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Paul Robeson Centennial Tribute, Part 24
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: CD 233Format: CDProducers: Eugene GordonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Final Exam: A quiz for listeners. Ten questions (some in three parts) on the life of Paul Robeson. He sings Dear Old Southland, Mood Indigo and more.
Paul Robeson FBI files
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: CD 234Format: CDProducers: Eugene GordonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paul Robeson’s FBI files on CD Rom, over 2800 pages of official FBI memos.
Paul Robeson Show #3 & 4
Date: 3/27/1982Call Number: CD 235Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paul Robeson sings and speaks about Black artists, art as the reflection of the common humanity of all and friendship & peace among all peoples. 3/27/1982
Same as PR 007
Moscow concert 1958. He speaks to the audience in Russian throughout, explaining the meaning of the lyrics and the historical context of the songs. 4/29/1982
Same as PR 008
Paul Robeson Show
Date: 7/31/1982Call Number: CD 236Format: CDProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paul Robeson singing and excerpts from interviews, where he speaks about the unity of the struggle of all peoples, his views on Socialism, the Bandung Conference and the struggle against colonialism and racism. Fernando Alegria recites Pablo Neruda’s poem “Ode to Paul Robeson”
Same as PR 010
AZAPO and conditions in Southern Africa
Program on AZAPO and the state of Southern Africa. AZAPO chairman Pokela, SWAPO representative, and AZAPO representative Nick Tucker speak.
AZAPO (Azanian People’s Organization) chairman Pokela speaks about the lack of knowledge people in the United States and Europe have about the struggles in Azania. He also speaks about how the native African people lost their land and their rights to the white imperialists. He says that in order for Africans to fight back, they must remove their inferiority complexes (as Robert Sobukwe, former president of the PAC (Pan African Congress), suggests). He speaks about the injustices of the Pass Laws in South Africa, and encourages blacks to go to the prisons and challenge the police to arrest them.
Next, a woman representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization - dedicated to opposing injustice in Southern Africa) speaks about the problems of violence in South Africa, and also about the bloody war going on in Namibia. She speaks about the policy of “Destabilization” that was designed by the white Nationalists, and about the Western media’s perception, pressure, and influence on events in South Africa.
Lastly, Nick Tucker of AZAPO speaks about AZAPO and the current events and conditions in Southern Africa, mourning the large number of murders in the area.
He quotes Amilcar Cabral, “We should tell no lies and claim no easy victory”.
Tucker speaks about two theories that determine revolutions: 1) To have a revolution, one must have a revolutionary theory and convey it to the masses. 2) Continued economic depression will heighten revolutionary anarchy and the masses will want to organize and revolt. He says that AZAPO is trying to do the former strategy. Lastly, Tucker speaks about the formation of black worker’s unions - that they form under Black Consciousness because black men can truly understand the hardships and oppression of other blacks, and can then translate that idea to whites.
Stephen Biko 1977
Call Number: CD 276Format: CDProducers: WBAI - Celeste WessonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Stephen Biko, who died in police custody on September 12, 1977, talks about the Black Consciousness Movement and its development, and the future of South Africa.
Assata Shakur: clips from her 1980 address to the people after her escape from prison
Same as PM227
This program is an edited version of her address to the people after she escaped. She begins the recording by stating that she loves everyone and encourages everyone to continue to struggle for our liberation. Assata talks about how Black people are constantly under attack by the poor school system, infiltration of drugs, welfare system, police state, etc. She talks about the necessity for a Black Nation and how Black women must play a key role in the struggle for liberation. She says that they are the most closely related to the struggle because of their position in White American society. Assata talks about the direction of the US government and how it is continually becoming more racist and fascist; how the government sees Black peoples as expendable and just "a thorn in their side." .
Assata Shakur Report from Cuba
Same as PM085
Black Entertainment Television (BET) feature on Assata. Contains good actuality of Assata speaking on her court case, her representation in the media and the need to contextualize her case in the 60’s and the universal black experience. Tape cuts off about 5 minutes into the program.
Same as PM084
Assata Shakur reads her poem, the chorus is “Carry it On”, probably the title. The poem carries the listener through a history of black international resistance.
Assata Shakur: In Her Own Words
Same as PM229
Two international reporters conducted this interview with Assata Shakur in Havana Cuba in 1987. Assata talks about what it's like to live in Cuba, her daughter and the changing struggle of Black rights, Black liberation, human rights, etc. She thought of Cuba as an ideal place to escape to because she was looking for a place to live, grow and be with her daughter. She had read a lot about Cuba and wanted to see what a socialist society would be like.
She also talks about her live as a political refugee and the strain of living in exile. She misses her family and friends and acknowledges the difficulties of being so far away. However, her daughter has come to live with her. This was a big change in her life. She has learned a lot from her daughter and her educational experience in Cuba. She notes that it is refreshing to see a curriculum that is not euro-centric.
Julius Lester and H. Rap Brown speak on the Vietnam war and race relations in America
Date: 8/29/1967Call Number: CD 297Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Julius Lester and H. Rap Brown speak at an Anti - Vietnam rally. Julius Lester, the former director of the Newport Folk Festival, SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) photographer, and host of WBAI radio station, speaks about war in Vietnam. He speaks about his experiences in Vietnam, the weapons used by the US and about the protests and riots in the US. Next, H. Rap Brown, SNCC National Director, member of the Black Panther Party, and extreme militant, speaks about black and white race relations in America, saying that blacks have to defend themselves.
Side B. H. Rap Brown continues speaking about how white society is overwhelming blacks, and making blacks think they are inferior. Brown also speaks about the Vietnam War, how black soldiers did not get the respect they deserved. He says that American whites are violent - blacks have to be violent because it didn't work to be non-violent. Blacks are not asking for love, just respect. Lastly, he speaks about American's true political motives in Indochina and the rest of the world.
