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For the PressRare Audio Recordings from an Explosive Era for the U.S. and World — Now Available for 40th Anniversary of 19681968 was a pivotal year in U.S. history. People were taking to the streets to demand civil rights, to halt the Viet Nam War, and marching in grief for two American icons — Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—- who were gunned down as they ascended their leadership roles in America. People rose up at the Democratic National Convention to be met with police violence. The Black Panther Party gained national prominence, as Black leaders came forth with powerful national voices in politics and the Arts. Like those in the U.S., folks in Paris, Greece, China, Czechoslovakia, Guatemala struggled with dramatic change throughout the world. Corporate ownership of mainstream media was able to influence public knowledge of some of these events. But one broadcast media organization recorded the sounds of these historic actions and gave voice to those who had no voice — Pacifica Radio. These rare recordings of this extraordinary coverage in 1968 have been made available by the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation & Access Project. Now, high school and college history teachers, radio, video, and film producers, historians and those who value integrity in the telling of past events can bring the authentic sounds of this era to their audiences. You now have access to a calendar detailing the dates of these unique recordings. that can be accessed on-line, www.pacificaradioarchives.org. Use these unique recordings to enhance print, web and multi-media features. Let the Pacifica Radio Archives audio be your primary resource for adding dimension and authenticity to your work. Consider the momentous events of 1968 as context for telling your story. Pacifica Radio Archives also has made available a series of short format sound collages called “Revolution Rewind Moments” which are 2:00 – 3:30 in length. “It is crucial to be aware of our recent History to have a context for what is going on today in this atmosphere of human rights travesties and the growing resistance to them in the U.S. and all over the world. The Pacifica Radio Archives has, in some instances, the only historical documentation of these struggles from the 1960’s. Key to their collection are the recordings of reporting from 1968 with the Viet Nam War, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations, and the explosions of protests on campuses around the world. Hearing these events enables a greater understanding of what is happening today.” —Juan Gonzalez, reporter, New York Daily News and Democracy Now! “The voices of resistance are always under threat and challenge. Support for the [Pacifica Radio] Archives allows us to create an intellectual, political and moral legacy that challenges structural racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination and equality that actually reinforces the great traditions of democracy in this country.” —Manning Marable, professor and Founding director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia University. Partial List of Events & People
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