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
Bette Davis (1908 – 1989) appears before a live audience at the 1969 San Francisco International Film Festival in a question-and-answer session moderated by Festival director Albert Johnson, as part of a tribute to Davis on November 1, 1969 held at the Masonic Auditorium. Davis delivers her famous “What a dump!” line at the beginning … Continued
African American folk, blues, jazz and spirituals singer Odetta (1930-2008) discusses her life in America, and her experiences in the music industry. An easy going interview with Celestine Ware held just before the closing of New York’s Fillmore East. She talks about Black musicians in America, her childhood, being a woman in the performing world, … Continued
George Carlin performing 7 dirty words routine in 1973 which when broadcast on Pacifica caused the lawsuit F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation. One radio listener filed a complaint with the FCC some weeks after the original broadcast in 1973 on WBAI. After a volley of threats from the FCC, Pacifica Foundation dug in its heels and … Continued
Communique’ from Symbionese Liberation Army, Patty Hearst reports from February 8, 1974.
