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Title
KPFA: The Death of Westly Ashmore, 1972
Creator
Yuen, Hoh-Kun
Date Created and/or Issued
1972-05-26
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library
Collection
California Revealed from Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
Rights Information
Rights are owned by UC Regents and KPFA. Pacific Radio Archives has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
[Side A] Vietnam War updates. Jenny Stone, a 19 year old KPFA reporter at a demonstration in San Francisco was clubbed by a police officer. Tape evidence of the police brutality. She was arrested for 5 hours and accused of hitting a police officer. Hugo Penell, a Third World prisoner in Soledad Prison, was found guilty. Ed Codwell want to defend him/ be his attorney. "The Death of Westly Ashmore": Westly Ashmore was found dead in his prison cell in a California Prison. Information about the Gay Liberation movements; the Gay Sunshine Collective Community. Speaks about the mistreatment of Gay men in prisons. [Side B] "The Death of Westly Ashmore" continued; heterosexual/mass media gave no coverage of the demonstration. The rest of the side is music. Digitization made possible through a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council of Libraries and Information Resources.
Type
sound
Format
Master
Sound
2-track mono
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent
Unknown
Identifier
BANC MSS 2005/290c Carton 203 Reel 7c
cueth_000283_a, cueth_000283_b
Language
English
Provenance
Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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