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The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
Date: 1/5/1979Call Number: KP 018Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Life of Fannie Lou HamerCollection: Voices from the South
This recording focuses on Fannie Lou Hamer, known as the lady who was "sick and tired of being sick and tired." This is a tribute to her life and work with Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the struggls she engaged in throughout her life.
United League Speech
Date: 2/1/1981Call Number: KP 250Format: Cass A & BProducers: Skip Robinson, Arnold TownsendCollection: Black Liberation
A fundraiser speech given by Skip Robinson and Arnold Towensend focusing on the need for blacks across the country to unify and assist each other in changing and defeating the racist system. Special attention is given to the loss of land in Mississippi owned by blacks, gentrification in the Fillmore District and elsewhere in San Francisco, and the deliberate attacks by whites in power (from the local police to the CIA) to set blacks against each other to keep them fractured and weak as well as encouraging drug problems in such communities.
Collin Edwards - Interview with Elizabeth Sutherland and Sally Belfrage
Elizabeth Sutherland, editor of “Letter from Mississippi,” and Sally Belfrage. Author of “Freedom Summer.” Both discuss their involvement with SNCC, the atmosphere of the South in relation to the Civil Rights Movement and SNCC, as well as the power of protest.
Collin Edwards - Interview with Elizabeth Sutherland and Sally Belfrage - Part 2
Sutherland and Belfrage continue in their discussion of race in the South, as well as the task of making the events in Mississippi, viewed as contradictions to democracy, public to the United States as a whole.
Interview with Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D.
Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. and Alan Perlman discusses their beginning involvement with SNCC through their respective universities, as well as the Civil Rights events in the Bay Area, and Mississippi.
Interview with Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. - Part 2
Malcolm Zaretsky discusses is role as an ADHOC Committee member, his involvement with CORE at Ohio State and Berkeley and President Kennedy’s policies and their implications for the Civil Rights Movement.
Interview with Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. - Part 5
Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. discuss the Voter Registration Campaign in the South, the Arts Program for Child Development in Mississippi and community involvement and organization through children. Additionally, they discuss Northern students involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and SNCC, as well as the University of California Free Speech Movements affects on Southern Civil Rights activities. Also discussed are the differences and applications of nonviolent philosophies versus militancy.
This Little Light of Mine - Part 5
Call Number: KP 501Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chris Koch, Dale MinorCollection: Voices from the South
Staughton Lynd and John Volcheck discuss their involvement with the Freedom Schools in Mississippi and the school’s power as a vehicle for community inspiration, education and empowerment.
This Little Light of Mine - Part 7
Call Number: KP 502Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chris Koch, Dale MinorCollection: Voices from the South
In a discussion of Voter Registration attempts in Mississippi, the personal tales of individuals such as Fannie Lou Hammer are highlighted to demonstrate the struggle for Black citizens to register to vote and fully participate in the democratic process.
This Little Light of Mine - Part 11
Call Number: KP 503Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chris Koch, Dale MinorCollection: Voices from the South
A final summary of the end of the Summer of 1964 in Mississippi, highlighting the creation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, increased Black political involvement and the attention that the Civil Rights and SNCC social and political tactics gained nationally.
