Complete testimony of KPFA host and Sovietologist William Mandel before the House Un-American Activities Committee, San Francisco City Hall, May 13, 1960. William Marx “Bill” Mandel was a long-time KPFA broadcaster, political activist and author, best known as a Soviet expert. His books, including “Soviet Women,” and the latest, his autobiography, “Saying No to Power … Continued
Pauline Kael (1919 – 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her “witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused” reviews. Kael broadcast many of her early reviews on KPFA. She married Edward Landberg, the owner of the Berkeley Cinema-Guild and Studio. Though their marriage soon ended in … Continued
Elsa Knight Thompson and John Leonard, Director of literature and drama, talk with the James Baldwin. Baldwin discusses what comes after Birmingham in the civil rights movement, and why the critics attacked his novel “Another country.” May 7th, 1963.
Phil Elwood interviews Louis Armstrong after a 1963 concert at the Fairmont in San Francisco, CA.
Colin Edwards interviews Fannie Lou Hamer, candidate for Congress and member of the Executive Committee of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, during Hamer’s visit to Berkeley in 1965. Hamer discusses how she got involved in Freedom Democratic Party politics, the planks of the Freedom Democratic Party, and the continuing fight for voting rights and human … Continued
Kwame Ture, born Stokely Carmichael, speech given when he was the chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, on October 29, 1966, at the University of California, Berkeley, during the Black Power Conference sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society.
Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses the student body at Stanford University with his speech “The Civil Rights Movement and its Direction, Leadership, and Goals for the Future.” KPFA recorded in Stanford, 14 Apr. 1967. Date Broadcast on: KPFA, 18 June 1967.
Recorded actuality of the activities of Ken Kesey, the Merry Pranksters, and Grateful Dead on an acid trip in San Francisco in 1967.|THE ACID TEST / produced by Laurie Garrett. In 1967 members of the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead joined with Ken Kesey for a super acid trip in San Francisco. A microphone … Continued
Elsa Knight Thompson interviews Huey Newton from jail in Oakland, California. They talk about Newton’s imprisonment. May 21st, 1968
Dolores C. Huerta, Vice President of the United Farm Workers and Director of Contract Negotiations, discusses the negotiations centering on the 1965 Delano grape strike with KPFA’s Elsa Knight Thompson. They discuss the UFW’s negotiations with the produce industry, as well as the state of the grape boycott. Date Broadcast on: Nov.3, 1969
