The Harlem Six: a drama and statements from the trial
Program Title:
The Harlem Six: a drama and statements from the trial
PRA Archive #:
BB3736
pbcoreAssetType:
pbcoreAssetDate:
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
1971-05-13
dateType:
broadcast
pbcoreAssetDate (PARTIAL):
1971-05-13~
dateType:
created
Date Recorded on:
ca. May 13, 1971
Date Broadcast on:
WBAI, 13 May 1971.
Station:
Total duration (All reels):
2 reels (ca. 105 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
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Description:
A program about the Harlem Six, "and the torture and persecution of them and their mothers, from 1964 to 1971." Presented by Doloris Costello. Part one includes excerpts of a benefit performance of a dramatization of the "Little Fruit Stand Riot" which led to the arrest of the Harlem Six. The performance was held at the Town Hall in New York City on April 17, 1966, in support of the Harlem Six. Performance includes music by Max Roach with Abby Lincoln on vocals, called "The Freedom Suite." (Ossie Davis is named on the tape box, but there is no introduction of him in the recording). Tapes provided by Mimi Shoffer[sp?]. The second part of the program is a conversation with Conrad Lynn (one of the Harlem Six's lawyers) about what is happening in 1971 to the Harlem Six, and what those concerned can do to help the Harlem Six and their mothers.
Genre:
pbcoreAnnotation:
-- r.2. Interview with the Halrem Six trial lawer, Conrad Lynn (ca. 60 min.).
pbcoreInstantiation:
instantiationIdentifier:
11259_P01
instantiationDate (partial OK):
1971-05-13~
instantiationPhysical:
1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationLocation:
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationGenerations:
Master: audio
instantiationPart:
instantiationPart:
1
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
11259_P01_01
PRA item ID:
BB3736A
Instantiation title:
Harlem six (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationDimensions:
10-1/2 inch
instantiationDuration:
00:45:00
instantiationPart:
2
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
11259_P01_02
PRA item ID:
BB3736B
Instantiation title:
Harlem six (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationDimensions:
10-1/2 inch
instantiationDuration:
01:00:00
instantiationIdentifier:
11259_D01
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
2014-05-12
instantiationLocation:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\GBlood complete drive_2_20140528_Batch 1_B
instantiationDigital:
instantiationGenerations:
Master: preservation
instantiationPart:
instantiationPart:
1
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
11259_D01_01
PRA item ID:
PRA_NHPRC1_BB3736_0A_000_00
Instantiation title:
Harlem six (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\GBlood complete drive_2_20140528_Batch 1_B
instantiationDuration:
00:47:09
instantiationFileSize:
1,591,505,000
instantiationPart:
2
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
11259_D01_02
PRA item ID:
PRA_NHPRC1_BB3736_0B_000_00
Instantiation title:
Harlem six (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\GBlood complete drive_2_20140528_Batch 1_B
instantiationDuration:
00:59:00
instantiationFileSize:
1,991,701,000
Contributor:
Role:
Producer
Distributor:
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1971.
Rights Summary:
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Grant Tracking Information:
Shipping Batch Number:
Batch 1B
Assessment Completed Date:
2014-02-18
Box and labels scanned:
2014-02-18
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?:
Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed):
2014-03-20
Pre-digitization cataloging done (Date):
2014-03-19
Pre-digitization cataloging done (INITIALS):
JMB
Possible restriction issues:
No
Sensitive language:
No
Portable HD ID:
Touro_02_NHPRC1_Batch1B
HD Receipt Date:
2014-05-28
Location on PRA drive:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\GBlood complete drive_2_20140528_Batch 1_B
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Date:
2014-07-10
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Initials:
HRL
Audio file QC (Pass One) notes:
Dolores Costello hosts a special program on the Harlem Six, and the torture and persecution of them and their mothers from 1964-1971. Thanks to Mimi Schoeffer (sp?) for the tapes of the play that was put on at town hall in support of the Six in 1964. The music is by Max Roach, songs are by Abby Lincoln, and it's called The Freedom Suite. The first reel contains excerpts from a benefit that was given at Town Hall in 1964 in support of the Harlem Six. The performance includes interviews with eye witnesses, overlapped with the sounds of actors acting out the scenes; an actor reading the transcripts of radio news reports from the time; a speech begins at about 00:29:30; and then another musical performance. This is all I could find about the event: "A group of six young African-American and Hispanic teenage men from the 1960s who were wrongly accused for heavy crimes that took place on 125th Street and Madison Avenue in Harlem, New York, two of whom where murdered without evidence to support the charges." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_6 From what I can tell, some kids knocked over a fruit stand, some white cops started beating the kids, and when people from the neighborhood questioned the cops of why they were beating up the kids, the cops turned on them, too. I couldn't find anything about the "torture of mothers."
The excerpts of the performance are intermixed with a man speaking (it sounds like into a microphone, possibly from the same performance), but some of the edits seem abrupt and cut off in mid-sentence. Sound sometimes wavers between channels throughout program.
Post dig--dup, numbering issue, etc.:
Post dig--Complete songs in intro/outro:
Post dig--Mostly pre-recorded music:
Post dig--Contains reading of published materials:
Post dig--Other rights issues:
Post dig--Major audio issues:
Post dig--Editing required for bcast:
Post dig--Minor audio issues (see notes):
CD Receipt Box ID:
Batch 1_B Spool 2
CD Receipt Date:
2014-05-28
CD plays:
Second Level Cataloging completed Date:
2015-04-22
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials:
JMB
Second Level Cataloging Notes and Issues:
music in part A a little warbly. not sure if it's ossie davis narrating the performance or not. originally with the KPFA recordings, but it's WBAI.
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment):
Reels Rewound:
Production CD (copy) created:
Reel removed for contamination:
No
Plastic insert put in box:
Reel sent to Univ. Maryland:
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