African American hunger strike in San Quentin
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KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 4th 1969 by Ben Williams at San Quentin state prison (Marin County), featuring a non violent hunger strike by African American inmates. Includes views of San Quentin and scenes of Williams interviewing Warden Jacobs, who explains that between 25 to 65 men from a segregation unit, whom he describes as "black militants," have presented him with a list of 10 demands for improving conditions within the prison.
Tags: african american civil rights, ben williams, black panther party, hunger strikes, kpix 100350, san quentin, warden jacobs
Added to Bay Area Television Archive on September 26, 2011.
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Information
- Originally aired on: KPIX-TV
- Date aired: 10/4/69
- Recording medium: 16mm, color co-magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to: CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration: 3:05
- Type of material: archival news film
Content
- KPIX 100350.mp4 (25.03 MB – MPEG4 video)
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- Views: 4299 (3808 for this version)
Version history
- adding film reference number
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago
- Imported from external collection.
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago