Registration for first national conference on anti-fascism

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Film Date
9/18/69
Film Reference Number
KPIX 39179
Description
KPIX Eyewitness news report by Belva Davis from September 18th 1969 from the St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Oakland (Alameda CA) at a registration event for the Black Panthers' first national conference on anti-fascism. Davis interviews conference organizer and Black Panther RoseMary Gross who discusses the necessity to form a united front against fascism not only among the Panthers but among "all organizations and individuals who are working to use their democratic rights in opposition to the power structure" and "in opposition to all of the oppression that is perpetrated upon them by the entire system of capitalism." Also features footage of conference attendees registering for the event as well as brief shots of the registration headquarters. See also KPIX report reference number KPIX 39187. Remastered edited and catalogued for the web by Shira Peltzman.
Format
16mm newsfilm