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Description | Keywords | Genre | PRA Archive # | StoreItem |
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| Blacks and the jury system / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson |
A panel discussion on the problems of being Black or Mexican-American under current jury procedures, with Fay Stender, Berkeley attorney, Carl Metoyer, president of the Alameda County Bar Association, Robert Boags, president of the Charles Houston Law Club, and Dr. Philip Good, a statistical consultant who has done research on Black registration. Topics discussed include whether voter registration affects jury demographics; the different methods of jury selection in different counties, from random to biased testing; whether discrimination is based on race and/or class; grand jury selections; the lack of the legal system to respond to the needs of the people being brought into it, vis-a-vis the consequences of a system wherein the police officers, judges, juries, and parole officers are all White when the defendant is Black. Elsa Knight Thompson moderates. Originally broadcast during KPFA's open hour, February 11, 1970. |
Race discrimination -- Law and legislation, Judicial system -- United States., Jury selection -- United States, Boags, Robert L., Good, Phillip I., Metoyer, Carl, Stender, Fay, African American lawyers, Women lawyers, African Americans--Civil rights--History, Mexican Americans -- Civil rights, KPFA open hour, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BB2379 | |
| Blacks and the Washington D.C. ballet / Claire Haywood; interviewed by Naomi Eftis and Elaine Heffernan. |
Hosts Naomi Eftis and Elaine Heffernan interview Claire Haywood (d. 1978), artistic director of the Capitol Ballet Company, and co-founder, with Doris Jones, of the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet. The Jones-Haywood school, was founded in 1941 to give minority children an opportunity to study classical ballet at a time when opportunities were limited for African-American students. She discusses the founding of their school, her NEA-funded teacher-training course, her ballet company, and finding a career in ballet. |
Ballet., Blacks in the performing arts., African American women dancers, Haywood, Claire, -1978, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Dance, American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | WZ0117 | |
| Blanche Cooke on Crystal Eastman |
Blanche Cooke talks about the life and work of Crystal Eastman (1881-1928), a radical, feminist, and socialist, and an attorney who graduated from the NYU law school in 1907. She was the first women New York State commissioner advocating for workers compensation, and she founded the Women's International Peace Movement, now called the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Program produced by Donna Allegra with technical assistance by Adrienne Gantt. |
American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Eastman, Crystal, 1881-1928, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Occupational health and safety., Workers' compensation | American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Work and unions | IZ0449.03 | |
| Blood ties / by Anica Mander ; produced by Michael Butler |
Anica Vesel Mander (b. 1935 - d. 2002), feminist author and professor (2014 note: founded Women's studies department at New College of San Francisco), reads from her autobiography "Blood Ties, A Woman's History" (Moon Books and Random House, 1976) about the search for her own roots. The reading is about the family's forced migration from their home in Yugoslavia to Italy and then to the United States. Reading includes 1) page 63, 1st paragraph; 2) page 76, 2nd paragraph to end of p. 81; 3) page 143, 1st paragraph to p. 147, end of 3rd paragraph & 2nd paragraph on p. 149; 4) page 167 "One day as I lay..." to end of p. 171. Contains introduction by Sarah Young. "And here is Sarah Young to introduce today's reading." Produced by Michael Butler. |
Mander, Anica., Women authors, Autobiography., Blood Ties, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, KPFA Drama & Literature department | American Women -- International women, American Women -- Autobiographies and Biographies | AZ0338 | Blood ties / by Anica Mander ; produced by Michael Butler |
| Bob Dylan, Erich Fromm and beyond / by Donna Mickleson |
Donna Mickelson, a graduate student in English & Creative Writing at San Francisco State College, delivers a talk entitled "Bob Dylan, Erich Fromm and Beyond: A Look at the New Politics." One of a series of talks by SF State College students exploring student concerns about American culture, politics and education. Originally broadcast in 1966 by KPFA, this talk was published in book form by Harper & Row under the title To Make a Difference, ed. Otto Butz of the Department of Social Science at SF State College. |
Peace., College students -- Political activity., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Students -- San Francisco (Calif.). | American Women -- Activists, American Women -- Politicians and politics | BB0522.04 | |
| Boxing / produced by Bonnie Bellow and Neal Conan |
A two part program on boxing. The first part is Bonnie Bellow's interview with woman boxer Jackie Tonawanda from 1974 (same interview as BC2148) and Neal Conan's interviews with male boxers recorded in 1972 at two gyms: The Grammercy (on 14th Street) and Gill Clancy's Telstar (on West 28th). Some of the male boxers interviewed include Amile Griffith, Chuchu Molave, Pat Robinson, Fred Cobb, and Miguel Ortiz. Technical production was by Charles Pitts. |
Tonawanda, Jackie, 1933-2009, Women athletes, Sports -- United States., Boxing., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Athletes | BC2182 | |
| Boys are boys and girls are girls / produced by Sebern Fisher |
From the folio: Is it really true that sex roles beginn at a very early age? To find out, Sebern Fisher assembled a group of people aged 5 to 9 to talk the subject over. Adult moderators Ken Washton and Deborah Deutschman posed some questions about boys and girls, and the young people took over from here. |
Child development., Sex role, Gender roles, Fisher, Sebern., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Parenting and children, American Women -- Anthropology and societal role | BC0335 | |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie interviewed by Pat Denslow |
Guest is singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie (b. 1941). This recording includes interview and excerpts from her new album "Changing woman." Hosted by Pat Denslow and produced by Marcianne Miller. The "Focus on feminism" series has the following description in the KPFK Folios: A personal look at how the feminist movement affects the daily lives of women and men. What’s happening and who’s who in the Los Angeles feminist movement. Guests, comment, music, and selected readings. Produced and moderated by Marcianne Miller. |
Sainte-Marie, Buffy., Women -- Songs and music., Singers., Feminism, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Music and musicians | BC2378 | |
| Burn out! / produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Catherine Stifter |
Investigation of the burnout syndrome caused by overwork, over-involvement, and over-participation. Much of the discussion in this program focuses on burnout as it affects women, minorities and those involved in activist struggles. Participants include Dr. Beverly Potter, author of "Beating job burnout"; Judith Meyer, professor at Pacific Oaks College who facilitates workshops on burnout; Pamela Gruber, Pacific Oaks College; Dr. Steve Tarzinski, member of the New American Movement who conducts workshops on burnout for Left and activist communities; Dr. Arlene Raven, feminist art historian and co-founder of the Los Angeles Woman's Building; Charlotte Bunch, feminist theoretician; and numerous other participants. Produced by Helene Rosenbluth and Catherine Stifter. |
Rosenbluth, Helene, Burnout syndrome., Job Satisfaction., Stress., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Health, American Women -- Work and unions | KZ1035 | |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee / by Dee Alexander Brown ; read by Mifaunwy Shunatona (Part 7 of 32) |
Mifaunwy Shunatona reads pages 79-90 from Dee Brown's historical novel "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" published by Holt/Rhinehart/Winston. Program produced by Suzan Shown (Harjo). |
Brown, Dee Alexander., Wounded Knee (S.D.)., Indians of North America -- History., Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee / by Dee Alexander Brown ; produced by Susan Shown., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 | American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination | BB5338G |