SF State: Associated Students Meeting & Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)

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Film Date
5/12/67
Film Reference Number
KPIX 31280
Description
KPIX Eyewitness News report from San Francisco State College by Belva Davis on May 12th 1967 featuring a meeting of the Associated Student Legislature and voting on the contentious issue of a Black Studies communications project. Includes scenes of poet LeRoi Jones (now called Amiri Baraka) speaking about the moral role of a university in the wider community. Students are also interviewed about their opinions regarding the vote.
Format
16mm newsfilm