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The Wonderful world of law and order

Actor-playwright Ossie Davis at the conference "The Negro writer in the United States," sponsored by the University of California Extension school.

"The Negro writer in the United States" was a five-day seminar hosted by the University of California at Berkeley Extension Program, held at the Asilomar State Park in California, August 5-9, 1964.

Symposium on Richard Wright

Herbert Hill, Horace Cayton, Arna Bontemps, and Saunders Redding, who all knew Richard Wright well, try to recreate him through their reminiscences. Taped at the Asilomar Negro Writers Conference in California, August 1964.

The Strange rider / by Michel de Ghelderode ; adapted by Virginia Maynard.

Adaptation of a play for radio.

Hutchins on Zukerkandl / Dr. Robert M. Hutchins and Joseph P. Lyford.

Discussion.|HUTCHINS ON ZUKERKANDL / Dr. Robert Hutchins| interviewed by Joseph P. Lyford. Dr. Robert Hutchins discusses the unpublished documents of Dr. Zukerkandl. - Restricted distribution rights. - RECORDED: Mar. 1963. BROADCAST: KPFA, 10 Apr. 1963. Same recording as BB4606?

Ralph Gleason interviewing Dick Gregory

Humorist and writer Dick Gregory discusses his participation in the Civil Rights movement. Ralph Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle columnist, conducted the interview at the KPFA studios shortly after Mr. Gregory arrived in San Francisco to keep a nightclub engagement. He had just been “parading without a permit” in Birmingham, Alabama.

Notes of a native son / by James Baldwin ; read by Mike Tigar.

Reading of NOTES OF A NATIVE SON / by James Baldwin. Read by Mike Tigar. BROADCAST: KPFA, 16 Dec. 1961.

Tell me a riddle / by Tillie Olsen ; read by Virginia Maynard.

"Tell Me A Riddle" by Tillie Olsen (1912-2007) read by Virginia Maynard. Remastered by Hal 5/5/71.

Albert Camus : a memorial tribute / produced by Richard Vernier.

Jean Renoir, Justin O'Brien, Harding LeMay, Germaine Bree, Kenneth Rexroth, and David Watmough participate in a memorial for the world-reknowned author. Readings: Edward Schell, Mike Tigar Produced/Narrated: Richard Vernier, KPFA

With Margaret Mead in New Guinea / Lenora Foerstel interviewed by Larry Birns

Interview with Lenora Foerstel, anthropologist, artist, mother of two, and professor at the Maryland Institute of Fine Art. They discuss the experiences that Foerstel and fellow anthropologist Theodore Schwartz had on Manus Island, while aiding Margaret Mead with a follow-up study in New Guinea.

Hired hands / produced by Ernest Lowe.

Documentary on farm labor in California, and the development of the state's agribusiness.

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