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American Women -- Women of Color and discrimination

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PRA Archive # Titlesort ascending Description Keywords Broadcast Date
AZ0607 You can't keep a good woman down / Alice Walker ; interviewed by Karla Tonella.

Alice Walker (1944 - ) is primarily known as a novelist and short story writer, and is a major...

Walker, Alice, 1944-, African American women authors, Women authors, You can't keep a good woman down / Alice Walker ; interviewed by Karla Tonella., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Sept. 5, 1981.
IZ0506 Yom HaShoah service commemorating the Holocaust

Women's resistance in the Holocaust, a special program to mark Holocaust Remembrance day....

HOLOCAUST, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)., Jewish women--United States, Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 20 Apr. 1983.
IZ0670.02 Women's Poetry Reading to benefit Ikon Magazine

The second half of the excerpted version of the benefit reading held for Ikon Magazine on...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jones, Hettie, Griffith, Lois, Klepfisz, Irena, 1941-, Lorde, Audre, Sherman, Susan, 1939-, Women poets, Poetry -- Women authors., African American women poets WBAI, December 11, 1982
BC0981.01 Women's liberation and Black civil rights / Catharine R. Stimpson (Episode 1)

Catharine R. Stimpson speaks on 'Women's liberation and Black Civil Rights."...

Women's movement, Blacks -- Civil rights., Women's liberation and Black civil rights / Catharine R. Stimpson., Stimpson, Catharine R., 1936-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 19 Sept. 1972.
BB2250.03 Women speak out against fascism (Episode 3 of 12)

A panel at the conference called by the Black Panther Party the weekend of July 18-20 in Oakland...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Fascism., African American Women, Black Panther Party, Working class women, African Americans--Civil rights--History, KPFA open hour, United front against fascism conference, Women speak out against fascism (1969) KPFA, 11 Aug. 1969
AZ0404 Women organizing for decent housing / produced by Peggy Bray and Ann Arbogast

This program focuses on how single mothers and Third World women are being threatened by...

Minority women -- United States., Minorities -- Housing -- Berkeley (Calif.)., Discrimination in housing -- Berkeley (Calif.)., Sex discrimination against women -- Berkeley (Calif.), Women -- Housing -- Berkeley (Calif.)., KPFA Women's Department, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, December 19, 1979
KZ1210 Women of color : voices of resistance / produced by Miya Iwataki.

This mixture of music and poetry was produced for International Women's Day, 1982 by the...

Iwataki, Miya, De Priest, Dolce., Abe, Lisa., Vasquez, Babette., Heth, Charlotte., Minority women., Women poets, Women musicians., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Mar. 8, 1982.
BB4760 Women in the revolution

Gloria Roberts, a Black woman and mother of two children; Winki Takahashi, teacher and native...

Cano, Suad, Roberts, Gloria, Takahashi, Winki, Women -- Social condition -- Analysis., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio panel discussions KPFK, 14 Apr. 1969.
BB3835.02 Women in the colonies. (Episode 2 of 3)

"Pa'lante" is a radio series by the Young Lords organization, an organization of...

Puerto Rican-Americans -- New York (City)., Women in the colonies., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, WBAI Radio (New York, N.Y.), Young Lords (Organization), Puerto Rican women WBAI, Mar. 1970.
BC0622 Women in politics : why not? / Shirley Chisholm.

New York Congresswoman, feminist and Presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm (1924 - 2005)...

Elections -- United States -- 1972., Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Women politicians KPFA, ca. 1972; 14 Feb. 1983.
BC0655 Women in chains

Debra Smith, Tousha Wiley, Dolores Scott and Johnny Morris from the Harriet Tubman Prison...

