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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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Malcolm X: Militant Labor Forum, “Prospects for Freedom in 1965.” Malcolm X: Militant Labor Forum, “Prospects for Freedom in 1965.”
Date: 1/7/1965Call Number: KP 062Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Malcolm X
Malcolm X speaks at a Militant Labor Forum and discusses the difference between the Black Muslim movement and the Black Nationalist group, the difference between moral and political protest, the labeling of extremists as monsters and also looks to examples of black freedom fighters in Africa as models for African Americans demanding equal rights. There are editorialized interruptions from the DJ.
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/
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
Call Number: KP 154Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Garvin, Vicki
This is the third cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by Lincoln Bergman. In this interview Ms. Garvin discusses living in Africa and China during the 60s. Ms. Garvin talks about living in Ghana with Maya Angelou and spending time with Dubois and his family. She speaks in depth about the CIA monitoring her travel through Africa and the difficulty this caused when she moved throughout. She talks about a meeting with Malcolm X in Cairo just before she moved to China and shortly before his death. Her experience with Chairman Mao is discussed as well as the Chinese understanding of black liberation politics.
Vicki Garvin interviewed by Lincoln Bergman Vicki Garvin interviewed by Lincoln Bergman
Call Number: CD 343Producers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Garvin, Vicki
same as KP 154. This is the third cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by Lincoln Bergman. In this interview Ms. Garvin discusses living in Africa and China during the 60s. Ms. Garvin talks about living in Ghana with Maya Angelou and spending time with Dubois and his family. She speaks in depth about the CIA monitoring her travel through Africa and the difficulty this caused when she moved throughout. She talks about a meeting with Malcolm X in Cairo just before she moved to China and shortly before his death. Her experience with Chairman Mao is discussed as well as the Chinese understanding of black liberation politics.
Nothing is More Precious Than Nothing is More Precious Than
Date: 2/22/1975Call Number: NI 061Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark Schwartz, Kathy StreemProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with economic emphasis, Hard Times conference report and United Farmworkers. Then prison/trial section including New York 5, San Quentin 6, Marilyn Buck, Martin Sostre, Attica. Ends with tribute to Sandino and Malcolm X.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/21/1976Call Number: NI 101Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: 02, 21, 1976Program: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with tribute to Augusto Cesar Sandino and Malcolm X on anniversary of assessinations, then reports on Dennis Banks and American Indian Movement, news about series of Bay Area arrests of alleged clandestine groups, ending with speech by labor organizer Kathy Dorsey at Hard Times conference in Chicago.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 1/17/1976Call Number: NI 097Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Angola update, memorial for Andy Truskier, report on strikes in Spain, a San Quentin 6 update, Robert Williams acquitted in North Carolina, and the Hard Times Conference in Chicago.