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Famous Speeches of Malcolm X: Includes Oxford debate 1964; House Negro and Field Negro; Revolution; Stop Singin and Start Swingin; Words from the Frontlines
The Life and Death of Malcolm X: A collection of rare tv footage and speeches covering Malcolm X’s life and death (video)
The House Negro and the Field Negro: Video
1964 Post-Hajj Interview: Just back from Mecca (video)
Race Relations in Crisis Video: Guests: Malcolm X; Morrison, Alan; Walker, Wyatt Tee; Farmer, James
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In February 1962 South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem was unharmed as two planes bombed the presidential palace in Saigon. Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots Lieutenants Pham Phu Quoc and Nguyen Van Cu tried to eliminate Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu by bombing and strafing the presidential palace. Both men escaped but Madame Nhu sustained a broken arm when she fell through a floor.
Lieutenant Quoc was arrested after his fighter-bomber crash-landed near Saigon. Lieutenant Cu fled to Cambodia, where he remained until November 1963.
The attack confirmed Diem’s conviction that his main adversaries were domestic. As a result, he retreated deeper into himself, delegating more authority to his brother Nhu, who set about eradicating dissidents–dozens of Diem political opponents disappeared, and thousands more were sent to prison camps. The coup attempt clearly elevated the level of paranoia in the Palace to new heights.
The Viet Cong were able to exploit the situation to their own advantage effectively and led the way in taunting and resisting the regime. The flames got even hotter in 1963– fanned by the Buddhists, their student supporters, the Viet Cong, and an impatient and conflicted White House– Diem and Nhu did not survive the heat. Then President Kennedy was killed three weeks later. Vietnam continued to spiral out of control. Only faster…
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Tagged Ho Chi Minh City, John F. Kennedy, Ngo Dinh Diem, Ngo Dinh Nhu, Nguyen Van Cu, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, Vietnam
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Recorded: 1 Dec. 1967. Michael Schon and Dorothy Healey discuss potentials for New Left politics in the 1968 elections… Listen>>
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Tagged KPFA, New Left, Opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, Vietnam, Vietnam War
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April 18, 1967: protest in Central Park, march to UN building, Martin Luther King leads procession; another march in downtown San Francisco: “President Johnson meanwhile let it be known that the FBI is closely watching all anti-war activity.” violence in Rome
October 24, 1967: March on the Pentagon
Sir No Sir! : The Suppressed Story of the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam
Protests Galore – May 1967: Vietnam protest demonstration in Britain; also at Madrid University in Spain, burned American flag; also 4000 in Detroit at “love-in” and “be-in” with hippies and wild constumes (2) News In Brief – U.S. jet bombers hit North Vietnam targets (3) May Day parade in Moscow, Premier Kosygin
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