Prisoners -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, PRISONS & PRISONERS, Prisons -- California., Prison reform. KPFK, February 21, 1972
IZ1349.09 Women and the world in the 1980s: November 20, 1982-Audre Lorde

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews poet, essayist and civil rights activist Audre Lorde (1934-1992)...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre, African American women poets, African American women authors WBAI, November 20, 1982
IZ1349.03 Women and the world in the 1980s: February 26, 1982

Blanche Wiesen Cook hosts. Interview with Ruth Meyers, one of the founders of Women Strike for...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Mass media -- Social aspects., Minorities in the mass media -- Analysis., VIOLENCE, Violence -- Social aspects., Nonviolence., WELFARE, Welfare recipients -- New York (City)., Meyers, Ruth S., Engel, Kathy, Children, Racism -- Psychologial aspects., RACISM WBAI, February 26, 1982
IZ1349.13 Women and the world in the 1980s: Barbara Smith and Michele Cliff (ca. 1984)

Interview with Barbara Smith, writer, co-founder of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press and...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American women authors, Cliff, Michelle, Smith, Barbara, 1946-, Blacks -- Personal narratives. WBAI, ca. 1984 (date unknown)
IZ1349.14 Women and the world in the 1980s - August 8, 1983: Interview with Kitty Tsui

Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews Chinese-American lesbian poet Kitty Tsui (b. 1952), who was born...

Tsui, Kitty, Women poets, Asian American women, Lesbian poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 8 Aug. 1983.
KZ1211 Women and the New Right / produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

On Saturday, March 7, 1981, Los Angeles City College sponsored a day of panels celebrating...

Silverman, Erica., Kahn, Cecily, 1959-, New Right., International Women's Day, Women and the New Right / produced by Helene Rosenbluth., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, March 25, 1981.
BC1000 With these your eyes you shall recover : the Navajo blanket

Curators Anthony Berlant and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg discuss their exhibition of Navajo blankets at...

Indians of North America -- Art., Arts and society., Navajo Indians -- Art., Native Americans., Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt, Navajo Indians., Navajo blankets., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, September 13, 1972
IZ1399 Wild women don't get the blues (Part 2 only)

Aircheck of program produced by Donna Allegra of music by Black women, acapella, jazz, blues,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jazz music., Black women -- Songs and music., African American women jazz singers, African American women musicians WBAI, Feb. 29, 1980
KZ4398 Where do we go from here?

This recording is introduced as an episode of "Where do we go from here?" hosted by Helene...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lesbians, Feminism, Lesbians -- Japan -- Social conditions, African American lesbians, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS KPFK, ca. June 27, 1978?
BB3863.90 Whatever became of Hazel Scott / interviewed by Richard Lamparski.

Richard Lamparski elicits stories from African American jazz and classical pianist and singer...

Scott, Hazel, Lamparski, Richard., Biography, Entertainers., African American women jazz singers, African American women musicians, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, September 21, 1971.
BC2793.01 Well, the words have changed anyway (Part 1 of 4)

In this first program in the series "You must go home again: 1970," Marcia Tompkins...

Tompkins, Marcia., City and town life -- Alabama., Tuscaloosa (Ala.), Racism -- Alabama., Women journalists., Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, November 9, 1970 and KPFA, January 7, 1971
AZ1084 Wanda Coleman interviewed by Opal Palmer Adisa

Poet Opal Palmer Adisa interviews writer/poet Wanda Coleman, author of Mad Dog, Black Lady,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Coleman, Wanda., Adisa, Opal Palmer, 1954-, African American women poets, California--Poetry KPFA, ca. 1993.
BC2017 Urban education: October 6, 1973

Taped one week after graduation, a group of sixth graders from P.S. 42 in the Lower East Side...

Children -- Personal narratives., Public schools., Education -- New York City., Puerto Rican-Americans -- New York (City)., Puerto Rican-Americans -- Social conditions., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, October 6, 1973
BB3142 Tribute to Ella Baker

The Southern Conference Education Fund's annual dinner held in April at the Roosevelt Hotel...

African Americans--Civil rights--History, Baker, Ella, 1903-1986, Southern Conference Educational Fund, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 20 July 1968.
WZ0124 To create love with dry eyes: an interview with June Jordan by Deborah Morris.

Poet, essayist, and novelist June Jordan is interviewed by author Deborah Morris. The two...

Jordan, June, 1936-2002, Women poets, Authors, Black., African American women authors, African American lesbians, African American women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WPFW, Aug. 9, 1977.
AZ0181 To Briggs or not to Briggs / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi.

Panel discussion on the 1978 Briggs initiative to remove openly gay teachers and workers from...

