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1. Interview of Nancy Buchanan

Topic:
Civil Liberties
Length:
2 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s, thousands of people participated in protests, political campaigns, community organizing, and other activism related to issues of police violence in the Los Angeles area. This series documents this area of activism, including the work of the Coalition Aga...
Biographical Note:
Performance and video artist, educator, and producer of the Message to the Grassroots program hosted by Michael Zinzun on Pasadena public-access television.

2. Interview of John Burton

Topic:
Civil Liberties
Length:
1.5 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s, thousands of people participated in protests, political campaigns, community organizing, and other activism related to issues of police violence in the Los Angeles area. This series documents this area of activism, including the work of the Coalition Aga...
Biographical Note:
Longtime police misconduct lawyer and a founding member of the Police Misconduct Lawyers Referral Service (now known as Cop Watch).

3. Interview of John W. Caughey

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Civil rights activist involved with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

4. Interview of LaRee Caughey

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Publisher of works about racially segregated education in Los Angeles with husband John Caughey.

5. Interview of Ben Margolis

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:

6. Interview of Alice McGrath (1984-85)

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Civil Liberties
Length:
16.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Activist. Executive secretary for the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee and volunteer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

7. Interview of Alice McGrath (1981)

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Activist. Executive secretary for the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee and volunteer for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

8. Interview of Carey McWilliams

Topic:
Social Movements
Journalism
Civil Liberties
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Length:
12.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Author and editor of the Nation, known for writing on California politics and culture.

9. Interview of Eason Monroe

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Chair of San Francisco State College’s Department of Education.

10. Interview of Fred Okrand

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Length:
19 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

11. Interview of Seniel Ostrow

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Civil rights activist and owner of the Sealy Mattress Company.

12. Interview of Sam Rosenwein

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lawyer, educator, and executive secretary of the National Lawyers Guild.

13. Interview of Mabie Settlage

Topic:
Civil Liberties
Length:
3 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Between the early 1970s and the mid-1990s, thousands of people participated in protests, political campaigns, community organizing, and other activism related to issues of police violence in the Los Angeles area. This series documents this area of activism, including the work of the Coalition Aga...
Biographical Note:
Community activist and member of the Coalition Against Police Abuse, an organization that worked toward justice for victims of police violence and was active in the Los Angeles area in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

14. Interview of Stanley K. Sheinbaum

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Human rights activist and member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National Advisory Council. Organizer of the Daniel Ellsberg Pentagon Papers defense team and president of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners.

15. Interview of Frank Wilkinson

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Length:
58.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Civil liberties activist. Executive director of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation and the First Amendment Foundation.

16. Interview of Abraham L. Wirin

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California.