Sound recordings, ca. 1950-1985 [sound recordings].

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Sound recordings, ca. 1950-1985 [sound recordings].

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Spoken word and music sound recordings collected by Ortiz from the early 1950's until her death in 1990. The items represent a wid variety of popular and political protest songs and poetry from Central America, Latin America, South America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and the United States. The bulk of the collection consists of works by or about Central America, Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean, but there is also considerable material about the United States, including topics such as integration and race relations, the women's movement, labor movements (including the United Farm Workers), and the Vietnamese Conflict. Women performers and composers are well represented. There are also several collections of poetry recited by the authors, including Pablo Neruda (Chile) and Nicolas Guillen (Cuba); recorded speeches by Fidel Castro; and a recording of a read-in for peace in Vietnam featuring such performers as William Styron, Norman Mailer, Susan Sontag, Lillian Hellman, Robert Lowell, and Oscar Sachs.

316 sound recordings.

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Howard University

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