Avotcja., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Chrisman, Robert., WILLIAMS, CECIL, 1929-, Briggs initiative., Gays -- Legal status, laws, etc., Gays -- employment -- California., Elections -- California -- 1978., Discrimination in employment -- California -- Law and legislation., Legislation -- California., To Briggs or not to Briggs / produced by Avotcja Jiltonilro y Fasanmi., Yeshitela, Omali, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Sept. 10, 1978.
KZ1240 To be young, lesbian and Black in the '50s / Audre Lorde ; produced by Helene Rosenbluth.

The writer Audre Lorde (1934 - 1992) describes her experiences growing up as a Black lesbian in...

Rosenbluth, Helene, African American women authors, Women, Black -- Personal narratives., Lesbians -- Personal narratives, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Lorde, Audre KPFK, 28 Nov. 1982.
IZ1349.01 This bridge called my back: October 2, 1981

Aircheck of first in a series of programs on the history of women of color titled "This...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Omolade, Barbara, Native Americans., Indian women -- North America WBAI, October 2, 1981
BB3864.05 The young people (Episode 5 of 5)

The fifth in a series of five programs produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown...

Tompkins, Marcia., Racism., Racism -- Alabama., Women journalists., Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins., Young adults., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, March 1965 and August 30, 1970 and KPFA Jan. 1, 1970.
IZ1075 The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 4, 1980

Production reel for June 4, 1980 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Includes recording of...

Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000, Rosen, Freda, Boycotts, Women's organizations., Abortion -- Law and legislation., Antinuclear movement -- United States, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 4 Jun. 1980
IZ1082 The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 30, 1982

Production reel for the June 30, 1982 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer, produced by Donna...

GAYS AND LESBIANS, Lesbians, Lesbianism -- History, Asian Americans., African American lesbians, Grahn, Judy, 1940-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Asian American lesbians, Combahee River Collective, National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference WBAI, 30 Jun. 1982
IZ1076 The Velvet Sledgehammer: July 30, 1980 (Part 1 only)

This is the production reel for the July 30, 1980 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. This...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Millett, Kate., Women -- Iran -- Social conditions., Women's organizations., Women's health services, Women politicians, Women for Racial and Economic Equality (Organization) WBAI, 30 Jul. 1980
IZ1510 The Velvet Sledgehammer: July 2, 1980: WREE Seminar on Racism

Production reel for the July 2, 1980 episode of the Velvet Sledgehammer. Contains excerpts from...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, RACISM, Racism -- Economic aspects., Women for Racial and Economic Equality (Organization), Sex discrimination against women, Race discrimination -- Economic aspects. WBAI, July 2, 1980
IZ1427 The Varied Voices of Black Women: an Olivia Records concert

This is a recording of the final concert from the Olivia Records tour "The Varied Voices of...

African American women musicians, Olivia Records, Inc., Women's music, African American women poets, Avery, Gwen, 1915-2001, Tillery, Linda., Watkins, Mary, Parker, Pat, 1944-1989, The Varied Voices of Black Women concert, African American lesbians, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, December 10, 1978
BC0052 The trial of New York Panther 21 / interviews by Margot Adler and Jackie Friedrich (Part 1 only)

Margo Adler and Jackie Friedrich talk with four members of the jury on May 15, 1971, following...

Panther 21 Trial, New York, N.Y., 1970-1971, Black Panther Party, BLACK PANTHERS, TRIALS, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 15 May, 23 Jun., 11 Aug. 1971
BC0646 The sister's been doing her homework / Betty Shabazz

Mrs. Betty Shabazz (May 28, 1934 – June 23, 1997), educator, activist, and wife of Malcolm X,...

African Americans--Civil rights--History, X, Malcolm, 1925-1965, Blacks -- Civil rights -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Black Muslims., African American women civil rights workers, Shabazz, Betty. KPFA, 20 May 1971.
BB3193 The role of the Black woman in America / moderated by Ed Cumberpatch ; produced by Kay Lindsay.

Four Black women--Peachie Brooks, housewife and mother of five living in Brownsville, NY;...

Blacks -- Social conditions., Women -- Social conditions., African American Women, Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000, Smart-Grosvenor, Vertamae, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Norton, Eleanor Holmes. WBAI, 1968.
KZ0775 The Powerful Jew : myth or reality? / Lynn Kerman and Erica Silverman

Ellen Willis wrote an article called "The myth of the powerful Jew," which was...

