Black History (Audio)

Celebrate forty years of the Bunche Center with key individuals who were instrumental in shaping the Center’s legacy. Part one the early years of the center and its emergence and institutionalization from 1969 to 1985. Speakers include former UCLA administrators Chancellor Charles Young and Vice Chancellor C.Z. Wilson and past Bunche Center directors Bob Singleton, Molefi K. Asante, Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, M. Belinda Tucker and Richard Yarborough. [Humanities] [Show ID: 18123]

Dr. Milmon Harrison, African American and African Studies, and singer Mavis Staples consider the role of music in the 1960s Civil Rights movement. Series: "Mondavi Center Presents" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 16082]

Author Laura Pulido traces the roots of third world radicalism in Southern California during the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing on the Black Panther Party, El Centro de Accin Social y Autonomo (CASA), and East Wind, a Japanese American collective, she explores how these groups sought to realize their ideas about race and class, gender relations, and multiracial alliances. Series: "Voices" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 14997]

Revolutionary poet, playwright, and activist Amiri Baraka is recognized as the founder of the Black Arts Movement, a literary period that began in Harlem in the 1960s and forever changed the look, sound, and feel of American poetry. Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 13561]

Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos and a stellar ensemble pay tribute to the art and legacy of jazz legend Miles Davis, with a guest appearance by pianist Cecil Lytle. Series: "Rebecca Lytle Memorial Concerts" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 13691]

Civil Rights leader Julian Bond looks at the social ramifications of school desegregation in the last 50 years since nine African-American students made history by enrolling in the then all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Series: "Reconsidering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Start of School Integration " [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13428]

Terrence Roberts, one of the original nine African-American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957, looks back on the lessons learned about race and education in the last 50 years. Series: "Reconsidering Little Rock: 50 Years After the Start of School Integration " [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13430]

Robert Maxwell, one of the renowned African American pilots who fought in World War II, recalls the heroes of the “Tuskegee Experience” whose valor on the battlefield was finally acknowledged with the Congressional Gold Medal in March, 2007. Series: "Osher UC San Diego Distinguished Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 13000]

From radical rebel to university professor, Angela Davis has dedicated her life to social activism. In this talk, Angela Davis reflects on her successes and shares her insights on the strategies for change that have made -- and will make -- history. Sponsored by the Women's Resources and Research Center at UC Davis [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 12069]

The Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley presents a panel of scholars and artists exploring the impact of the African diaspora on various forms of historical and contemporary music and dance. Series: "Student Resources: Moments in History " [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 11708]