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Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Nikki Giovanni reads original poem. Recorded Jan, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2343.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Gerry Bledsoe introduces Gladys Knight and the Pips. Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Nitty Gritty." Soul, R&B music. Recorded in January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2345.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Gladys Knight chats with the audience, expresses a wish to touch their souls that night. Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To." R&B, soul ballad. Recorded in January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2345.
Soul! EP # 303 (503) "Soul Scenes 1971-72"
Gladys Knight and the Pips perform "Friendship Train." R&B. Recorded in January, 1971. This can also be found on Master 2345.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Gary Byrd introduces (in order) actor Marilyn Berry; poet Jackie Earley; singer/composer Carolyn Franklin; writer Nikki Giovanni; pianist/composer Margaret Harris; actress & "Soul!" assistant producer Anna Horsford; dancer Carmen de Lavallade; actress/singer Novella Nelson; poet Sonia Sanchez; and singer/poet Saundra Sharp.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Zoom out from CU cover of "Chain Reaction" LP by Carolyn Franklin. Cut to Carolyn Franklin performing "Chain Reaction" for studio audience. Soul, R&B music. Watch out for the strobe-effect on Ms. Franklin near end of song.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Carmen de Lavallade continues to perform energetic "Come Sunday" dance routine choreographed by Geoffrey Holder. Audio of country blues spirituals: "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands" followed by "Jericho."
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
Carolyn Franklin performs "Going in Circles." Soul / R&B ballad.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. B&W still photographs of black women, dissolve to Carolyn Franklin performing a cover of the Masqueraders soul / R&B hit, "I Ain't Got to Love Nobody Else (I Got You) ."
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Poet Jackie Earley reads self-penned poem titled, "To Be A Woman." Bob Cunningham plays stand-up bass off -screen. Marilyn Berry reads the Barbara Mahone poem, "Childhood in the Grass."
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Nikki Giovanni reads self-penned poem, "For Flora." Novella Nelson reads two unidentified poems.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Jackie Earley reads the excellent, self-penned poem, "1968 Winters." Bob Cunningham supplies acoustic bass from off-screen. Sonia Sanchez reads the Jill Witherspoon poem, "For James." Saundra Sharp reads self-penned poem, "Black Persuasion."
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
DO NOT USE STILL PHOTOS. Novella Nelson reads unidentified poem. Saundra Sharp reads self-penned poem, "Losing Me." Bob Cunningham plays acoustic bass from off-screen.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
Nikki Giovanni reads the short but blistering self-penned poem, "Household Cleaning." Sonia Sanchez reads self-penned poem about drug abuse, titled, "Summer Words of a Sistuh Addict." Bob Cunningham plays acoustic bass from off-screen. Sonia Sanchez reads self-penned poem about relationships & drug abuse, titled, "Answer to Yo Question."
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
Marilyn Berry reads the Mari Evans poem, "Where Have You Gone." Novella Nelson reads the Barbara Mahone poem, "Sentimental Woman." Marilyn Berry reads unidentified poem. Nikki Giovanni reads self-penned poem, "Revolutionary Dreams."
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
Anna Horsford reads Paula Giddings poem, "Rebirth." Anna Horsford reads the fantastic Julia Fields poem, "High on the Hog." Bob Cunningham plays acoustic bass from off-screen. Novella Nelson & Anna Horsford read unidentified poem about respect & protection of the black woman & the black world: "I Am the Black Woman." At outset, panning high angle TLS studio audience-- comprised mostly of black women-- applauding.
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Speech
(This segment in B&W) SNCC Chairman Stokely Carmichael speaks at civil rights rally in Jackson, Mississippi, 1966 (note James Meredith sitting to his left, wearing pith-like hat): "I want to talk to black people across this country. There are four things that we have to do. Number one is we have to stop being ashamed of being black. Number two is we have to move into a position where we can define terms for what we want them to be, not what racist white society wants it to be. We have to move to define. We have to move to a position where we can feel strength & unity amongst each other from Watts to Harlem where we won't ever be afraid. And the last thing we have to do is build a power base so strong in this country that it will bring them to their knees every time they mess w/ us."
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Interview
Gerry Bledsoe introduces program in voiceover. Ellis Haizlip introduces Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), conducts interview, welcomes him home, but Mr. Carmichael politely rebuffs him: "Home is in Africa. You may welcome me back to America." Mr. Carmichael says he was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 1941, for where he cannot return b/c he has been deemed "persona non grata" by the Trinidad government. Stokely Carmichael says he has technical dual citizenship w/ Guinea & the U.S.
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Interview
Ellis Haizlip interviews Stokely Carmichael. Mr. Carmichael recounts the hardship & hard work during his hardscrabble experience w/ SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), the "vanguard movement" of the 1960s. "History has proven that it was the correct tactic at that time, to in fact take a nonviolent tactical approach in order to build the contradictions & heighten the consciousness of our people." Mr. Carmichael says nonviolence was merely a tactic, saying that there were SNCC members who carried firearms at the time.
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Interview
Ellis Hailzip continues to interview Stokely Carmichael. Mr. Carmichael says he moved into Mississippi during the Freedom Rides of the early 1960s. Mr. Carmichael discusses the history & objectives of the Freedom Ride movement, then the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Mr. Carmichael says SNCC lost 17 members to hate crimes, but forged onward due to their strength & resolve.
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Interview
FOR FULL CLIP WITH AUDIO, PLEASE CONTACT WPA. Ellis Haizlip continues to interview Stokely Carmichael, who says he respected and honored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Stokely Carmichael praises MLK's theory of nonviolence being put into action, and his significant powers of speech & mobilization. Stokely Carmichael says he has no regrets over anything he has done in the past, and will continue to work hard for his people until the day he dies.
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Interview
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview Stokely Carmichael. Mr. Carmichael discusses the significance of his famous 1966 Black Power speech & how it related to SNCC. Mr. Carmichael says his intention was not to "sit next to a white man" but to ensure that the white man could not tell him what to do, when to do it, how to do it, etc. "If the only tactic we had at that point was nonviolence, then we will use that tactic to show you that no man can limit our life, that we will do what we want to do, that we will go where we want to, and will act how we want to act." "History never gets written correctly."
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Interview
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview Stokely Camichael. Mr. Carmichael discusses the history behind his famous Black Power speech of 1966. Mr. Carmichael says it was essentially a tactic to drive Martin Luther King Jr. closer to the political left of the civil rights movement.
Soul! Ep - 319 (517) "Wherever We May Be" - Stokely Carmichael Interview
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview Stokely Carmichael. Mr. Carmichael says Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is a great, great man, praises his work & teachings. Ellis Haizlip, smoking a cigarette, asks if Stokely Carmichael had Pan-African intentions while working with SNCC during the "Black Power" years; Mr. Carmichael says he was never removed from Pan-African concerns & issues.