| Folder Title/Description |
Date |
Box # |
Folder # |
Additional Info. |
| Abraham Engleman |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-10-15 Abraham Engleman is welcomed to the podium as a Professor of Social Strategies
at Antioch University, Baltimore, a communication consultant, and a sensitivity trainer.
Drawing from his experience of incarceration in Russian prison camps and studies of
institutional analysis, he calls critical attention to the value associated with the
words that are used in institutional contexts and management systems. The floor is
opened up for questions from the incarcerated audience members to Engleman. https://vimeo.com/844933903
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| Johnathan Kozol |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-10-22 The moderator introduces the speaker Johnathan Kozol, an author of several
books including The night is dark and I am far from home. Kozol gives a presentation
entitled “Mass Education for Individual Destruction.” The microphone opens up to the
incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/846240608
TRT-02:34:59..
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| Bruce Franklin |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-10-29 The moderator introduces Dr. Franklin, a pioneering author of prison literature
and professor of English at Rutgers. Franklin discusses criminality and the role of
prison literature in American society, highlighting a boom in the genre with the release
of The Autobiography of Malcolm X in 1965. https://vimeo.com/844936702 TRT-02:29:23..
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| Thomas Cripps |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-11-12 The guest speaker is Thomas Cripps who is Professor of History at Morgan
State University and author of Slow Fade to Black and Black Film as Genre. He traces
the evolution of filmmaking alongside the racial dynamics in the United States and
discusses the ongoing film project being done with Morgan State University about Black
history in Baltimore. A lively discussion erupts when the incarcerated audience members
begin to ask questions. Having received a handful of rigorous and contentious questions
from the audience members, Cripps ends his time by giving up the microphone with his
hands raised, repeating “what’s a minority, it depends on the year. https://vimeo.com/848020140
TRT-01:31:48.-.
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| Malcolm Braly |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-11-19 The moderator introduces Braly as an ex-convict who is a writer-in-residence
at the University of Maryland and author of On the Yard. Braly speaks on his experiences
leading up to his conviction, time spent writing in jal, and life after his release
prior to watching the movie adaptation of his book.The microphone opens up to the
incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/846240782
TRT-01:06:12..
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| Jane Morgan Franklin |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-11-5 The moderator introduces the speaker Franklin, a movie critic and reviewer,
author, and founding member of People for Prisoners’ Art in New Jersey. Franklin gives
a presentation entitled “The Camera as Con: Images of Prisoners in the Movies.”
The microphone opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions.
https://vimeo.com/846235065 TRT-02:29:07..
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| Nijole Benokraitis |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-12-10 The audience members posed questions and comments to the guest speaker
Professor Nijole Benokratis about the victimization of women during sexual encounters,
the socialization processes that occur within families, and the power dynamics between
gender roles. https://vimeo.com/846242571 TRT-00:55:02..
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| Alfie Brown |
1979 |
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Description |
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1979-12-17 Alfie Brown is introduced as the Associate Director of the Urban Arts Project
for the Urban Services Agency in Baltimore City, the moderator for the weekly program
The Critic’s Place on Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting, and a career actress.
She presents an introduction to the conceptualization of women which is explored through
the image of the white American woman incarcerated in the 1950s, depicted in the film
I Want to Live. The floor is opened up to the incarnated audience members for questions
and comments through the end of the video footage. https://vimeo.com/844935988 TRT-01:07:53..
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| Eddie Conway Movie Panel |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-1-14 The panel includes Floyd Payne, Brenda Vogel, Leon Alcott, James Ray Bay,
Robert Robertson, and Eddie Conway. The panel discusses the movie Fugitive From a
Chain Gang and the book I Am a Fugitive From A Georgia Chain Gang!. The microphone
opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/846234997
TRT-01:15:20..
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| Askia Muhammad |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-1-21 Muhammad is introduced as a journalist, editor, and correspondent to the
National Scene News Bureau and the founder of the Black Journalism Review. His presentation
is entitled “Cultural Imprisonment: the Effects of Foreign Policy.” He goes on to
discuss the genocidal conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia and the weaponization
of United States foreign policy. https://vimeo.com/848015953 TRT-01:38:52. .
