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Title: Ingrid LaFleur speaks at the Utopian Studies Society meeting at Michigan State University
Creator: LaFleur, Ingrid
Date: 2019-10-18
Collection: Voices of the Black Imaginary
Description: Ingrid LaFleur, founder and director of AFROTOPIA and recent Detroit Mayoral candidate, speaks at the Utopian Studies Society meeting at Michigan State University. LaFleur reflects on her personal history and how it led her to a deep engagement with Afrofuturism. She talks about the literal and figurative whitewashing of Detroit, how black street artists and muralists are frequently ticketed and have their art covered with white paint, including an artist who was commissioned by the city....
Show moreIngrid LaFleur, founder and director of AFROTOPIA and recent Detroit Mayoral candidate, speaks at the Utopian Studies Society meeting at Michigan State University. LaFleur reflects on her personal history and how it led her to a deep engagement with Afrofuturism. She talks about the literal and figurative whitewashing of Detroit, how black street artists and muralists are frequently ticketed and have their art covered with white paint, including an artist who was commissioned by the city. LaFleur discusses the reduction of resources in Detroit and how a lack of capital prevents residence from investing in their neighborhoods. She criticizes Detroit's white mayor for advocating for the use of bias facial recognition software in law enforcement that is proven to be especially inaccurate with black women, the largest population of Detroit and head of most households. Ingrid LaFleur is introduced by Dr. Julian Chambliss, Professor of English at Michigan State University, and answers questions from the audience.
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Title: U.S. President George Bush celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Creator: Bush, George, 1924-2018
Date: 1989-06-30
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: U.S. President George Bush celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of President Lyndon Johnsons civil rights law, reaffirming support of minority outreach and affirmative action programs.

Title: Texas Representative Barbara Jordan speaks on the occasion of U.S. President Gerald Ford's renewing the Voting Rights Act
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Date: 1975-08-07
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Barbara Jordan says that President Gerald Ford is going as far as he can in the field of civil rights without alienating the right wing of the Republican electorate.

Title: William Colby and Bella Abzug debate the propriety of CIA activities
Date: 1975
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: William Colby and Representative Bella Abzug debate the propriety of the CIA file gathered on Ms. Abzug when she was a private citizen and the role of the CIA in political assassinations around the world. With reporter Daniel Schorr.

Title: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication of the monument honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mall in Washington, D.C
Creator: Obama, Barack
Date: 2011-10-16
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Barack Obama speaks at the dedication of the monument honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Obama reflects on the civil rights struggles of decades past and the goals yet to be achieved before Dr. King's vision is fully realized.

