent the last of Manilatown. Some of Henry's experiences of the old days were that there were no pinays in America till 1948 and local job discrimination forced him to travel to Alaska for seasonal fishing jobs. He reminisces about Pinoy town in Alaska and how he survived the depression. Ending the interview, Henry gives advice to new Filipino immigrants such as get more education, get more independence, make more progress against poverty and discrimination, and don't be corrupt.
Simeon Amon
Date: 7/6/1977Call Number: CD 482Format: CDProducers: Al RoblesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Simeon Amon talks about women and his life as a child in the islands. He explains social gatherings called "Taxi Dances". This was for lonely manongs who could dance with women for a small fee. Due to miscegenation laws, suitable Pinays of there age and generation didn't exist in the states. It also gave women an opportunity for extra income. Simeon said he attended many dances in the Stockton area and San Francisco. With many of these girls being white, some disapproved the events. A Filipino man dating a white woman resulted in him being shot and her being beat up. Simeon then goes into explaining the virtues of city pinays versus country pinays. The interview ends with him explaining his childhood life on a Luzon farm.
Life of the Manong: Henry Hipolito in Portsmouth Square
Date: 6/8/1977Call Number: IH 051Producers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Manong Henry Hipolito talks with Al Robles about the old days in Manilatown. Henry speaks of the Manilatown area from Market to Broadway being the section symbolizing the common poor Filipino. Although the I-hotel area was run down during the interview (late 70s), it used to be a nice area bustling with streetcars and horse drawn wagons. When speaking of the area in the late 70s, the I-Hotel and its few old timers represent the last of Manilatown. Some of Henry's experiences of the old days were that there were no pinays in America till 1948 and local job discrimination forced him to travel to Alaska for seasonal fishing jobs. He reminisces about Pinoy town in Alaska and how he survived the depression. Ending the interview, Henry gives advice to new Filipino immigrants such as the importance of education, independence, poverty and discrimination reduction, and resist corruption.
Simeon Amon Interview
Date: 7/6/1977Call Number: IH 057Format: CDProducers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Simeon Amon talks about women and his life as a child in the islands. He explains social gatherings called "Taxi Dances". This was for lonely manongs who could dance with women for a small fee. Due to miscegenation laws, suitable Pinays of there age and generation didn't exist in the states. It also gave women an opportunity for extra income. Simeon said he attended many dances in the Stockton area and San Francisco. With many of these girls being white, some disapproved the events. A Filipino man dating a white woman resulted in him being shot and her being beat up. Simeon then goes into explaining the virtues of city pinays versus country pinays. The interview ends with him explaining his childhood life on a Luzon farm.
Movement News Update
Date: 1/8/1977Call Number: FI 059Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Update on Joanne Little case, report on death of Chou en Lai, International Hotel, Wendy Yoshimura trial, case of Mafundi (founder of Inmates for Action) in Alabama, poem on forced sterilization by Barbara Lubinski followed by report on case of forced sterilization of Norma Jean Serrano.
Poor quality recording.
From Oakland to Soweto
Date: 3/26/1977Call Number: FI 066Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Issue of unemployment in Oakland at a meeting for candidates for Mayor and Council. Chile news roundup. Situation at International Hotel, two reports with actuality. Interview on South Africa with an exiled Soweto student leader visiting Bay Area.
Human Rights, Puerto Rico Day in Chicago
Date: 6/11/1977Call Number: FI 070Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Speech on human rights violations in Philippines, Iran, Argentina - "torture widespread and systematic," with US support. Threat to abortion rights in Congress. Police shootings at Puerto Rico Day celebration in Chicago, Humboldt Park. Oakland protests against shooting of Chicano. Prison summary, including Joe Remiro. Eviction notices at International Hotel.
