Independent Collections
These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.
Documents
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 11/16/1974Call Number: NI 046Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark Schwartz, with others thankedProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Begins with report on and part of Yassir Arafat speech to the UN, then Vietnam situation and Vietnam veterans. Roundup of California prison news, then report on trial of New Haven 3 (alleged Black Liberation Army) and hunger strike of Assta Shakur to see HER OWN doctor after birth of her child in prison. Ends with a detailed report on longtime political prisoner Martin Sostre.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 11/23/1974Call Number: NI 047Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Report on Attica trial, half of show on Native American issues, other half historical background and current situation in Laos.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 12/7/1974Call Number: NI 048Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opening stories on Puerto Rico strike and bombings, followed by Chile women political prisoners, Argentina, and the killing of Lucio Cabanas, Guerrero state guerrilla leader in Mexico. then stories on Attica and a 5th anniversary feature with poem and music on the assassination of Black Panther Chicago leader Fred Hampton.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 12/14/1974Call Number: NI 049Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy barrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with report on Walpole prison rebellion, San Quentin 6, Attica, and a Mohawk land occupation. The rest of the program is devoted to Boston schools integration/busing crisis with actuality from Boston rally and San Francisco solidarity rally.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 12/21/1974Call Number: NI 050Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opening roundup of prison and movement news followed by extensive special on Vietnam on the 14th anniversary of founding of the National Liberation Front.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 11/9/1974Call Number: NI 045Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Story on Ruchell Magee and the right to rebel, Chilean revolutionary Carmen Castillo, state of siege in Argentina. Report on California Insitute for Women prison repression and protest, Attica, and Los Tres del Barrio, Los Angeles anti-drug community activists arrested and San Francisco rally in their support.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 10/5/1974Call Number: NI 041Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with conviction of Herman Bell in San Francisco, of Inez Garcia, trial of Graham and Allen, report from California Institute for Women, New York Five case, Assata Shakur, New York Times article on Stephen Bigham, bombing by New World Liberation Front, and longer section on women of Vietnam and International Days of Concern for Indochina.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 1/18/1975Call Number: NI 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Sections with actuality on: San Quentin Six, Ruchell Magee, Bob Hood verdict, American Indian movement. Stories on Joanne Little, Attica trials, and closing section on martin Luther King, Vietnam, Jesse Jackson.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/1/1975Call Number: NI 058Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Vietnam antiwar demonstrations and Weather Underground bombing of State Department, and defuse of bomb in Oakland.
Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 2/8/1975Call Number: NI 059Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Opens with Vietnam, then Peru state of emergency, Ethiopia/Eritrea fighting, Menominee protest continues, demonstrations in support of Ruchell Magee and Inez Garcia, Attica trials, police shooting of Black man in Oakland, communiques (read by announcers) from New World Liberation Front (NWLF) for a series of actions, then report on welfare and US economy, with report from a march in Washington DC. Lincoln Bergman poem about the moon and Vietnan at start and end of show.