Title: Protest, power & perseverance : women in the civil rights movement
Date: 2014-11-12
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Michigan State University Women's Resource Center Program Coordinator Lydia Weiss hosts a panel discussion entitled "Protest, Power & Perseverance: Women in the Civil Rights Movement." Dr. Freya Anderson Rivers, MSU PhD candidate Jewell Debnam, Dr. Eva L. Evans, and Mrs. Carmen Benavides discuss their personal experiences in and research on the American Civil Rights Movement of the ninteen-sixties. Rivers recalls being the first black woman to enroll at Louisiana State University in 1964 and...
Show moreMichigan State University Women's Resource Center Program Coordinator Lydia Weiss hosts a panel discussion entitled "Protest, Power & Perseverance: Women in the Civil Rights Movement." Dr. Freya Anderson Rivers, MSU PhD candidate Jewell Debnam, Dr. Eva L. Evans, and Mrs. Carmen Benavides discuss their personal experiences in and research on the American Civil Rights Movement of the ninteen-sixties. Rivers recalls being the first black woman to enroll at Louisiana State University in 1964 and Debnam explains her research on the involvement of women throughout the movement. Evans reflects on her experiences as the Chair of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and Benavides talks about her career as a Lansing school district principal. The panelists also discuss their views on the progress of the civil rights movement in America and the work that still needs to be done to insure universal human rights. They answer questions from the audience. Sponsored by MSU Women's Resource Center, the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context and the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Held at the International Center on the campus of Michigan State University.
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Title: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the 2012 National Urban League Conference
Creator: Obama, Barack
Date: 2012-07-25
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Obama addresses the National Urban League at their convention in New Orleans, LA. He recounts the struggle for equal rights and the reasons the Urban League was formed. Obama talks about equal opportunity, hard work, and achieving the American dream. He declares education is an economic issue and speaks about the need to change firearm laws to step-up background checks adding restrictions to keep mentally unbalanced individuals from buying weapons, all as part of an initiative to...
Show morePresident Obama addresses the National Urban League at their convention in New Orleans, LA. He recounts the struggle for equal rights and the reasons the Urban League was formed. Obama talks about equal opportunity, hard work, and achieving the American dream. He declares education is an economic issue and speaks about the need to change firearm laws to step-up background checks adding restrictions to keep mentally unbalanced individuals from buying weapons, all as part of an initiative to reduce all kinds of violence. His comments are made in the wake of a mass shooting in Aurora, CO.
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Title: Ann Folino White and Renee Newman Knake speak at a symposium moderated by Kirk Domer
Creator: Dramatization and Context (2010 Michigan State University. Museum)
Date: 2010-11-12
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Kirk Domer, Michigan State University Associate Professor of Theatre, moderates the first of three presentations at a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music History written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Featured presenters are, Ann Folino White, MSU Associate Professor of Arts and Humanities, and Renee Newman Knake, MSU Assistant Professor of Law....
Show moreKirk Domer, Michigan State University Associate Professor of Theatre, moderates the first of three presentations at a symposium entitled, Dramatization and Context: a Symposium and Roundtable held at the MSU Museum in conjunction with the premiere staging of the play Music History written by MSU College of Law Writer in Residence Sandra Seaton. Featured presenters are, Ann Folino White, MSU Associate Professor of Arts and Humanities, and Renee Newman Knake, MSU Assistant Professor of Law. White talks about the use of civil disobedience and theatrics to raise public awareness of the plight of Mississippi sharecroppers. Knake talks about First Amendment rights, civil rights, and the limitations of the law in illuminating and solving social problems. Gabriel Dotto, director of the MSU Press convenes the symposium, welcomes presenters and audience, and explains the concept behind the event. Joan W. Howath, dean of the MSU College of Law and Eva L. Evans from the Michigan Humanities Council, offer welcoming remarks. Recording begins as Dotto is speaking.
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Title: Jimmy Carter's formal farewell to the American public
Creator: Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Date: 1981-01-14
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Carter warns of the danger of nuclear war, the need to protect the environment, pressure groups, and talks about human rights. With commentary by reporters Bob Schieffer and Bruce Morton.

Title: Remarks on amending Sec. 407 of the Civil Rights Bill
Creator: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Date: 1957
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Title: Mississippi crisis, an address to the nation
Creator: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Date: 1962-09-30
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: U.S. President John F. Kennedy speaks about the desegregation of the University of Mississippi following the decision in Meredith v. Fair. Introduced by an unknown reporter.

Title: U.S. Attorney General nominee Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in this excerpt from the hearing
Date: 2017-01-10
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Attorney General nominee Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in this excerpt from the hearing. Sessions answers questions about abortion, voting rights, past racist comments, violence against women, LGBT discrimination, immigration, Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election, and civil rights laws. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IW) chairs the hearing and recounts Sessions' career. Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL) and...
Show moreAttorney General nominee Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in this excerpt from the hearing. Sessions answers questions about abortion, voting rights, past racist comments, violence against women, LGBT discrimination, immigration, Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election, and civil rights laws. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IW) chairs the hearing and recounts Sessions' career. Senators Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Susan Collns (R-ME) introduce Sessions. The hearing is interrupted several times by protestors in the audience.
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Title: U.S. President Barack Obama holds a press conference with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia
Creator: Obama, Barack
Date: 2014-04-27
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Obama holds a press conference with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia. Najib thanks the U.S. for it's support and aid in the search for Malaysian Flight 370. Obama discusses the partnership between the U.S. and Malaysia. They answer questions from American and Malaysian reporters in Kuala Lumpur. Question topics include American involvement in Ukraine, trade agreements between the U.S. and Malaysia, American aid in the search for missing Flight 370, and civil liberties in...
Show morePresident Obama holds a press conference with Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia. Najib thanks the U.S. for it's support and aid in the search for Malaysian Flight 370. Obama discusses the partnership between the U.S. and Malaysia. They answer questions from American and Malaysian reporters in Kuala Lumpur. Question topics include American involvement in Ukraine, trade agreements between the U.S. and Malaysia, American aid in the search for missing Flight 370, and civil liberties in Malaysia.
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Title: Recording of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaking with the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. about the importance of passing recently proposed civil rights legislation
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Date: 1963-11-25
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaks with the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. about the importance of passing recently proposed civil rights legislation. Played from recently released, secretly recorded tapes on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer."

