Angela Davis: Decades of Audio Recordings from the Pacifica Archives (6 CD set)
by Angela Davis, Pacifica ArchivesAVAILABILITY: Usually ships within 2-5 days
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Publisher: Pacifica Archives
Condition: Special Sale
Description: CD 1: Esther Phillips: An Interview by Angela Davis (44:00)
Phillips discusses her background and music career.
+ Carmen McRae: Interviews by Angela Davis (44:00)
McRae discusses women's involvement in show business, her own career and Charlie Parker.
CD 2: Angela Davis and Charlene Mitchell (25:00)
Actuality of statement by Angela Davis; Mitchell Comments about Davis' trial.
+ James Baldwin on Angela Davis (31:00)
Discussion of the Angela Davis trial and reading by Baldwin of his "An Open Letter to My Sister, Angela Davis."
CD 3: Angela Davis, Part 1 (57:13)
A documentary produced by Dennis Matthews about Angela Davis' development as a spokesperson for Blacks in America. Includes excerpts from her speeches. Part 1 of 2.
CD 4: Angela Davis, Part 2 (67:40)
A documentary produced by Dennis Matthews about Angela Davis' development as a spokesperson for Blacks in America. Includes excerpts from her speeches. Part 2 of 2.
CD 5: Voices of Pacifica: Angela Davis (57:11)
This program features Angela Davis, civil rights activist and educator whose ongoing efforts to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. This speech was given while on her book tour for Blues, Legacies and Black Feminism. Davis addresses feminism and racism in the context of the early blues presented by Ma' Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holliday.
CD 6: Black Radical Congress (43:04)
Angela Davis speech at 1998 Black Radical Congress Day 1 Theme of Inter-Generational Dialogue on Culture, History and politics.
+ Critical Resistance (22:09)
The Critical Resistance Movement is a grassroots campaign to combat the Prison industrial complex. The Critical Resistance Conference was held September 25-27, 1998 at the University of California at Berkeley.
(You can also just purchase CD #5 here. It's titled, "Voices of Pacifica: Angela Davis".)
Review(s): "An incredible resource." - Paul Cienfuegos, 100Fires Books