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Women Prisoners Dublin (1 of 2) Women Prisoners Dublin (1 of 2)
Date: 12/26/1995Call Number: PM 133Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFAProgram: Freedom is a Constant Struggle (Freedom Is A Constant Struggle)Collection: Prisons - Women
Interview with Marilyn Buck, Dylcia Pagan, Ida Robinson, and Linda Evans, by Kiilu Nyasha, at the National Federal Prison of Dublin, California. Discussion about life in prison, being a political prisoner, being a mother in prison, current prison conditions, racism, white supremacy, anti-imperialism, and U. S. foreign and economic policy. Worker’s rights are discussed and how they affect prisoners who work for multi international corporations. Puerto Rico and its struggle to gain independence is discussed by Dylcia Pagan at length. The loss of the extended family for support of prisoners and their children is also spoken about at length.
Women Prisoners Dublin (2 of 2) Women Prisoners Dublin (2 of 2)
Date: 12/26/1995Call Number: PM 134Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFAProgram: Freedom is a Constant Struggle (Freedom Is A Constant Struggle)Collection: Prisons - Women
Interview with Marilyn Buck, Dylcia Pagan, Ida Robinson, and Linda Evans, by Kiilu Nyasha, at the National Federal Prison of Dublin, California. Discussion about life in prison, being a political prisoner, being a mother in prison, current prison conditions, racism, white supremacy, anti-imperialism, and U. S. foreign and economic policy. Worker’s rights are discussed and how they affect prisoners who work for multi international corporations. Puerto Rico and its struggle to gain independence is discussed by Dylcia Pagan at length. The loss of the extended family for support of prisoners and their children is also spoken about at length.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 7/29/1995Call Number: JH 465BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Acerina, Nonas de Benin West Africa, Calixto Ochoa Cumbias de Columbia
Why was Malcolm X killed? (Part 3 of 3) Why was Malcolm X killed? (Part 3 of 3)
Date: 2/19/1995Call Number: KP 122Format: CassetteProducers: KPFACollection: Malcolm X
A few days before the 30th anniversary of Malcolm X’s murder the Nation of Islam organized a question and answer program so that members of the community could ask intellectuals and leaders from the Nation of Islam about Malcolm X and what the future of Blacks in America will be. This is the third tape in a series of three. It cuts in towards the end of the discussion. The questions asked deal with the relationship between Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, as well as the controversy surrounding his shooting. Another question also addresses who are the new leaders of the Black people and can there be a powerful, centralized movement and what direction is it coming from?
WEB Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices WEB Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: V 157Format: VHSProducers: Louis MassiahCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Writer/Narrators: Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka The long and remarkable life of Dr. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B) Du Bois (1868-1963) offers unique insights into an eventful century in African American history. Born three years after the end of the Civil War, Du Bois witnessed the imposition of Jim Crow, its defeat by the Civil Rights Movement and the triumph of African independence struggles. Du Bois was the consummate scholar-activist whose path-breaking works remain among the most significant and articulate ever produced on the subject of race. His contributions and legacy have been so far-reaching, that this, his first film biography, required the collaboration of four prominent African American writers. Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka narrate successive periods of Du Bois' life and discuss its impact on their work. Part One: Black Folk and the New Century (1895-1915) Du Bois' first sociological work, The Philadelphia Negro, and, even more, The Souls of Black Folk, examined the cultural and political psychology of the American African Diaspora. During the same period, racism was institutionalized under the Jim Crow system. Du Bois emerged as the most outspoken critic of Booker T. Washington's advocacy of accommodation to segregation. He co-founded the Niagara Movement and then the NAACP to agitate for full equality between blacks and whites. Part Two: The Crisis and the New Negro (1919-1929) Du Bois created the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis, which became a vital organ in the burgeoning African American cultural movement, the Harlem Renaissance. Du Bois also was a founder of the Pan African movement, organizing the first international congresses of leaders from Africa and the Diaspora. Part Three: A Second Reconstruction? (1934-1948) Dismissed from the editorship of The Crisis for his radical views, Du Bois was forced to resume his academic career at age 68. It was now the Depression and he became more open to leftist ideology as reflected in his magnum opus, Black Reconstruction. Part Four: Color, Democracy, Colonies and Peace (1949-1963) Du Bois' continuing anti-racist activism and growing leftist sympathies made him a target during the McCarthy years. He was indicted and for a time his passport was revoked. In 1961, Kwame Nkrumah, the president of the newly independent African state of Ghana, invited him to participate in that country's development; Du Bois accepted, living there for the remainder of his life.
Chain Gangs in Alabama Chain Gangs in Alabama
Date: 6/1/1995Call Number: PM 332Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On The OutsideCollection: Prison Labor
Michael Corsentino on the reinstitution of chain gangs in Alabama and excerpts from an article by Reese Erlich on prison labor.
Monthly Report- January 1995 Monthly Report- January 1995
Publisher: Human Rights Commission of South AfricaDate: 1/1995Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
The HRC Monthly Report is compiled with information gathered from a wide variety of sources including newspapers, monitoring and peace structures, community organizations, trade unions and government departments.
Monthly Report- February 1995 Monthly Report- February 1995
Publisher: Human Rights Commission of South AfricaDate: 2/1995Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
The HRC Monthly Report is compiled with information gathered from a wide variety of sources including newspapers, monitoring and peace structures, community organizations, trade unions and government departments.