Title: 五大訴求, 缺一不可
Date: 2019
Collection: Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests Collection
Description: Poster shows the slogan of the protest movement in Chinese and English in black with a yellow background.

Title: 五大訴求, 缺一不可
Date: 2019
Collection: Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests Collection
Description: Sticker shows an image of a protester wearing a black t-shirt, a black face mask, and a yellow hard hat with text printed on it.

Title: 五大訴求, 缺一不可
Date: 2019
Collection: Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Bill Protests Collection
Description: Poster shows the slogan of the protest movement in Chinese and English in white with a black background.

Title: "Fan the flames" : the theories and activism of Chicana/o communists between 1968-1990
Creator: Bonilla, Eddie
Date: 2019
Collection: Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Description: This dissertation examines the debates around Chicana/o nationalism, nationhood, and self-determination by using archival documents and oral histories to study the ideologies and actions of the August 29th Movement (ATM) and the League of Revolutionary Struggle that interpreted the Marxist canon based on their unique experiences as Chicana/os in the U.S to organize against oppression. I explore how these groups used a hybrid of nationalist ideologies with those around class to contribute to...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the debates around Chicana/o nationalism, nationhood, and self-determination by using archival documents and oral histories to study the ideologies and actions of the August 29th Movement (ATM) and the League of Revolutionary Struggle that interpreted the Marxist canon based on their unique experiences as Chicana/os in the U.S to organize against oppression. I explore how these groups used a hybrid of nationalist ideologies with those around class to contribute to both the intellectual tradition of Latina/o activism while diversifying our understanding of activists who utilized the Marxist canon. The activists in these organizations complicate the dominant narratives of identity politics of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s to further enrich the legacy of the Chicana/o movement as one that was ideologically diverse, international, cross-racial, and cross-ethnic. The multi-and cross-racial framework in this research highlights the intersection of race, class, and gender by activists seeking equal citizenship and an end to U.S. capitalism and imperialism. This project is an intellectual, social, and institutional history of Chicana/o communists between the 1960s and 1990.The every-day lives of communist activists fighting for better citizenship and democratic rights during the global Cold War are at the center of this study. These groups and activists identified as some combination of Marxists, Leninists, Maoists, or Stalinists at a time when political surveillance was rampant and being affiliated with communism was seen as being anti-American. I explore how the organizations responded to this surveillance and how they continued to operate across various spheres of activism including in the labor sector, on college campuses, and in electoral politics by using a United Front approach.I show how the groups mobilized among lower stratum workers in the auto industry, cannery factories, and among hotel and restaurant workers because the point of production is where they believed they could be most effective. They also organized students on college campuses by participating in the fights for establishing and protecting Chicana/o and Ethnic studies, as well as affirmative action. These groups such as the League which was the result of the merger between Chicana/o, African American, and Asian American communists were critical because they created linkages between these various spheres of activism that at times were not speaking to one another in order to fight a restricting U.S. capitalist society during the 1970s and 1980s that was switching to neoliberal policies. I argue that this strategy allowed for the organizations to be effective in building support for the struggles they took up in the name of fighting for better democratic, social, and human rights.
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