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{"value"=>"1970-2003", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1970/2003"}
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{"value"=>"Gerald Horne audio and moving image collection"}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
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{"value"=>"Gerald Horne (1949-) is an African American historian, professor, radio host, political commentator, a 1992 California Senate candidate, and the author of <span class=\"title\">Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s</span> (1995), as well as over thirty other books. He is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. The collection contains 112 audio recordings and eleven videos relating to Horne's career, including interviews about his scholarship; interviews he conducted as a radio host as well as research for his books; appearances he made as a Senate candidate; and appearances at academic conferences, dating from 1970 to 2003."}
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{"value"=>"Horne, Gerald", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gerald Horne (1949-) is an African American historian, professor, radio host, political commentator, and a 1992 California Senate candidate.</p> <p>Horne is the author of over thirty books, including <span class=\"title\">Black Liberation - Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party</span> (1994); <span class=\"title\">Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s</span> (1995), which was a finalist for the American Sociological Association's Robert Park Award; <span class=\"title\">Class Struggle in Hollywood: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and Trade Unionists</span> (2001); <span class=\"title\">Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois</span> (2002); <span class=\"title\">Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire</span> (2003); and <span class=\"title\">Red Seas: Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica</span> (2005).</p> <p>His wide-ranging scholarship addresses race, labor, and politics through a Marxist lens; figures such as scholar Shirley Graham Du Bois, African American Communist leader Ben Davis, and trade union organizer Ferdinand Smith; and organizations such as the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), the National Maritime Union (NMU), and South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO Party of Namibia).</p> <p>Horne was often featured as a guest on radio programs where he discussed his scholarship. He was also invited on radio shows as a political commentator, discussing current events such as Black politics in the US; the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent anti-war movement; and conflict in Kenya. He was a frequent guest on radio programs supported by the Pacifica Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates KPFK-FM, WBAI-FM, and other listener-supported progressive radio stations across the US.</p> <p>In the 1990s, Horne was a regular host on WBAI-FM's <span class=\"title\">Behind the News</span> and <span class=\"title\">Monday Talk Back</span>. In addition to notable guest appearances, episodes of his radio shows delved into a wide range of topics including history, the former Soviet Union, and progressive politics.</p> <p>Additionally, Horne made broadcast appearances during his 1992 campaign for United States Senate on the ticket of the Peace and Freedom Party, a progressive third party. The race was a special election to fill the seat of Pete Wilson, a senator who had been elected governor of California in 1991. Horne received 2.8 percent of the vote in an election that was ultimately won by Democrat Dianne Feinstein.</p> <p>Horne holds a BA from Princeton University (1970); a JD from University of California, Berkeley (1973); and a PhD in history from Columbia University (1982). He has taught history, African American studies, and legal studies at colleges and universities since 1975, including Ramapo College (1975-1979), City College of New York (1980-1981), Sarah Lawrence College (1982-1988), University of California, Santa Barbara (1988-1996), University of Zimbabwe (1995), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1995-2003), and University of Hong Kong (1999-2000). Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains 112 audio recordings and eleven videos relating to Horne's career, dating from 1970 to 2003. The original format of the audio recordings was cassette, with many items containing two or more parts. Some items with multiple recordings have been described separately. Square brackets indicate unclear spelling. Recordings are audio unless described otherwise. Dates reflect the date of broadcast unless otherwise noted, and incomplete dates are noted in the items' descriptions.</p> <p>The collection comprises audio recordings and videos that reflect Horne's wide-ranging career, including appearances on radio and television as a scholar and political commentator; appearances as a radio host on a number of WBAI programs; appearances on radio and television as a candidate for Senate; conference appearances as a leading scholar; and videos and audio recordings collected in the course of his extensive research. Research subjects reflected in the collection include the 1965 Watts Uprising; race and trade unionism; censorship and the Hollywood blacklist; race and the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II; and liberation movements in southern Africa. Notable figures appearing in the collection include Herb Boyd, John Henrik Clarke, Harold Cruse, Howard Dodson, Vicki Garvin, David Graham Du Bois, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Theo-Ben Gurirab, David Hilliard, and Andima Toivo ya Toivo.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Gerald Horne audio and moving image collection is arranged in six series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/186710#c1909334'>SERIES I: BROADCAST APPEARANCES</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1990-2003</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains fifteen audio recordings and one video of broadcast appearances by Horne, organized chronologically by broadcast date. They include radio interviews about Horne's publications, including <span class=\"title\">Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s</span> (1995), <span class=\"title\">Class Struggle in Hollywood: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and Trade Unionists</span> (2001), and <span class=\"title\">Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire</span> (2003). Additionally, Horne appears as a guest to offer analyses of current events, global politics, and history. A video includes an appearance by Horne in a television program segment. Item titles reflect program titles unless otherwise noted.