Audio Interference
Interference Archive is a social space, exhibition venue, and open stacks archive of movement culture, based in Brooklyn.
Audio Interference 75: Kent State and Jackson State
On April 30th, 1970, US President Richard Nixon announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into the neighboring country of Cambodia. This resulted in a wave of student strikes across the country throughout the month of May, 1970.
On May 4th, the US National Guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Eleven days later, Mississippi state police opened fire on student protesters at Jackson State University, a historically black college. Together, six students were killed in the shootings.
In this episode, an Interference Archive volunteer, Jen Hoyer, interviews activist Dennis O'Neil. Dennis grew up in New York City and was a student at New York University in May, 1970. He tells us about the events leading up to the student strike, as well as the aftermath of the shootings at Kent and Jackson State.
This episode is part of a forthcoming exhibit at Interference Archive about the 50 year anniversary of the student strikes of May, 1970. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this exhibit has been moved online. For updates about the exhibit, subscribe to our mailing list at www.interferencearchive.org.
To read more about the student strikes of May 1970, You can read series of retrospective articles written by Dennis at: firemtn.blogspot.com/2010/04/may-70-finally-on-our-own.html
Music: Rompamos Los Carteles Electorales by Joaquin.
Produced By Interference Archive.
Further Reading
Greensboro sit-in: www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/greensboro-sit-ins-1960/
The Panther 21: hiphopandpolitics.com/2015/12/14/the-panther-21-case-a-glimpse-intothe-future-past-of-racist-police-repression/
Bobby Seale: connecticuthistory.org/free-bobby-free-ericka-the-new-haven-black-panther-trials/
Black Panther Party Community News Service at Freedom Archives: search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?s=%22panther+21%22&collection_id=90
Black Panther Party bulletin with information on Bobby Seale: freedomarchives.org/Documents/Finder/DOC513_scans/BPP_1970s_Articles/513_BPP_1970s_Free_Bobby_Free_Huey.pdf
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