A summary of the reign of Elizabeth II and events that took place during her reign
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April 5, 2022
Malcolm X Talks Meeting Fidel Castro (1960)| Barry Gray Talk Radio
Barry Gray on WMCA New York interviews Malcolm X. Malcolm X discusses his meeting with Fidel Castro in Harlem and systemic injustice on or about September 20, 1960.
Image: Phillie Casablanca, CC BY 2.0
Listening Tree Narrative (LT)
February 27, 2022
James Baldwin – How to Cool it, Esquire interview (1968)
In Esquire’s July 1968 issue, published just after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., the magazine talked to James Baldwin about the state of race relations in the country. We’ve republished the interview in full—and his words are incredibly relevant today.
Read the landmark 1968 Q&A on race in America.
Image: U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. (ca. 1953 – ca. 1978), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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February 27, 2022
13th – documentary by Ava DuVernay
Made available by Netflix (not known how long) this is a don’t miss documentary
Image: Stephanie Moreno/Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications for Peabody Awards/University of Georgia, CC BY-SA 2.0
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February 27, 2022
The Black Cop: a villain, a victim and a hero – Bafta 2022 nominated documentary
An account of a Black man who decided to join the Metropolitan Police Force and what happened to him while he was part of that particular organisation
General (LT) Listening Tree
February 5, 2022
It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum (1979)
The programme was made in association with the Campaign Against Racism in the Media, which exposes the subtle and explicit racism against black and Asians not only in the popular ‘ comedy’ shows of the time but also of the ‘serious’ current affairs programmes produced by television. Featuring Professor Stuart Hall.
General (LT) Listening Tree
January 28, 2022
Frantz Fanon – Black Skin, White Masks: A University Quick Course
This video is a simple explanation of Frantz Fanon’s book, Black Skin, White Masks.
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January 28, 2022
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: “Europe and the West must also be decolonised” (2019)
Writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has always questioned the literary tradition written in colonial languages, analysing the dynamics and the functioning off colonised societies and their relationship with the colonisers. Thiong’o defends the mother tongue as a weapon against linguistic imperialism, and recommends decolonising minds and the imagination, in Africa and Europe alike. We talk with him on the occasion of the publication in Catalan of his book “La revolució vertical” (Raig Verd, 2019).
Image: Sixoone, CC BY-SA 3.0
Audio (LT) Listening Tree
January 28, 2022
MARTIN LUTHER KING’S LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL ALABAMA, USA, READ BY DR KING (1963)
The “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, also known as the “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” and “The Negro Is Your Brother”, is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr.
Image: Nobel Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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January 28, 2022
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR’S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LECTURE IN NORWAY (1964)
Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racial segregation, a Prize which he accepted on behalf of the civil rights movement. The Nobel Lecture is a requirement for the Nobel Prize.
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