Willis, Ellen, Jews -- Identity., Blacks -- Relations with Jews., Silverman, Erica, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Leiman, Lynn KPFK, Sept., 1979.
IZ0354 The poet's craft / June Jordan ; interviewed by Elly Bulkin.

Interview with poet and author June Jordan (1936 - 2002) conducted by Elly Bulkin. They discuss...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Jordan, June, 1936-2002, African American women poets WBAI, 5 Aug. 1974.
BC1213 The People vs. Alma Andrews / produced by Sheila McAleenan.

This program examines the case of Alma Andrews, a Black woman and a nurse, charged with first-...

Judicial system -- United States., Rape., Trials (Murder)., Andrews, Alma., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 18 Sept. 1972.
BC2069.02 The original people / Sagga Cook and Joan Hayes Garabedian (Episode 2 of 15)

Sagga Cook (Mohawk Nation) and Joan Hayes Garabedian (Wampanoag-Cherokee) discuss their views of...

Garabedian, Joan Hayes., United States -- History., Indians of North America -- History., Cook, Sagga, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 1975? and KPFA, 8 May 1975
BB3864.04 The older white community (Episode 4 of 5)

The fourth in a series of five programs produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown...

Tompkins, Marcia., Racism., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins., Racism -- Alabama., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, March 1965 and August 23, 1970 and KPFA Dec. 31, 1970.
IZ1405 The November 10, 1977 CCNY conference: Black and Latin women in art and politics

Excerpts from the November 10, 1977 conference of Black and Latin women in arts and politics,...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American Women, African American women artists, Black women -- Intellectual life., Black women -- Political activity., African American women politicans, Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, NELSON, JILL, Jordan, June, 1936-2002 WBAI, December 1, 1977
BB5284 The Negro woman in American literature (Episode 2 of 12)

This program from the "Negro Writer's Vision of America" conference held April 23...

African Americans--Civil rights--History, African American women authors, African American women in literature, Childress, Alice., Lincoln, Abbey, Marshall, Paule, 1929-, Wright, Sarah E., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 13 June 1965; KPFK, 23 Sept. 1965.
AZ0560 The murders of the children in Atlanta / produced by Damali Cruz and Khensu-Ra

The program is divided into 3 sections. It begins with a chronology of the events around the...

Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions., Murder -- Atlanta (Ga.)., Crime and criminals -- Atlanta (Ga.)., Gregory, Dick., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Brown, Irvin., Shange, Ntozake., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, April 29, 1981
KZ0108 The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer.

A short documentary on the life of Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 - 1977), leader of the Mississippi...

Hamer, Fannie Lou, Women -- Political activity., Women -- Biography., Civil rights., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Apr. 5, 1977.
IZ1061.02 The Lesbian Show: July 15, 1980 - Third World Lesbian Writers Conference (2nd annual)

The Lesbian Show, produced by Donna Allegra, features readings from the 2nd Annual Third World...

Lorde, Audre, Lesbian authors, Black women -- Social conditions., African American women authors, African American lesbians, Gibbs, Joan., Violence -- Personal narratives., African American women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cornwell, Anita, 1923- WBAI, July 15, 1980
IZ1060 The Lesbian Show - October 23, 1978: Varied Voices of Black Women

This episode of The Lesbian Show features a conversation among three of the four women from "...

African American women musicians, African American women poets, Lesbianism, African American lesbians, Tillery, Linda., Parker, Pat, 1944-1989, Watkins, Mary, Women's music, Olivia Records, Inc., The Varied Voices of Black Women concert, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 23 Oct. 1978
BB3864.02 The Klan (Episode 2 of 5)

The second in a series of five parts produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown of...

Tompkins, Marcia., Racism., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Women journalists., Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI March 21 and 22, 1965 and August 2 and 9, 1970 and KPFA Dec.1970.
BB3736 The Harlem Six: a drama and statements from the trial

A program about the Harlem Six, "and the torture and persecution of them and their mothers...

Harlem six., POLICE BRUTALITY, Police brutality--United States, Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- New York (City)., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 13 May 1971.
IZ1443 The extinction of Black women

An informal discussion by three Black women from the New York Black Feminist Counseling...

