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Black Liberation Army - Fact or Fantasy Black Liberation Army - Fact or Fantasy
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: PM 165Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Ron Magee, Rest of the News, Claude Marks, Bruce Soloway, Mark SchwartzProgram: Rest of the NewsCollection: BLA
Interviews and discussion concerning the Black Liberation Army and it’s alleged members. The question is raised as to the actual existence of the group which some claim to be a fabrication of the media and police to justify increased repression of Black revolutionaries. Various criminal trials of black activists are looked at to reveal how the local Police, FBI, News Media, and U.S. Justice System have worked together to pursue a repressive course to combat what they see as a threat to the very structure of American Society. Interviews detail use of police violence and torture to intimidate and demoralize the black radical movement. The cases of the “New York Five”, Joanne Chesimard (Assata Shakur), and Fred Hilton are described, along with the killing of Fred Hampton and the imprisonment of Muhammad Arif and Victor Cumerbash. Black Liberation Army prisoners (Herman Bell and Gabriel Torres) are interviewed extensively. Family members speak to the violence and repression of the police at a press conference. The murder by police of Twyman Myers is extensively addressed.
The Essential Paul Robeson: Paul Robeson The Essential Paul Robeson: Paul Robeson
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 085Format: VinylProducers: Vanguard Recording Society Inc.Collection: Colin Edwards Collection
An actor, singer, professional football player, humanitarian, and civil rights activist, Paul Robeson was an extremely influential figure of the 20th century. This album is a collection of Robeson's recordings over his career. It ranges from his renditions of European classics to Negro Spirituals.
The Middle East Between War and Peace: A Staff Report prepared for the use of the Subcommittee of Near Eastern Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate The Middle East Between War and Peace: A Staff Report prepared for the use of the Subcommittee of Near Eastern Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing OfficeDate: 5/5/1974Volume Number: 5-MayFormat: Government DocumentCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
The Middle East Between War and Peace Novemeber-december 1973
U.S. Politics and Arab Oil: Some Nettles to Grasp U.S. Politics and Arab Oil: Some Nettles to Grasp
Author: Elmer BergerPublisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingYear: 1974Volume Number: Public Affairs Series No. 2 AprilFormat: MonographCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
An analysis of the political basis of the Arab Oil Embargo
The Role of International Law in Achieving Justice and Peace in Palestine-Israel The Role of International Law in Achieving Justice and Peace in Palestine-Israel
Authors: W.T. Mallison, Jr and S.V. MallisonPublisher: Americans for Middle East UnderstandingYear: 1974Format: MonographCollection: Americans for Middle East Understanding
Presented at the Conference on Human Rights in Palestine of the World Conference of Christians for Palestine, Geneva, switzerland, January 11-14, 1974.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 10/13/1974Call Number: NI 042Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, others narratingProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Special program on Chile, focusing on the death of MIR (Movement of the Revolutionary Left) leader Miguel Enriquez, with historical background, worldwide solidarity demonstrations for Chile.