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Youth Imprisonment
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: PM 306Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Prisons - Youth
Jade Crown of Bad Kids Magazine speaks about youth issues - homelessness, incarceration and mental illness.
All Power to the People - Part 1 DV
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 315Format: Mini DVProducers: Lee Lew LeeCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60's civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American and women's power movements which followed
The party struck fear in the hearts of the "establishment" which viewed it as a terrorist group. Interviews with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, CIA officer Philip Agee, and FBI agents Wes Swearingen and Bill Turner shockingly detail a "secret domestic war" of assassination, imprisonment and torture as the weapons of repression. Yet, the documentary is not a paean to the Panthers, for while it praises their early courage and moral idealism. it exposes their collapse due to megalomania, corruption, drugs, and narcissism
All Power to the People - Part 2 DV
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 316Format: Mini DVProducers: Lee Lew LeeCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60's civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American and women's power movements which followed
The party struck fear in the hearts of the "establishment" which viewed it as a terrorist group. Interviews with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, CIA officer Philip Agee, and FBI agents Wes Swearingen and Bill Turner shockingly detail a "secret domestic war" of assassination, imprisonment and torture as the weapons of repression. Yet, the documentary is not a paean to the Panthers, for while it praises their early courage and moral idealism. it exposes their collapse due to megalomania, corruption, drugs, and narcissism
All Power to the People - Part 3 DV
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 317Format: Mini DVProducers: Lee Lew LeeCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 1960s civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. Organized by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party embodied every major element of the civil rights movement which preceded it and inspired the black, brown, yellow, Native American and women's power movements which followed
The party struck fear in the hearts of the "establishment" which viewed it as a terrorist group. Interviews with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, CIA officer Philip Agee, and FBI agents Wes Swearingen and Bill Turner shockingly detail a "secret domestic war" of assassination, imprisonment and torture as the weapons of repression. Yet, the documentary is not a paean to the Panthers, for while it praises their early courage and moral idealism. it exposes their collapse due to megalomania, corruption, drugs, and narcissism.
Fresh Air
Date: 12/1/1998Call Number: PM 313Format: Cass A & BProducers: National Public RadioProgram: Fresh AirCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Eric Schlosser speaks about the Prison Industrial Complex in America and Vivian Stern speaks about prison systems in other parts of the world.
Racism and the War on Drugs
In a panel discussion, several speakers express their views about how racism and the war on drugs are connected. Racism is found in every step of the criminal justice law enforcement process. Blacks and Hispanics are unfairly targeted in the war on drugs. The speakers advocate that federal law enforcement change, and that mandatory minimums, crack laws, and guideline sentences be revised.
California Latino Alcohol and Other Drugs Coalition Conference (Part 1)
Conference informing the Latino community about the problems of alcohol and other drugs. The participants explain the effectiveness of policymaking beginning at the grassroots level.
California Latino Alcohol and Other Drugs Coalition Conference (Part 2)
Begins with a speech by Sylvia Castillo on educating and empowering the community to become effective activists and policymakers. Followed by Jerry Tello who tells many stories to present cultural values to help strengthen the bond within the Latino community. Also a short interview with one of the conference coordinators and a short discussion of Ross Perot.
Latino Alcohol Policy and Advocacy Action in California: Keynote Presentation by Jerry Tello
Jerry Tello uses storytelling and humor to talk about issues such as alcohol and drugs in the Latino community.
Latino Alcohol Policy and Advocacy Action in California
Speech by Sylvia Castillo on the importance of being a policymaker, even without a credential. Castillo encourages people to use their history to become effective policymakers as well as teach others in their community to do the same. (First part same as CV 048)
Presentation by William Vega from his study on "Perinatal Substance Exposure in California," which examines the drug and alcohol used before delivery by women. Vega explains the results of his research and answers questions.
