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Title
[Eqbal Ahmad and other recordings January/February 1971]
Series Title
Collection Guide (External)
Created Date
1971
Description
File 1 Scenes from around the UC Berkeley on February 11, 1971, including a protest on Center Street. Recording is interspersed with news segments.
File 2 Eqbal Ahmad speaks on the escalating war in Vietnam, narrowing margins of civil liberties in the United States, the repression of anti-war and peace movements, the Harrisburg Seven case, and the Tonkin Gulf resolution.
File 3 [00:00] Recordings from around campus on January 4, 1971, the first day of the term. Includes students arguing, a walk through campus and description of the goings on.
File 3 [10:17] January 7, 1971, first activity in Sproul Plaza of the term. Picket line for the union of dormitory custodial workers. The demonstration asks for equal pay for equal work (as their classroom custodial counterparts), year-round work, stopping the hiring freeze, and recognition of the union.
File 4 Radio report on the January 7 picket line
File 5 [00:00] January 15, 1971. Rally by Progressive Labor Party against the hiring and teachings of racist professors
File 5 [21:33] January 28, 1971
File 5 [46:38] February 2, 1971. Rally for the dormitory custodial workers union. First rally for the cause to be led by Black leaders.
File 2 Eqbal Ahmad speaks on the escalating war in Vietnam, narrowing margins of civil liberties in the United States, the repression of anti-war and peace movements, the Harrisburg Seven case, and the Tonkin Gulf resolution.
File 3 [00:00] Recordings from around campus on January 4, 1971, the first day of the term. Includes students arguing, a walk through campus and description of the goings on.
File 3 [10:17] January 7, 1971, first activity in Sproul Plaza of the term. Picket line for the union of dormitory custodial workers. The demonstration asks for equal pay for equal work (as their classroom custodial counterparts), year-round work, stopping the hiring freeze, and recognition of the union.
File 4 Radio report on the January 7 picket line
File 5 [00:00] January 15, 1971. Rally by Progressive Labor Party against the hiring and teachings of racist professors
File 5 [21:33] January 28, 1971
File 5 [46:38] February 2, 1971. Rally for the dormitory custodial workers union. First rally for the cause to be led by Black leaders.
Item or Container Annotations
Note on reel: "I. (a) W 4/21/71 Egbal Ahmed speaks on the Harrisburg 6 case, Sproul Rally, II. (a) Mc Closkey before Fullbright April 1971 (b) Bell Telephone + women - note esp. weight matter + harassments"
Creators and Contributors
Subject Topic
Subject Entity
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
1971
Language
Media Type
Format
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
1
Tape
Generation
Original
Stock Manufacturer
Shamrock
Silent or Sound
Sound
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Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Call Number
Sep-71
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Email: esl@library.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 643-1234
Phone: (510) 643-1234
Organization Websites
Link to Internet Archive