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You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
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Women’s Liberation Movement Discuses Gay Persecution in Cuba Women’s Liberation Movement Discuses Gay Persecution in Cuba
Date: 6/25/1977Call Number: KP 521Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Women’s Liberation Movement members gather on June 25, 1977 for a discussion panel in America after a somewhat recent trip to Cuba to discuss the current situation on gay rights in Cuba. The conversation begins with the question of whether or not Cuba’s anti- gay feelings come from underdevelopment or sexism. Panel members share their experiences and encounters in Cuba with those who were openly gay, closeted gay, and anti- gay. Their findings show that people who are anti- gay could not provide any reasonable political arguments supporting their stance and most of their feelings stem from beliefs held prior to the revolution. There is disagreement in the group whether or not gay Americans should go in and inspire gay Cubans to stand up for themselves or if Cubans need to be the ones to provide their own liberation.
The Story of Dessie Woods The Story of Dessie Woods
Publisher: National Committee to Defend Dessie WoodsYear: 1977Format: MonographCollection: Dessie Woods
"A Close-Up Look at Justice in the 'New South'"
MWENJE: ZANU Political Programme MWENJE: ZANU Political Programme
Author: Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)Publisher: reprinted by Seattle Worker PublicationsYear: 1977Volume Number: No. 2 MarchFormat: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
ZANU Political Programme
Zimbabwe: The Facts About Rhodesia Zimbabwe: The Facts About Rhodesia
Publisher: International Defence & Aid FundYear: 1977Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
A clear and concise collection of the facts and figures of white minority rule.
Free the Land Free the Land
Year: 1977Format: PamphletCollection: BLA
Rally for Freedom---RNA 11 and Black Nation Convention for Self Determination
National Democratic Programme of the Eritean People\'s Liberation Front National Democratic Programme of the Eritean People\'s Liberation Front
Publisher: Eritrean People\'s Liberation FrontDate: 1/31/1977Volume Number: 31-JanFormat: MonographCollection: Eritrea
Nubiana Vol. 1 Nubiana Vol. 1
Author: BJ AshantiPublisher: Shamal BooksYear: 1977Format: BookCollection: Black Power/Black Nation
Rebeldia Rebeldia
Publisher: Movimiento de Liberacion NacionalYear: 1977Volume Number: Octobure/NoviembreFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional
Bilingual Spanish and English. Symbols of resistance; Unity and the UN; FBI Repression; Chicanos y Boricuas; Solidarity and Understanding
Puerto Rican Journal of Human Rights/ Revista Puertorriquena sobre los Derechos Humanos Puerto Rican Journal of Human Rights/ Revista Puertorriquena sobre los Derechos Humanos
Publisher: Puerto Rico Legal ProjectYear: 1977Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
A Bilingual Review of the Struggle for Human Rights in Puerto Rico
Greg! Information Packet on US Department of Justice Seminar on response to terrorism in Puerto Rico Greg! Information Packet on US Department of Justice Seminar on response to terrorism in Puerto Rico
Publisher: US Department of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto RicoYear: 1977Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)