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Safety Film Carrier

Carrier No: 952-1-1

Component: 952-1 Interview with Sonia Sanchez

Work: 952  Interview with Sonia Sanchez

Item Id: 8982

Format: Safety Film

Actual Length: 1250

Rack No: EYES2.008

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Notes:
Contents description field reads: "Sonia Sanchez interview, in which she discusses her early reactions to Malcolm X. She was a CORE operative in NYC and was resistant because she had heard that he was a racist, but gradually she came to agree with his arguments."

Contents notes field reads: "rehoused 3/5/03"

Contents description field reads: "Sonia Sanchez interview, talking about Malcolm X's broad appeal: "finally we had some worth." She also talks about Malcolm X's comment on the assassination of President Kennedy, that the  "chickens are coming home to roost." She mentions his conflicts with the Nation of Islam and the positive feelings she had about his withdrawal from that organization."

Contents description field reads: "Sonia Sanchez interview, in which she talks of Malcolm X's decision to take the plight of African-Americans before the UN. She notes that made him more of a threat to powerful forces.  She also discusses his assassination and its impact on her. She mentions sexism within the movement , but points out that she and other women in the movement spoke out and gained respect from male colleagues." 

Contents notes field reads: "Audio lost briefly during discussion of Malcolm X's assassination."

Contents subject field reads: "Sanchez, Sonia ; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 ; Congress of Racial Equality ; Nation of Islam ; New York (N.Y.) ; Hunter College"

Contents subject field reads: "Sanchez, Sonia ; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 ; Congress of Racial Equality ; Nation of Islam ; New York (N.Y.) ; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963"

Contents subject field reads: "Sanchez, Sonia ; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 ; United Nations"

Conditions x3

DateConditionDegree
2003-07-21Vinegar SyndromeA-D strip reading
2005-09-03Vinegar SyndromeA-D strip reading
2011-08-18Vinegar SyndromeA-D strip reading

Treatments x1

DateTreatmentLocation
2003-03-05Re-housedInternal