"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," is the theme of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's episode. Dr. King, who sprang into national prominence for his leadership of the Montgomery, Alabama, segregated bus boycott, is interviewed by Negro lawyer and Minneapolis civic leader Municipal Court Judge L. Howard Bennet. The two men discuss in detail the struggle which still faces the American Negro in his effort for equal treatment.

An interview with Huey P. Newton on May 21, 1968 while he was incarcerated in the Alameda County Jail.

Reporters from the national and international news media talk with Mr. Newton, leader of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, about his personal and political philosophy. Also interviewed is the Black Panther Party attorney Charles R. Garry, Newton's sister and Newton's fianc_e, unnamed for their personal safety. Recorded March 7, 1968 in a detention cell at the Alameda County Courthouse.

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In this episode, Ted Vincent explores Marcus Garvey's relations with the Left and the causes of the decline of his movement.Credit To: Pacifica Radio Archives

Ted Vincent examines the Garvey Movement, the largest mass nationalistic movement in African-American history.

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Mrs. Betty Shabazz (May 28, 1934 _ June 23, 1997), educator, activist, and wife of Malcolm X, speaks on the eve of Malcolm X's birthday at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California as a guest of Merritt College. She speaks about her and Malcolm's efforts within the Black Civil Rights movement and takes questions from the audience.

Discussing whether blacks can receive true justice in American courts, prisons, or in post-prison life, this special Black Journal episode examines America's judicial system from a black perspective. Entitled, Justice? the presentation will include five segments: 1. The Courts: Legal experts examine the difficulties blacks face in American courts the virtual impossibility of receiving trial by pears; the systems tremendous backlog of cases; lack of money for competent legal assistance; and pressures to accept lesser pleas, among other problems. 2. Prison: In exclusive interviews conducted within the San Quentin and Soledad Prison in California, prisoners talk candidly about their lives in prison the dehumanizing conditions and racial pressures; their reasons for being there often poverty or lack of competent legal assistance; prisons failure to rehabilitate and adequately prepare prisoners for post-prison life; and the problem they face upon release which virtually ensure failure to establish normal, productive lives. 3. Angela Davis: At UCLA, where Angela Davis was ousted as a philosophy instructor, her lawyer, friends and professional associates discuss the events which led to her arrest and her current trial. Miss Davis is charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy to smuggle weapons into the San Rafael (California) Courthouse last August 7 in an alleged attempt to free three black prisoners. The prisoners, known as the Soledad Brothers, were indicted for allegedly killing a prison guard. Miss Davis, now held incommunicado in the Marin County jail in California, appears in film segments made while she was at UCLA. 4. The Jackson Family: Mrs. Lester Jackson, mother of George Jackson, one of the Soledad Brothers and of Jonathan Jackson, who was killed in the alleged prisoner escape attempt, is interviewed along with other relatives, friends, and members of the Soledad Brothers Defense Committee. 5. Soledad Brothers: Lawyers defending the three Soledad Brothers George Jackson, Fiesta Durango and John Clutchette discusses the murder charge and tell why they consider the Soledad Brothers to be political prisoners.

A speech by the activist Angela Davis recorded at the University of Houston on April 2, 1973. The speech was part of the University of Houston World Issues Conference, "Age of Revolution: Agenda for the World," sponsored by the UH Student Association and the UH Program Council. Davis criticizes the American government's capitalist interests, applauds international revolutionary efforts such as armed struggle against colonialism, and calls for socialist revolution as the path for liberation.

The filming was completed shortly before the tragedies of October 1983 in this colorful work produced by the Caribbean Research Institute. John Douglas produced, filmed and edited the full-color work, and was co-directed by Carmen Ashurst and Samori Marksman and Douglas. Vinie Burroughs is the narrator of this 55-minute film. The film is listed as a documentary on the Grenadian Revolution, traces Grenada’s early history, analyzes the impact of European colonialism and explain the evolution of modern Grenadian society. Much footage of Grenadians - [the executed] Maurice Bishop, Caldwell Taylor, Dessima Williams, Valerie Cornwall, Candia Alleyne, Bernard Coard, Phyllis Coard, [the murdered] Fitzroy Bain, George Nurse, Brian Beggs, Claudette Pitt, [the late] Dorcas Braveboy, among others.

Eleanor Roosevelt discusses Africa and the prospects for decolonization with Julius Nyerere, Barbara Ward, Ralph Bunche, and Saville Davis.

Guests: Julius Nyerere, founder of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), chief minister of British-ruled Tanganyika, later became the first Prime Minister of Tanganyika (now Tanzania); Barbara Ward, resident of Ghana, distinguished economist and writer, and lecturer at Harvard University; Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize winner and United Undersecretary for Special Political Affairs; Saville Davis, Managing Editor of The Christian Science Monitor.