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Ruchell Magee Ruchell Magee
Date: 8/1/1993Call Number: KN 003Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August 93Collection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Edited actuality w/ Ruchell Magee who talks about his case, Aug 7, 1971. Includes George Jackson actuality about Aug 7.
Black August 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
San Quentin 6 on George Jackson's murder San Quentin 6 on George Jackson's murder
Call Number: KN 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: interview for airCollection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
studio discussion about George Jackson's murder
The San Quentin Six The San Quentin Six
Date: 6/17/1974Call Number: PM 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious Than/SpecialCollection: San Quentin Six
Update on civil suit filed against California prison system by the San Quentin 6. Program features background on the 6 as well as George Jackson. Actuality of Jackson, Fania Jordan, Johnny Larry Spain, James “Doc” Holiday, Luis “Bato” Talamantez, Hugo Pinell, Michael Burgener, Fleeta Drumgo, and David Johnson. Ends with Johnny Cash song denouncing San Quentin.
Emergency Campiagn to Drop Charges Emergency Campiagn to Drop Charges
Publisher: Emergency Committee to Defend the Human and Legal Rights of Political PrisonersYear: 1989Format: CompilationCollection: Resistance Conspiracy
Form letter from the 'Emergency Campaign to Drop the Charges' of three of the R.C.C. Includes form letter to Attorney General, fact sheet and an article about the prosecution from the New York Times.
Luis Talamantez interview 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.
Interview with Pierre Labossiere Interview with Pierre Labossiere
Date: 8/20/1994Call Number: KN 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Black August Collection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Interviewed by Kiilu Nyasha and with daughter Ayana , music by Beethova Obas. Addressing history of Haiti rebellion in August (for Black August)
Black August music Black August music
Call Number: KN 010Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Various performances and recordings for Black August of political music.
Black August Revisited Black August Revisited
Date: 8/20/1994Call Number: KN 011Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Death of Father Jean Marie Vincent, Lavelas in Haiti Commentary by Kiilu Nyasha
Ruchell Magee Ruchell Magee
Date: 8/18/1971Call Number: PM 075Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Dave StevensCollection: Ruchell Magee
Prison interview with Ruchell Magee 3 days before assassination of George Jackson conducted by Dave Stevens of KPFK-Los Angeles. Discusses his original case and appeals. Then goes to what happened on the day of the Marin County courthouse rebellion but he mostly declines to comment. Speaks on why his and Angela’s case were separated, on being his own attorney. His case to Reagan for a pardon (Ruchell Magee vs. Ronald Reagan.) Good quote re Panthers on UNITY. More on Angela--need unity not “stars,” but the gun---Mention of Nixon and Vietnam. “No pleasure in San Quentin.” What would you do if you were on the outside? (organize, bring people in to show them the real conditions). When did you first begin to feel like a “slave?” Talks about his early background. Discusses 1963 conviction briefly 19:04 "These dogs have kept me in prison all this time… these dogs have one leg to stand on, racism." 22:27 "Those appointed by the court are shysters and buzzards, they work for the state." (Referring to the attorneys) 28:10 "I file a case and it sits in a drawer for 3 or 4 years." 29:30 "We (Black people) are going thorough hell, it's time to unite, no time to fight one-and-other." 31:24 "That's the pigs, they use confusion to divide us." 34:35 "The contradictions, the dogs are compelling people to pick up guns." 35:10 "There is no pleasure in prison." 36:10 "As soon as they let one go, here go another one, it's how prison is designed, tap dancing and actin' the fool won't help if you on the list to do some time it don't matter." "What I would do on the outside is organize the people." 42:25"You don't put no MF? Fool as a king." 42:55 "It's me today, it's you tomorrow." 48:00 "the government will destroy the people and itself too." 49:40 "I would help the Viet Cong fight."