Marvin X audio visual collection. ca. 1980-2003.

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Marvin X audio visual collection. ca. 1980-2003.

Video and sound recordings of performances (One Day in the Life, Kings and Queens of Black Consciousness, In the Crazy House Called America, etc.), radio appearances, video of Eldridge Cleaver memorial, Bobby Seale audio interview, audio interviews with Nisa Islam Muhammad and other items.

27 videocassettes, 21 dvds, 20 cds, 29 sound cassettes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7010420

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Seale, Bobby, 1936-

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Bobby Seale is the co-founder, with activist Huey P. Newton, of the Black Panther Party. Seale was one of the eight people charged by the US federal government with conspiracy charges related to anti-Vietnam War protests in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seale's appearance in the trial was widely publicized and Seale was bound and gagged for his appearances in court more than a month into the trial for what Judge Julius Hoffman said were disruptions. Seale's c...

X, Marvin, 1944-

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Educator, poet, playwright, essaytist, and activist Marvin X (born Marvin Jackmon, also known as Imam El Muhajir) was born on May 29, 1944 and grew up in Oakland and Fresno, California. After attending Merrit College in Oakland, he received his B.A. and M.A. in English from San Francisco State University. He has taught English, creative writing, journalism, Arabic, and drama at Fresno State University, U.C. Berkeley, U.C. San Diego, San Francisco State University, Mills College, the University o...

Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998

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Co-founder of Black Panther Party, presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party (1968), and author of Soul on Ice. From the description of Papers ca. 1969-1977. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55998690 Eldridge Cleaver was born August 3, 1935 in Wabbaseka, Arkansas. During his youth he was convicted of various drug and assault charges and spent time in reformatories and prisons. His experiences led him to become a follower of Malcolm X and the Nation of...

Muhammad, Nisa Islam.

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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Amiri Baraka was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934. He was educated at Rutgers and Howard Universities, graduating from the latter at the age of 19. In 1958 he founded the influential poetry magazine Yugen, which ran until 1962. His writings, including fiction, essays, and poetry, appeared in such publications as The nation, Evergreen review, Downbeat, and The floating bear. From the description of Imamu Amiri Baraka papers, 1958-1982. (University of California, Berkele...