| Description | Beverly Davis, a young woman from Harlem, New York, talks to Dilip Hiro.
Track 1: They talk about her early life in Michigan, 1.30 mins
Track 2: She says that there are 'racial problems' in Harlem and talks about the divisions between black and white people. They talk about use of the word 'negro', 1.51 mins
Track 3: She discusses an article she read about the Black Panthers, 2.00 mins
Track 4: She talks about black people being blamed for crime and tells how a black friend was arrested by the police, 2.45 mins
Track 5: She talks about unfair treatment by the police, 1.33 mins
Track 6: She says that white people are not all the same. She says that things could get better if people could get together, 2.00 mins
Track 7: She says things will be right if people are fully integrated. She talks about her friend's black boyfriend who is fighting in Vietnam. Dilip Hiro asks about Christianity: she says that this won't get anywhere and sometimes it takes violence to make white people realise what was going on, 2.35 mins
Track 8: She says she thinks things will get better. She talks about going to a mixed school, her present job, and getting a job, 1.41 mins
Track 9: Dilip Hiro asks whether it's easy for black people to get jobs: she says that you need a diploma and all of her friends have jobs. She says she thinks people have a better chance in life, 1.28 mins
Track 10: She says that she would not like to leave Harlem and move to an integrated area. She talks about her white schoolfriends and says that they eat together in the canteen. She says that she could have a close friend who was white, 3.10 mins
Track 11: She discusses teaching black history in school. She talks about straightening hair, 2.46 mins
Track 12: They discuss whether white people would ever make their hair kinky and whether it is possible for black people to rule white people, 1.43 mins
Track 13: They discuss whether white people are frightened of black people - she says not all white people are afraid, 1.11 mins
Track 14: She talks about her church. They discuss the possibility that Jesus was black, 1.51 mins
Track 15: She talks about her religious beliefs and about 'Mohammedism' and Catholicism, 2.02 mins
Track 16: They discuss her sense of identity as an American of African descent, 1.49 mins
Total: 32.00 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0487380 |