Take This Hammer
2/8/1964 | 44m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Author James Baldwin meets with San Francisco's African American community in 1963.
Author and activist James Baldwin meets with members of San Francisco's African American community in 1963. Escorted by Youth For Service's executive director, Orville Luster, Baldwin is intent on discovering "the real situation of Negroes in the city, as opposed to the image San Francisco would like to present." KQED produced this segment for NET, the predecessor of WNET.
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Take This Hammer
2/8/1964 | 44m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Author and activist James Baldwin meets with members of San Francisco's African American community in 1963. Escorted by Youth For Service's executive director, Orville Luster, Baldwin is intent on discovering "the real situation of Negroes in the city, as opposed to the image San Francisco would like to present." KQED produced this segment for NET, the predecessor of WNET.
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James Baldwin tours San Francisco
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Clip: 2/8/1964 | 1m 47s | As he's driven around San Francisco, Baldwin discusses the need to encourage Black youth. (1m 47s)
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