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ITEM Identifier: MC 940, Vt-314.1.

Time to Talk, In Conversation with Angela Davis, January 25, 1985. Digital

Scope and Contents

Interview with Angela Davis on Trinidad and Tobago Television show. Davis discusses her autobiography, the movement to free her from jail, influence from Herbert Marcuse, communism, solidarity with African political struggles such as apartheid, women's equality, her book Women, Race, and Class, musician Mighty Sparrow, and Walter Rodney.  Includes clips from Angela Davis speech on Reaganism.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937-2017
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1968-2006

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. Collection is open for research. Folders #6.6, 15.6, 18.7, 57.6 and 57.7 are closed until 2046, as specified in the agreement between Angela Y. Davis and the Schlesinger Library.

An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.

Extent

119.12 linear feet ((197 + 1/2 file boxes, 4 folio boxes, 14 folio+ boxes, 8 oversize boxes) plus 3 supersize boxes, 3 supersize folders, 120 photograph folders, 16 folio photograph folders, 10 folio+ photograph folders, 642 slides, 147 audiotapes, 65 videotapes, 12 CDs, 38 DVDs, 2 motion pictures, 5 phonograph records)
7.92 Megabytes (1 file)

Physical Location

Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.

Physical Facet

VHS.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository

The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.

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