WBAI Women's Department, African American Women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, April 22, 1974
KZ1056 The effects of racism on the economic rights of women

This is the first tape of a symposium sponsored by Women's International League for Peace...

Boehm, Marjorie, Gaitan, Maria., Tackett, Marnesba., Rosenbluth, Helene, Blinde, Patricia Lin, Feminism, Minority women., Women -- Social conditions., Racism., Women's rights, Effects of racism on the economic rights of women / produced by Catherine Stifter.**The, Mexican American women., Chicanas, Jewish women--United States, Hanta, Hashi., Women for Racial and Economic Equality (Organization), American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, July 8, 1981.
BB3864.03 The demonstrations (Episode 3 of 5)

The third in a series of five parts produced in 1965 by Marcia Tompkins, about her hometown of...

Tompkins, Marcia., Racism., Civil rights demonstrations, Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins., Racism -- Alabama., Women journalists., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, Mar 1965 and Aug 16 1970 and KPFA Dec 24, 1970
KZ1201 Tar baby / Toni Morrison ; interviewed by Barbara Cady.

Author Toni Morrison (1931 - ) discusses her latest book, Tar Baby (Alfred A. Knopf, 1981) with...

Morrison, Toni, Women authors, Authors, Black., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Aug. 4, 1981.
BC2585 Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto / Edith Millman ; interviewed by Mitchel Fox.

Interview by Mitchell Joy with Warsaw Ghetto survivor, Edith Millman (?-2009). Mrs. Millman...

Millman, Edith, 1924-2009, World War II -- Warsaw -- Personal narratives., Jews -- Warsaw -- History., Jewish women in the Holocaust, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK May 29, 1978
IZ1417 Speeches from A Celebration of Black Womanhood Weekend at Barnard College

This is a recording of the "Black feminist thought" panel from the Barnard Organization of Black...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Black women -- Intellectual life., Barnard College, Black women -- Social conditions., African American Women, Singletary, Inez, Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000 WBAI, February 13, 1978
BB2709.04 Sonia Sanchez / interviewed by David Henderson. (Episode 4 of 4)

Sonia Sanchez (1934 - ), poet and co-founder of the Black Studies department at San Francisco...

Sanchez, Sonia, 1934-, Literature., African American women poets, Henderson, David, 1942-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 24 Jan. 1969
BB3864.01 Some voices of the town (Episode 1 of 5)

The first in a series of five parts produced in 1965 by then-folio editor of WBAI, Marcia...

Tompkins, Marcia., Racism., Ku Klux Klan (1915- ), Women journalists., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins. WBAI, Mar 21, 1965 and Aug 2, 1970 and KPFA Dec 10, 1970
IZ0397 Sojourner's Journal: The role of the Black woman worker

The role of the Black woman worker. An episode of Sojournour's Journal produced by Yasmine...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Black women -- Economic aspects., Black women -- History., Black women -- Political activity., Black women -- Social conditions., African American Women, African American women employees WBAI, 1981 or 1982 (date unknown)
IZ1414.01 Sojourner's Journal: November 19, 1981-Black women writers and artists

Sojourner's Journal, a series about Black women. Yasmin Pierre speaks with four Black women...

African American women authors, African American women artists, Ismaili, Rashidah, African American women poets, Henderson-Holmes, Safiya, Hope, Akua Lezli, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, November 19, 1981
AZ0471.03 Sojourner Truth : walking to freedom / produced by Darcell King. (Episode 3 of 7)

This program tells the life of Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 - 1883), African-American abolitionist...

African American women abolitionists, African American Women, Slaves -- United States -- Biography, African American Women, Truth, Sojourner, -1883, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, July 20, 1979.
KZ0612 So you've heard it before / produced by Susan Anderson and Pearl Skotnes.

This is the story of South African Black women under apartheid, portrayed through women's...

Mandela, Zindzi, 1960-, Makeba, Miriam., Women -- South Africa., Apartheid., Blacks -- South Africa., Mbulu, Letta, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, South Africa--History--Soweto Uprising, 1976, Sharpeville Massacre, Sharpeville, South Africa, 1960 KPFK, Sept. 20, 1978.
BC2191 Sing a battle song: poems by women of the Weather Underground

Reading of "Sing a Battle Song"; a clandestine publication of the Red Dragon Print...

