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Boston busing debate from an episode of “A Left and a Right” [audio recording and transcript]
The Boston Busing Debate was an episode of the television show “ A Left and a Right” which originally aired on Boston’s Channel 5 and was co-hosted two broadcast personalities, the conservative Avi Nelson and the outspoken “Dean of Talk Radio” Jerry…
Representative Moakley with Representative John Conyers [audio recording and transcript]
This recording includes two interviews with Representative John Conyers that were recorded as episodes of a radio show featuring Congressman Moakley on WILD. In the first segment Representative Joe Moakley interviews Representative Conyers about…
Representative Moakley with Representatives Shirley Chisholm and Jerome Waldie [audio recording and transcript]
This recording includes two interviews with members of Congress that were broadcast on WILD as episodes of a radio show featuring Congressman Moakley. In the first segment Representative Joe Moakley interviews Representative Shirley Chisholm discuss…
Moakley with Representatives Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke and Ella Grasso [audio recording and transcript]
In the first segment Representative Joe Moakley interviews Representative Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke about federal regulations and ethical issues related to human sterilization and abortion. The second interview is with Representative Ella Grasso and…
Moakley with Representatives Jack Kemp and Bill Clay, and Moakley on the Energy Crisis [audio recording and transcript]
In the first segment, Moakley and Representative Jack Kemp discuss the controversy over the football television blackouts and proposed changes to the way the broadcasting rights for football games in the U.S. In the second segment, Representative…
Representative Moakley with Representative Augustus Hawkins [audio recording and transcript]
Representative Joe Moakley and Representative Augustus Hawkins discuss the Brownsville Affair and proposed legislation to restore funding for job-training programs in both the public and private sectors. The discussion was broadcast on the…
Representative Moakley with Representative John Conyers [audio recording and transcript]
Representative Joe Moakley and Representative John Conyers discuss controversial aspects of President Nixon’s administration and his possible impeachment. They also discuss issues facing the nation including healthcare, employment rates, and poverty.…
Representative Moakley with Representative Charles Rangel [audio recording and transcript]
Representatives Joe Moakley and Charles Rangel discuss the increasing numbers of black members in Congress and the role of the Congressional Black Caucus. They also discuss the educational opportunities created by the G.I. Bill of Rights. The…
Representative Moakley with Representative Shirley Chisholm [audio recording and transcript]
Representatives Joe Moakley and Shirley Chisholm discuss developments in guidelines, regulations and ethics related to human sterilization, as well as family planning. The discussion was broadcast on the Boston-based radio station WILD as part of a…
Correspondence between John Joseph Moakley and the Massachusetts Black Legislative Caucus regarding busing including a list of demands, April-May 1976
The letter from the Massachusetts Black Legislative Caucus discusses the attack on Theodore Landsmark and other violent incidents in Boston, and is signed by representatives Mary H. Goode, Royal Bolling Jr., Doris Bunte, Robert Fortes, Raymond…
Attendees at Suffolk University Law School's Black American Law Students Association (BALSA) dinner, 1985
Pictured left to right: Beverly Roby, Malcolm M. Donahue, Jack Robinson, Keesler H. Montgomery, Daniel H. Perlman
Event related to Suffolk University's African American Literature Collection
Pictured: Edward Clark, Dorothea Powell (BOAF), Daniel Perlman, Byron Rushing, Ted Hamann
The New American Gazette: Stokely Carmichael's speech "Black Power" at the Ford Hall Forum [transcript]
Stokely Carmichael, a leader in the civil rights struggle and chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, appeared at Boston's Ford Hall Forum in 1966 advocating for the Black Power movement as a means to reclaim Black Americans’…
Beyers Naudé's speech at the Ford Hall Forum, "South Africa," Parts 1 and 2 (audio recording and transcript)
Reverend Beyers Naudé, an Afrikaner and General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, discusses the future of apartheid in South Africa.
Episode of the New American Gazette featuring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 speech at the Ford Hall Forum, " Desegregation and the Future" [audio recording and transcript]
Three weeks before he was jailed for leading peaceful protesters in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. King addressed the Ford Hall Forum in Boston on March 24 1963. His address, "The Future of Desegregation," coincided with the centennial of the Emancipation…
Photograph of Jesse Jackson and David S. Nelson, 1983
Black and white photograph of Jesse Jackson with David Nelson. Jackson's lecture entitled "Education: Foundation for Democracy" took place on March 27, 1983.
Representative Moakley with Representative Walter Fauntroy [audio recording and transcript]
Representative Joe Moakley and Representative Walter Fauntroy discuss issues regarding the governance of Washington, D.C., including the proposed Home Rule Bill which would change D.C.’s level of representation at the federal level and aspects of its…
Judge Ivorey Cobb (JD '60), receives an honorary degree at the 1965 Suffolk University Law School commencement
Ivorey Cobb, a 1960 Suffolk University Law School graduate became the first African American to be appointed as a judge in New Hampshire in 1964.
