Dick Gregory giving a speech at the Oakland Auditorium, sponsored by the Black Student Union of Laney College. Gregory described the talk as being about "the problems confronting America and the responsibility of young people to solve the problems." Topics included Richard Nixon, Spiro T. Agnew, racism in America, wealth inequality, food insecurity, Black Panther Party, Angela Davis, tv portrayals.
[1:16:25] Press conference with Dick Gregory ahead of his address.
[1:26:57] Reverend Ralph Abernathy giving a speech at a Soul Rally at Howard University entitled "Send Not to Ask for Whom the Bell Tolls" about the problems currently facing the nation and the racism within the nation.
[1:52:43] Classical music selections as aired on the radio.
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Note on reel: "I. (a) Martin Luther King speaks: 'Genocide.' A Position on the Question of Life (b) John Conyers + Jesse Jackon on Whitney Young vs. M.L. King + Answers the white interviewer's persistent q. on 'violence' -- Excerpt from 12/27/70 'Issues + Answers' (c) [KPFA broadcast] '(You Can Kill a Revolutionary, But) You Can't Kill the Revolution,' a program about the life and death of Fred Hampton, the Illinois state chairman of the Black Panther Party who was killed by the Chicago Police on December 4, 1969. This program was produced by Radio Free People in New York. (d) Michael Tabor in Berkeley Nove 10, 1970. II. (0) 1/6/71 Dick Gregory speech at Okld auditorium (a) His press conference preceding the speech (b) [KPFA broadcast] 'Send Not to Ask For Whom the Bell Tolls,' a speech by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's president, the Reverend Ralph David Albernathy, delivered to a Soul Rally for the Howard University Mississippi Project. One of a series from SCLC called Martin Luther King Speaks. 'The Problem We Now Face.'"
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