Poetry -- Women authors., Women radicals -- United States., Weather Underground., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 8 Mar and 26 Nov 1975
BC0830 Shirley Chisholm : campaign and interview / produced by Miriam Rosen.

Short interview with African-American Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (b. November 30, 1924 – d....

Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, Women politicians, Elections -- United States -- 1972., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 20 June 1972.
BC2781 Sexism and racism / Gloria Steinem and Margaret Sloan.

Gloria Steinem and Margaret Sloan-Hunter, in a joint appearance at the Brooklyn Montessori...

Steinem, Gloria, Women's rights, Racism -- United States., Sloan-Hunter, Margaret, 1947-, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, 2 June 1973.
AZ0147 Samille Gooden interviewed by Angela Davis

Angela Davis speaks with Samille Gooden, president of local 1695 of the American Federation of...

Gooden, Samille., Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Labor unions -- Minority membership., Minority women -- United States., Women, Black., Women labor unionists., African Americans, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, January 23, 1978
BC0633 Sadie and Maude, 1971 / Jeanette Henderson and Linda Taylor.

In this program of poetry, discussion and music dedicated to Angela Davis, two young Black women...

Black women -- Social conditions., Henderson, Jeanette., Poets, Black., Women's movement, Blacks -- Civil rights -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 27 May 1971
BB5133 Sadie and Maude / Jeanette Henderson and Linda Taylor

In this program of poetry, discussion and music dedicated to Angela Davis, two young Black women...

Henderson, Jeanette., Women, Black -- Personal narratives., Poets, Black., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American women poets, African Americans--Civil rights--History KPFK, 8 Feb. 1971.
KZ2466 Rosa Parks: Alabama bus boycotts start

Box label: Voice of Rosa Parks heard by phone telling her story of refusal to give up her seat...

Rosa Parks, African American women civil rights workers, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956. unknown
BB4089 Relevant theater of the now / Leslie Perry interviewed by Eleanor Sully

Eleanor Sully interviews Leslie Perry, Black playwright and director, about his commitment to...

Perry, Leslie, 1936-2014, Theater -- Social aspects., Authors -- Black., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, June 24, 1969
BC1661 Reflecciones de la Raza: September 8, 1973

Aircheck for "Reflecciones de la Raza", hosted by a woman (identity unknown), likely...

Strikes -- Vinyard workers -- Calfiornia., Report on the grape strike : boycott, costs and law enforcement during the strike., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, ca. September 8, 1973.
AZ0649 Readings on national liberation / translated and read by William Mandel

Readings on national liberation / translated and read by William Mandel. Soviet news stories on...

Women, Black., Journalism -- Soviet Union., Press and politics., Prisoners -- United States., Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Shakur, Assata., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio call-in shows KPFA, November 12, 1979
WZ0268 Reading of the short story, "Changes" by author Denise Oliver

Reading of short story "Changes" by author Denise Oliver / Produced by WPFW, Broadcast on KPFA....

Oliver, Denise, African American women authors, Puerto Rican-Americans -- New York (City)., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 3 May 1976
BC0763 Ralph Abernathy and Angela Davis

Angela Davis, recently released from prison, is interviewed by civil rights leader Rev. Ralph...

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements, African Americans--Civil rights--History, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, Apr. 1972.
AZ1761 Racism in the Women's movement (Part 1 only)

In this program, guests talk about the racism forum "Racism in the Women's movement:...

Women writers, RACISM, Women's movement -- Race relations., Women's movement -- Analysis., African American women authors, Wong, Nellie., Women authors, Asian American women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, December 6, 1980
BB2348 Racism and the urban crisis / Shirley Chisholm.

Speech by Shirley Chisholm of New York, the nation's first Black Congresswoman, on racial...

Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, City and town life -- United States., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 6 Feb. 1970.
AZ0681 Race and class: patriarchal politics and women's experience / Bettina Aptheker

The politics of privilege. How does racism work to distort and lessen White women's lives?...

Racism., Women -- Social conditions., Aptheker, Bettina, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, December 4, 1982
IZ1477 Puerto Rican protest theater / Cafe Teatro de Protesta

Music, poetry and performance from the Puerto Rican Independent Movement's new nightclub, Cafe...

