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Take part in this Amazing Group of people we have here. Professor at this teach about things the black power mixtape. Have such an Amazing Group of powerhouse folks here, dont you think . [applause] i would also like to thank you as our audience. It means you recognize and support this ongoing work and the commitment of these cultural warriors we have in our midst, and we are continuing in the ,truggle for human rights equality, and freedom of speech. So the struggle continues. I would like to f...

And good evening and welcome. Thank you so much for coming. It is an amazing house we have here this evening. I have to say, im thrilled and honored to take part in this Amazing Group of people we have here. I am a media studies and film professor here at the new school and i do teach about things like this black power mix tape thing. Alley. Ight up my so of course, i would love to moderate this. But we are really thrilled to have such an amazing set of powerhouse folks here this evening. Dont y...

Posted by the American Folklife Center at the library of congress. It is about an hour. I want to express our collective gratitude to the men and women who engaged in the struggle as members of sncc or naacp half a century ago and continue to keep the fires burning in the present day. We had the privilege of interviewing several of those remarkable individuals who joined the initiative known as the civil rights history project. We are indebted to them in ways that have not been fully acknowledge...

There are 200 cash prizes for students and teachers totaling 100,000. For a list of rules, go to studentcam. Org. Next on American History tv, maria varela, a former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, shares her experiences from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. This was the keynote address hosted by the American Folklife Center at the library of congress. It is about an hour. I want to express our collective gratitude to the men and women who engaged in the struggle ...

Coming up next on American History tv, a Panel Discusses minority activism leading up to the 1968 election. It is part of dr. Martin luther king jr. s poor peoples , africanamerican into condo activist came to washington, d. C. They explained how people of different races came together but it is largely remembered as an africanamerican movement. This event is part of the American Folklife Center at the library of congress to Mark National hispanic heritage month. This is about 80 minutes per to ...

The initiative. We are indebted to them in ways that none have not been fully a. Allant or are reticulated we have i think one or two other members also part of the struggle. Joan. This has been the critical and the principal incidents behind the recordings made on the web say on the webpage, and youtube channels. Lunch time at halftime a Sports Metaphor comes in losing. At lunchtime, as we say in the out on, you can check the back monitor some of those interviews. They are all live and availabl...

It. Decorated war hero and black panther leader pratt on being incourse rated while his children grew up. Ive been through pain. All ahead on a second look. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. Tonight wrongful convictions how men who were accused tried and convicted of a crime did time behind bars in many cases for many years. According to a 2012uc berkeley study since january 1989, 214 californians have been exonerated or had their convictions overturned or dismissed. Th...

The longtime civil rights activist has been described as americas most revolutionary mayor. He died of Heart Failure tuesday, less than a year after taking office. He was 66 years old. We will hear lumumba in his own words and speak to several of his close associates. Then as japan pushes to restart its dormant nuclear program, the crisis that fukushima continues. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Admini...

Having Seth Rosenfeld here whos an alum of the Journalism School as well as the daily cal and went on to enjoy a long career as an Investigative Reporter at the San Francisco chronicle. And all that time and i stayed in touch with seth all those years, ive known him for at least 30 year, going on 40 years and for all that time almost seth was involved in his own personal quest for the question of what was really going on here at berkeley during the 1960s when all those events were taking place. ...

For that matter they couldnt even hand out a leaflet for goldwater for president. Who was the candidate that year and had been nominated in San Francisco. So the students tried to negotiate with the university. The university refused, and then in defiance, some of the students set up a card table right in front of the plaza and handed out leaflets. In short order, a Police Cruiser pulled into the middle of the plaza and arrested somebody named Jack Weinberg who was behind the table. But before t...