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Discussion among black women about white liberals, radicalism and solidarity. Discussion among black women about white liberals, radicalism and solidarity.
Call Number: KP 069Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Black Women discussing many issues that face them including white liberals and fear, and the media and its outlets.
James Baldwin on Angela Davis James Baldwin on Angela Davis
Call Number: KP 071Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Pacific of Program ServicesCollection: Angela Davis
Interview with James Baldwin on the issues surrounding Angela Davis' case. Baldwin explains Europeans' views on this case and the connection between the Civil Rights Movement to the larger international human struggle against colonialism. He shares his own opinions on America and its relationship to the world. The interview ends with Baldwin reading "An Open Letter to My Sister, Angela Y. Davis."
Z.A.N.U. Woman Z.A.N.U. Woman
Call Number: KP 072Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: African liberation movements
A Z.A.N.U. woman discusses the Battle of Senoia, and the females place in the Z.A.N.U. Army. They make up 1/4 of the Army, and she calls for the men of Zimbabwe to liberate females from oppression and colonialism and to see them as equals.
Margie Adam Music, 11/75. Margie Adam Music, 11/75.
Date: 11/1/1975Call Number: KP 076Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
Music performed by Margie Adam
Redstocking/ feminist interview Redstocking/ feminist interview
Call Number: KP 068Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
Unidentified women discussing the Women’s Liberation Movement and the disappointment in feminist magazines like Ms. They also express frustration for Gertrude Stein and praise for Simone De Beauvoir. Recording starts in the middle, is choppy and ends abruptly.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 5/10/1990Call Number: JH 301BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Marina Peña de ADEMUSA de El Salvador
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 5/10/1990Call Number: JH 302AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
ultimo parte de Marina Peña de ADEMUSA
Ireland’s Struggle Liberates Women Ireland’s Struggle Liberates Women
Documentary about Ireland's long history of struggle for liberation and the role which women have played in the movement and in Irish culture. Provides a history of Ireland's conquest and offers a noble image of its women, as warriors and as ancient leaders with rights equal to those of men. Discusses the manifold abuses at the hands of the English, Gaelic legend, the potato famine, the renewed struggle for a United Ireland in 1798 and the current status of the struggle. The film consists of a number of still images and short video footage narrated from historical texts. Made on low budget by amateur filmmakers.
Interview with Joyce Kangai of the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) Women’s League Interview with Joyce Kangai of the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) Women’s League
Date: 2/10/1980Call Number: AFR 007AFormat: Cass ACollection: Zimbabwe
A representative from the New York Material Aid Campaign for ZANU interviews Joyce Kangai, Publicity Secretary of the ZANU Women’s League. Kangai talks about how the Zimbabwean elections are being discredited and attacked by outside, imperialist forces such as Britain, Ian Smith of Rhodesia, Rhodesian armed forces, and South Africa. She states that these armed forces are all harrassing ZANU, attempting to forcibly keep the organization from the polls, and trying to eliminate democratic elections by claiming ZANU violated the ceasefire and by attacking ZANU leaders and supporters & their families, and homes. She also speaks about the increased participation of ZANU women in the struggle against the oppressors, the conditions of life for women under the whites and the goals and needs of the women of ZANU.
ZANU Women’s League Rally and speech by Mrs. Robert Mugabe on ZANU - PF (Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front) ZANU Women’s League Rally and speech by Mrs. Robert Mugabe on ZANU - PF (Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front)
Call Number: AFR 008AFormat: Cass ACollection: Zimbabwe
Mrs. Robert Mugabe gives a speech on the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) Women’s League. Speech in a Zimbabwean language (possibly Shona or Ndebele languages).