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A visit with Huey Newton at Vacaville Prison Facility

Program Title:
A visit with Huey Newton at Vacaville Prison Facility
PRA Archive #: 
BB2438
pbcoreAssetType: 
Program
pbcoreAssetDate: 
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1968-10-17
dateType: 
created
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1968-10-18
dateType: 
broadcast
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1968-12-06
dateType: 
broadcast
Date Recorded on: 
1968-10-17
Date Broadcast on: 
1968-10-18, 1968-12-06
Station: 
KPFA
Item duration: 
00:42:59
Keywords: 
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African Americans--Civil rights--History
Black Panther Party
Newton, Huey P.
California Medical Facility, Vacaville.
Prisoners -- Personal narratives.
Prisons and race relations.
Description: 

Black Panther Party co-founder and leader Huey P. Newton discusses his imprisonment at Vacaville Medical Facility in Vacaville, CA with Denny Smithson of KPFA's Public Affairs Department; Karen Wald, reporter for the Guardian; and Joe Blum, editor of The Movement. Newton talks about the way he's been portrayed in the media and physical and social conditions at Vacaville.

[Note: Huey P. Newton's title was "Minister of Defense" of the Black Panther Party until after his release from this stint in prison.]

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instantiationIdentifier: 
21335_P01
instantiationPhysical: 
1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Vault Shelves
instantiationDuration: 
43:00
instantiationIdentifier: 
21335_P02
instantiationPhysical: 
CD
instantiationLocation: 
PRA Grant Cabinets
instantiationDuration: 
43:00
instantiationIdentifier: 
21335_D01
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
2009-12-09
instantiationLocation: 
Western Digital HD3
instantiationDuration: 
00:42:59
instantiationDigital: 
audio/x-wav
instantiationGenerations: 
Master: preservation
Contributor: 
Huey Newton
Role: 
Interviewee
Contributor: 
Denny Smithson
Role: 
Interviewer
Contributor: 
Karen Wald
Role: 
Interviewer
Contributor: 
Joe Blum
Role: 
Interviewer
Distributor: 
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1968.
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: 
Grant ID: 
American Archives Pilot Project
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?: 
Possible restriction issues: 
No
Sensitive language: 
No
CD plays: 
Second Level Cataloging completed Date: 
2014-05-07
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials: 
HRL
Second Level Cataloging Notes and Issues: 
For the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment): 
Reels Rewound: 
Production CD (copy) created: 
Reel removed for contamination: 
No
storeItem: 
A Visit with Huey Newton: Vacaville Prison Facility; October 17, 1968 / interviewed by Denny Smithson, Karen Wald, and Joe Blum. (CD)
View Folio here (at Archive.org): 
KPFA Folio, December 1968, p.9
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