When James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi 50 years ago on October 1st, 1962 (it was his second attempt; on his first, 11 days prior and sans U.S. Marshalls, the governor of Mississippi turned him back), rioting set off all over campus. Members of the media were attacked (among the two deaths from… Read more »
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Democracy Now! broadcasts from Park City, Utah, home of the Sundance Film Festival, the nation’s largest festival for independent cinema. One of this year’s selections that is creating a lot of buzz is a documentary called The Black Power Mixtape. The film features rare archival footage shot between 1967 and 1975 by two Swedish journalists… Read more »