Puerto Rican-Americans -- New York (City)., Music, Puerto Rican., Puerto Rican women, Poetry, Puerto Rican., Puerto Ricans -- Political activity., Paz, Suni, Hispanic American women artists, Artau, Estrella, Asian American women, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, January 14, 1972
BB1802 Planned parenthood in the ghetto / Emily Lewis and Dr. Edward Lampley interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson

Dr. Edward Lampley and Emily Lewis talk with Elsa Knight Thompson about the problems of birth...

Inner cities -- Health aspects -- United States, Lampley, Edward C., 1931-2015, Lewis, Emily Vernon, 1920-2007, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Birth control -- United States., African American physicians, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Prenatal care. KPFA, April 16, 1968
BC2793.04 Phone-in questions (Part 4 of 4)

This is the fourth and final program produced by Marcia Tompkins in a series called "You...

Tompkins, Marcia., City and town life -- Alabama., Tuscaloosa (Ala.), Radio call-in shows, Racism -- Alabama., Civil rights--United States--History, Be it ever so humble / produced by Elizabeth Marcia Tompkins., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, November 30, 1970
IZ0528.01 People's law update: Lennox Hinds interviewed by Bob Lefcourt

Bob Lefcourt speaks with attorney Lennox Hinds from the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers...

People's law update, Bread and roses, Hinds, Lennox S., Shakur, Assata., Black Panther Party, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 WBAI, June 6, 1979
BC1817 Pensamientos femeninos

The perspective of five Chicanas in today's movement, featuring Adelaida Del Castillo,...

Castillo, Adeleida del., Soto, Ana., Chicanos -- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions., Chicanas, Escalante, Alicia., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 27 May 1974
KZ0993 Pacific Asian women poets / introduced by Joyce Nako

Joyce Nako of Pacific Asian-American Women Writers-West introduces the following writers: Momoko...

Gee, Emma., Embrey, Sue Kunitomi., Iko, Momoko., Iwataki, Miya, Nako, Joyce., Yamauchi, Wakako., Feminism, Poetry, Modern., Asian Americans., Women poets, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, 1980?; rebroadcast as en episode of Women's Magazine, Nov. 13, 1982.
KZ1207 Our sheroes and heroes / Maya Angelou ; interviewed by Susan Anderson.

Recording contains Susan Anderson's 1976 interview with Maya Angelou, talking about her new...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Angelou, Maya, Anderson, Susan., African American women poets, African American women authors KPFK, 24 Feb. 1982
BC0047 Odetta / interviewed by Celestine Ware.

African American folk, blues, jazz and spirituals singer Odetta (1930-2008) discusses her life...

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Black singers -- Biography., Odetta, 1930-2008, African Americans, Women, SINGERS & SINGING, MUSIC PROGRAM, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 20 May 1971; WBAI, 27 May 1971
AZ1340 Ntozake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo

Author Ntozake Shange reads from her novel, Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (St....

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Shange, Ntozake., African American women authors KPFA, February 2, 1983.
BB1248 Nikki Bridges interviewed by Sidney Roger

In this recording, Sidney Roger interviews the wife of labor leader Harry Bridges, Nikki Bridges...

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements, Jeannette Rankin Brigade, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bridges, Nikki KPFA, 9 Jan. 1968.
WZ0255.05 National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (Girls) Inc.

This episode of Upstream is on the National Association of Colored Women's (and Girls...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Black women -- History., African American Women, National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (U.S.) WPFW, July 23, 1981
WZ0255.04 Miss Black America 1980

This episode of Upstream features Sharon Wright, Miss Black America 1980. Wright was the...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Black women -- History., African American Women, Miss Black America Pageant of Hudson County (N.J.) WPFW, July 20, 1981
AZ0469 Maxine Hong Kingston / interviewed by Helen Mickiewicz and Elaine Kim.

Maxine Hong Kingston won rave reviews in 1977 for her book "The Woman Warrior." She...

