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Interview with Dan Buford (Part 1) Interview with Dan Buford (Part 1)
Date: 5/18/1988Call Number: SS 037AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dan Buford from "The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond" an anti-racist training.
Interview with Dan Buford (Part 2) Interview with Dan Buford (Part 2)
Call Number: SS 037BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dan Buford from "The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond," an anti-racist training to undo racism.
30th Anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton 30th Anniversary of the murder of Fred Hampton
Date: 12/4/1999Call Number: PM 076Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanCollection: Fred Hampton
Program made for the 30th anniversary of the murder of Chicago Panther leader, Fred Hampton. Includes portions of a speech made by Hampton in April, 1969 at the University of Chicago, comments by Akua Ngeri (his wife at the time) from an interview by Kiilu Nyasha, and portions of an original broadcast on Nothing is more Precious than from 1974.
Contradictions Within the Black Panther Contradictions Within the Black Panther
Date: 9/17/1974Call Number: KP 031Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Bruce SolowayProgram: Contradictions Within the Black Panther PartyCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971. Recorded in Algiers on videotape, February 28, 1971. This is basically a compilation of testimonials of high profile Panther Party members speaking on the contradictions within the party, namely the expulsion of certain members expelled because of their less than favorable public image or agenda. Judy Douglass declared insane by people in the central party. Everyone speaking here is calling for the expulsion of David Hilliard from his position as Chief of Staff for the Black Panther party. Also testimonials for reinstatement of New York Panther 21 and Geronimo.
Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure
Date: 2/8/1989Call Number: KP 047Format: Cass A & BCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Historical Evolution of the Black Power Movement - Kwame Toure
Oscar Rios Oscar Rios
Call Number: PM 175Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Speech by Oscar Rios to community members and students in Berkeley, CA. Emphasizes the need for a rise of consciousness and uplifting the community. Encourages young people to recognize allies in other ethnic groups.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Speech Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Speech
Date: 4/5/1968Call Number: KP 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.,’s last speech was given in Memphis, Tennessee. He starts by saying, “Something is happening in Memphis, something is happening in the world!” He goes on to explain how lucky he is that God allowed him to be in the world in the 1960’s, and how he with God’s grace will rally the people and bring justice to Negroes in America. He is not afraid for the people will get to the promised land and his eyes have “Seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!”
Malcolm X Speech Malcolm X Speech
Call Number: KP 053Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Malcolm X
This speech delivered by Malcolm X calls on African-Americans to create a sense of black nationalism among themselves. He claims that there will be no help from Democrats, Republicans or Americans, and that African- Americans should proceed with their revolution, “Freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.” The ballot or the bullet, liberty or death. (This record was edited a bit, with two snippets of other speeches interjected, in the same vein as Malcolm X’s speech.)
Dick Elman interviews Malcolm X in 1961 Dick Elman interviews Malcolm X in 1961
Call Number: KP 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Malcolm X
Dick Elman interviews Malcolm X in 1961 on police brutality in Los Angeles, CA. Malcolm X explains what happened the previous Friday, when police entered a Mosque with their guns flaring, severely injuring 7 men, and killing an official of the Mosque. He calls on the FBI to stop investigating outside the country, and to start paying attention to the “Gestapo tactics used by police officers in the United States of America.”
Speech by Malcolm X at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, 1964 Speech by Malcolm X at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, 1964
Date: 12/20/1964Call Number: KP 056Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Charles HobsonCollection: Malcolm X
Speech given at DNC about how some African countries won their independence through anger and violence. Black people must speak the language of the captors and recognize that what happens in Mississippi has nationwide impact. There is no difference between Northern and Southern Democrats because they work as a whole not as separate parts. Freedom is not something that is given to you, you must take it and Black people must be equipped to do that in the same way that others have done it in the past. Audio tape is cut off at the end.