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Democracy Now!: The Best of Enemies: a story of friendship between a prominent member in the KKK and a Black Civil Rights activist
Date: 7/4/1996Call Number: KP 123Producers: Pacifica Radio ArchiveProgram: Democracy Now!Collection: General materials
A very interesting and inspiring interview between two friends brought together by their similarities after many years of highlighting their differences. CP Ellis was the Exalted Cyclops of the Durham, NC, Ku Klux Klan when he met Ann Atwater, a militant black community organizer. They were elected to organize the public school system through the AFL-CIO. While there was much hostility to their interactions, they soon learned that they shared many of the same problems as working/lower class citizens struggling in an impoverished school district. Their friendship grew from this connection and led Ellis to leave the KKK. He talks about the hardships he faced as a result of this.
Also interviewed is Osha Gray Davidson author of The Best of Enemies: Race and Redemption in the New South a book about the two’s friendship. This book was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1997.
Moving Onward: From Racial Division to Class Unity
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: KP 125Format: CassetteProducers: League of Revolutionaries for a New AmericaCollection: General materials
Nelson Peery and Brooke Heagerty explore the roots of racism and how racism is used as the excuse for economic exploitation. Heagerty and Peery are co-authors of the book "Moving Onward: From Racial Division to Class Unity.
(2 cassettes boxed)
Judy Greenspan & Judith Mirkinsen on Political Prisoners’ Rights
Call Number: JG/ 101AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Judy Greenspan and Judith Mirkensen advocate/advertise an International trial against the US government for crimes against the people of the US. Citing examples of the imprisoned from the Black Liberation, Puerto Rican, American, Mexican, and Native American movements, they make it clear that the US still denies that it holds any political prisoners. They argue that certain populations have been ‘third world-ed’ in the US, and that the government has committed acts of genocide, brutality, and abuse of the justice system, which must be brought to the attention of the International arena.
Certain conditions of the prisoners are highlighted, such as behavior modification attempts, health concerns, inhumane facilities, etc. The length of sentences are discussed, and Mumia and his death sentence are emphasized as well as the health of Alan Berkman.
The recording ends with reference to the International Day of Solidarity of Women Prisoners, and celebration of the escape of Assata Shakur to Cuba.
Interview with Assata Shakur and Rita Bo Brown
Same as PM212
This tape is a series of interviews between Assata Shakur and Rita Bo Brown. They both met each other in prison to discuss the isolation of those involved in armed struggle.
Discussion on the effects of global white supremacy on Africans
Date: 10/23/1991Call Number: AFR 054Format: Cass A & BProducers: UAM: United African MovementProgram: Global White Supremacy, Part 2Collection: Africa- General Resources
Recorded off mic.
Discussion on the effects of global white supremacy on Africans historically, legally, and psychologically. The audio begins with Imhotep Gary Byrd leading the audience in a song. John Henrik Clarke speaks how black people are the chosen people of God, and how historically, the Jews have benefited from the slave trade. He also talks about Louis Farrakhan, minister of the nation of Islam, and his contributions to the black man. He also gives a historical perspective on global white supremacy, saying that blacks do not understand white supremacy because they don’t understand white people. He asserts that whites feel superior because they aren’t rich in culture and family life like blacks are, and they want that without paying for it. Clarke calls people to read more and to become educated. He speaks about Egypt not being white because it is deep within Africa, so they cannot claim superiority over other Africans. He also speaks about the bastardization of Africans, physically through skin color, and mentally through the desire to be white. He claims there is no reason for white colonization except the whites desire for resources and to take over another people. He says that the only way to overcome global white supremacy would be for all Africans to unite.
Audio tape includes a rap song about race relations between minorities (blacks) and whites. No Justice, No Peace.
Focus on Racism
Date: 10/20/1995Call Number: JG/ 096AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Focus on Racism. Interview with Judy Siff and Bill Crossman of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on their class 'Culture Clash' on the history of white supremacy and its impact on U.S. history. At the occasion of the Million Man March, racism is on the public agenda for the first time in many years. Siff and Crossman note how 1995 has been a remarkable year for
publicity of racism, particularly the Mumia Abu Jamal and Susan Smith cases. They believe that the problem of race in the U.S. transcends racism to root inequality through institutions, including a very central role of the police
and judicial system in promoting white supremacy. They argue that the white perception of reality needs to change, that a new common consciousness must be forged. They note how racism targets many different groups in the U.S., not just Blacks, and how mainstream white society usually turns a blind eye.
Focus on Racism
Date: 11/3/1995Call Number: JG/ 096BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Focus on Racism continued. Interview with Judy Siff and Bill Crossman of the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on their class 'Culture Clash' on the history of white supremacy and its impact on U.S. history. Siff and Crossman
talk about the book 'The Myth of the White Proletariat' that challenges deep myths of White America. According to the book, popular misconceptions regarding race and racism in the U.S. stem historically from the national foundation, particularly notions about who the early settlers were, what the existing native population was like, and who actually benefited from the system of slavery. Siff and Crossman argue that this nation was an empire from the start, seizing and subjugating nations, and that the nation as a whole benefited from slavery. They believe that all white people no matter what social class, has benefited from white supremacy.
Sansera performs “Jasper Texas” by Marilyn Buck,
Date: 11/18/2002Call Number: WP 006Format: CDProducers: KPFA Tony PerooCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Sansera, women’s acapella singing group, put Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Jasper, Texas” to music. The poem/song relates the viscious murder of James Byrd and violent racism, to music. Original recording for the Wild Poppies cd.
Women in Prison
Call Number: PM 250Format: CassetteProducers: Prison Radio ProjectProgram: BrainstormCollection: Prisons - Women
America's prisons with a particular analysis of women prisons. It includes discussions of prisoner isolation, issues of overcrowding and poor health care, and mental illness. The program provides many statistics on the state of women prisoners and the growth of prisons in the United States.
Race, Class and Gender Workshop
Call Number: JG/ 105Format: CassetteProgram: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy InstituteCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
This is a recording is of a workshop and moderated discussion about the intersections of class, race, and gender in LGBT movements. The workshop is held at a 1993 conference sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. Several critiques on the direction that the mainstream LGBT movement is going in are made, including: The movement catering to the image of the affluent white gay male, problematic assumptions about and comparisons to the Civil Rights movement, the closet as a classist construction, and the lack of dialogue on the impact of economic policy. Other issues addressed are: gays in the military, strategies on dealing with the Right, and the spectacle of queerness in the media.