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/186710#c1909353'>SERIES II: RADIO PROGRAMS HOSTED BY HORNE</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1980-2005</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains twelve audio recordings of radio shows hosted by Horne, and radio advertisements, organized chronologically by broadcast date. They include programs he hosted such as the WBAI programs <span class=\"title\">Behind the News</span> and <span class=\"title\">Monday Talk Back</span>. He also guest hosted episodes of <span class=\"title\">Family Tree</span>. Horne interviews notable figures such as Herb Boyd, a journalist and author; David Graham Du Bois, a journalist; and David Hilliard, a former Black Panther. Three recordings are radio advertisements likely collected by Horne in the course of his work as a radio program host.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/186710#c1909366'>SERIES III: ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS AND RESEARCH NOTES</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1970-2005</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains thirty-seven audio recordings of oral history interviews and research notes, organized alphabetically by title or interviewee's last name. Recordings include oral history interviews that Horne conducted as part of research into subjects such as the life of Ferdinand Smith, a Jamaican trade unionist and co-founder of the National Maritime Union (NMU); the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II; and the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO Party of Namibia), a Namibian independence movement and later a political party. The series also contains copies of oral histories from the Fisk University Library Oral History Program, and Horne's research note self-recordings.</p> <p>Horne's oral history interviews and research notes reflect his published works including <span class=\"title\">Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s</span> (1995), <span class=\"title\">Class Struggle in Hollywood: Moguls, Mobsters, Stars, Reds, and Trade Unionists</span> (2001), <span class=\"title\">From the Barrel of a Gun: The US and the War Against Zimbabwe</span> (2001), <span class=\"title\">Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois</span>(2002), <span class=\"title\">Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire</span> (2003), and <span class=\"title\">Red Seas: Ferdinand Smith and Radical Black Sailors in the United States and Jamaica</span> (2005).</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/186710#c1909409'>SERIES IV: SENATE CAMPAIGN</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1992</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains seven recordings about Horne's 1992 California Senate campaign, including interviews, speeches, and radio spots. They are arranged alphabetically by title. Horne discusses the progressive policies that comprise his platform; the Peace and Freedom Party; and his opponent, Democrat Dianne Feinstein.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/186710#c1909417'>SERIES V: CONFERENCES</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1980-2005</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains nineteen audio recordings of Horne's appearances at three academic conferences, two of which are unidentified. They are arranged chronologically. The bulk of the series is comprised of recordings from the three-day conference \"Japan's Challenge to US Hegemony\" (JCUSH), held at University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara) in 1990. They include opening and closing statements by Horne, eleven paper presentations, comments by fourteen scholars, and question and answer sessions. The title of the conference has been abbreviated throughout.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/186710#c1909457'>SERIES VI: COLLECTED RECORDINGS</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1970-2005</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains twenty-eight audio recordings and nine videos collected by Horne, in which he does not appear. They are organized alphabetically by title and include radio and television broadcasts, lectures, and conference panels.</p> <p>The series includes numerous items collected by Horne in the course of his research on the Hollywood blacklist. The Hollywood blacklist was a period from the late 1940s to the early 1960s when actors, screenwriters, directors, musicians, and other professionals were barred from employment in Hollywood based on their ongoing or past membership in, alleged membership in, or perceived sympathy with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA).</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gerald Horne, 2010 and 2016.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the Gerald Horne papers, Sc MG 559.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Virginia Mullaney</span> and <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Lyric Evans-Hunter</span>, archivist. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division for titles authored or edited by Gerald Horne.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project."}
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{"value"=>"Item AMI identifiers, titles, scope and content notes, and extent notes updated to facilitate public access by Lyric Benjamin-Hunter.", "date"=>"2026-06-05"}
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1970
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1970
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2003
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1970
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2003
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{"value"=>"Gerald Horne audio and moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}