{"value"=>"<p>The Afram Vertical Files or AFRAM-News are compilations of news items from the mainstream media, annotated to expose a distortion or bias; articles from the black press or from alternative, often obscure publications, from across the country; leaflets and broadsides announcing protests and events relevant to the black community; and directives and editorials harking back to the ebullient years of AFRAM-Action. They were mailed to libraries, supporters and groups across the country, from the mid 1970s through the 1990s, based on the belief that a well-informed community would chart its own course out of oppression and poverty. The early years of AFRAM-News were archived by the AFRAM staff and are an integral part of the collection. More recent years have been sampled. There are concentrations with good research value around particular topics and personalities, including education, Harlem, reparations, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Kwame Ture and Leonard Jeffries.</p>"}