Kingston, Maxine Hong., Asian Americans., Women authors, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Kim, Elaine. KPFA, June 23, 1980.
AZ0642.08 Majority report, June 3, 1982: NOW, Jewish Feminist Conference, Vida Gallery, survivors of Hiroshima

Ginny Z. Berson and Marci Lockwood host Majority Report, June 3, 1982. Segments: 1. News wrap-up...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Berson, Ginny Z., Lockwood, Marci, Foat, Ginny, Hammond, Paci, Smith, Corless., Okazaki, Steven, Thompson, Sandy, Donahue, Maggie, Radio news programs KPFA, June 3, 1982
AZ0642.12 Majority report, December 4, 1982: Barbara Christian

Barbara Christian (1943 - 2000) delivers a speech as part of the lecture series on "Gender...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000, African American women poets, Stanford University. Center for Research on Women KPFA, Dec. 4, 1982
AZ0642.13 Majority report, December 23, 1982: Tara Burke, Kitchen Table, Gay and Lesbian studies at UCB, reparations

Peggy Bray and Ginny Z. Berson host Majority Report, December 23, 1982: Segments: 1. News wrap-...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Bray, Peggy., Berson, Ginny Z., Smith, Barbara, 1946-, Adelona, Ebun, Sundheim, Karen., Perry, Graham, Radio news programs KPFA, Dec. 23, 1982
AZ0642.14 Majority report, August 20, 1987: Temporary workers and South African women's day

Production reel from Majority Report, August 20, 1987. Segments: 1. Jane Walsh, co-producer of...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Radio news programs, Walsh, Jane, Sancho, Nelia, Javate de Dios, Aurora, Vaid, Urvashi, Windborne, Janice, Bernstein, Gerald, Natividad, Irene, Meier, Deborah, DuRivage, Virginia, Mnumzana, Susan, Van Clay, Mary KPFA, Aug. 20, 1987.
BB1719.01 Lives and times of some famous and not-so-famous Black personalities / produced by Gene De Alessi.

An audio history featuring the lives and times of some famous and not-so-famous black people....

Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913, Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 6 June 1968
AZ0808 Life in the female job ghetto : service and office work / produced by Peggy Irene Bray, Maggie Geddes, and Karla Tonella.

A documentary that takes a look at women's place in the paid labor force. Features audio of...

Women Organized for Employment, Tonella, Karla., Boyle, Rita, Bray, Peggy., Maupin, Joyce., Massenburg, Mary Ann., Geddes, Maggie., Office workers -- Personal narratives., Sex discrimination in employment, Women -- Employment -- Social conditions., Servants -- Personal narratives., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 15 Nov. 1980.
KZ1215 Lesbian sisters / Deborah Posey and Rita Mae Brown interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth

This episode of "Lesbian Sisters" features an interview with Deborah Posey, a Black...

Brown, Rita Mae., Posey, Deborah, Lesbian mothers, Socialism, Feminists, Lesbian sisters / Deborah Posey and Rita Mae Brown ; interviewed by Helene Rosenbluth., American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, Feb. 7, 1978.
KZ0885 Lesbian culture / produced by Helene Rosenbluth

A program on lesbian culture, starting with a radio presentation of "An Oral Herstory of...

Lesbians -- History, Lesbians -- Social conditions, Women poets, Wolverton, Terry, Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), Third World Gay Caucus, Third World Gay Cultural Evening, Sloan-Hunter, Margaret, 1947-, Parker, Pat, 1944-1989, Chrystos, 1946-, Ojeda, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFK, July 1, 1979.
BC0936 Kathleen Cleaver on Black Panther politics / interviewed by Yolanda de Freitas, Cheryl Johnson and Jean Wiley.

KPFA's Yolanda de Freitas, Jean Wiley of Third World Media News, and Cheryl Johnson of the...

Freitas, Yolande de., Johnson, Cheryl., Wiley, Jean., Women's movement, Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998, Black Panther Party, Cleaver, Kathleen, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 KPFA, 1972; KPFK, 12 Dec. 1972.
IZ0651 Kathleen Cleaver interviewed by Rob Crocker

Rob Crocker, WBAI, interviews Kathleen Cleaver, wife of Eldridge Cleaver, and today representing...

American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, Cleaver, Kathleen, Black Panther Party, Blacks -- Civil rights., BLACK PANTHERS, African American women civil rights workers WBAI, October 17, 1971
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