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- Date:
10/4/1969
- Reference Number:
- KPIX 100350
- Format:
- 16mm newsfilm
- Description/Summary:
- KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 4th 1969 by Ben Williams at San Quentin state prison (Marin County), featuring a non violent hunger strike by African American inmates. Includes views of San Quentin and scenes of Williams interviewing Warden Jacobs, who explains that between 25 to 65 men from a segregation unit, whom he describes as "black militants," have presented him with a list of 10 demands for improving conditions within the prison.
- Availability:
- Mp4 video file streaming online in DIVA:
- https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/189917
- Collection/Copyright Holder:
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Further Details:
- Contact resident Film Archivist Alex Cherian (Email: acherian@sfsu.edu)