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![Puerto Rico and The U.S.: What's Next?](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: JG/ 156Format: CassetteProducers: WBAI New YorkCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
A broadcast of "Puerto Rico and The U.S.: What's Next?" a story by Mario Marrero, part of the continuing struggle for PR independence, including debate about U.S. policies.
![Lumumba](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: V 628Format: DVDProducers: Zeitgeist VideoCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old, self-educated Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state. Called the "politico of the bush" by journalists of the day, he became a lightening rod of Cold War politics as his vision of a united Africa gained him powerful enemies in Belgium and the US. Lumumba would last just months in office before being brutally assassinated.
![FIAS: African Liberation Day 1977](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 5/21/1977Call Number: FI 290Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Freedom is a Constant Struggle celebrates African Liberation day by dedicating the show to liberation struggles in Southern Africa and solidarity demonstrations in Oakland. The show also celebrates the birthdays of both Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh by playing Malcolm X speeches on black nationalism, American hypocrisy and terrorism, and illuminating Ho Chi Minh's experiences with the American narrative of lynching post emancipation. As a whole this episode of Freedom is a Constant Struggle encapsulates the 1960/1970 histories of Pan- Africanism, unity, celebration, and continued resistance towards self determination.
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