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| Nathan Heard |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-1-28 The video opens to reflections presented by the incarcerated audience members
in response to Heard’s discussion. https://vimeo.com/846242521 TRT-00:38:07.
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| Charlie Cobb |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-1-7 The moderator introduces the guest speaker Charlie Cobb as an international
journalist and correspondent, formerly with Nation Public Radio. He speaks on the
topics of regional conflict and the way the world is divided between the development
and underdevelopment of the so-called Global North and South. Cobb’s speech is supplemented
with graphic photographs of the Rhodesian and Angolan conflicts. As he flips through
the slides of photographs, audience members begin to inquire about their contexts.
The conversation raises a range of critical questions, some of which speak to the
involvement of the United States in these conflicts. https://vimeo.com/848016360 TRT-02:03:11..
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| Ted Robert Gurr |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-10-20 The moderator introduces Gurr as a professor of political science at Northwestern,
an expert on political violence in the United States, and author on the topics of
crime and punishment in Western society. Gurr presents on relative deprivation in
a talk entitled “Discontent: Its social sources and political consequences.” The microphone
opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/848019934
TRT- 02:32:45..
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| Bob Cheeks |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-10-27 The moderator introduces Bob Cheeks, a political activist in Baltimore
City, Director of the Baltimore Welfare Rights Association, and Chairperson of the
People’s Campaign for Rent Control. Cheeks orates a speech on the systemic imprisonment
of Black men in Maryland in a presentation entitled “Penitentiary Reverberations.”
https://vimeo.com/844936207 TRT- 02:02:32..
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| Elias Spiladis, Al Engleman, Nathan Heard |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-10-6 The moderator prompts audience members to think about a question for the
upcoming final presentation to conclude a year of humanities talks. Program 50 is
named “Legacy and Consequence of Hegemony.” Three speakers returned based on audience
reflections, including Abraham Engleman, professor of Social Strategies at Antioch
College, Elias Spiladis, a professor and Baltimore mental health worker, and Nathan
Seheard, author and former offender. Respectively, the guest speakers participate
in a trialogue on “Legacy and Consequence of Hegemony” through the topics of technological
hegemony, mental health consequences of cultural hegemony, and existing within and
beyond hegemonization. The floor opens up to the incarcerated audience members to
pose questions, comments, and discuss with the guest speakers. https://vimeo.com/844933744
TRT: 02:50:13..
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| David Rothman |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-2-11 The moderator introduces the speaker Dr. Rothman, a professor of history,
works at the Center for Policy Research, and is the co-director of the project on
community alternatives for the mentally disabled. Dr. Rothman discusses the history
of US prisons and prisoners’ rights. The microphone opens up to the incarcerated audience
members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/846234853 TRT- 02:35:05..
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| Michael Hogan |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-2-18 The moderator introduces the speaker Michael Hogan, an author, editor, and
teacher who spent nine years in prison. Hogan discusses the movie Straight Time. The
microphone opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions.
https://vimeo.com/846242428 TRT-00:58:06.
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| Abram Engerman |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-2-25 The video opens to a Q and A session held in response to the Abram Engerman's
presentation on eligibility and distinctions. https://vimeo.com/844934050 TRT-00:42:52..
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| Jesse McDade |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-3-17 The moderator introduces McDade, a host of the University Forum, professor
of philosophy at Morgan State University, author, and social activist. McDade gives
a presentation entitled “The Prison Trinity: Myth, Macho, and Magic.” The microphone
opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/846239787
TRT- 02:31:39..
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| Bonnie Rowan |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-3-24 Rowan uses Charlie Chaplin’s The Tramp to discuss rhetoric, filmmaking in
the 20th century, and comedy as a tool to approach hard topics. The microphone opens
up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/844936449
TRT-00:55:15.
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| John Toland |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-3-31 The moderator introduces the speaker as Dr. Toland, a professor of sociology
who teaches criminology at Towson State University and a coordinator of a law enforcement
and corrections programs. Dr. Toland discusses criminology and the role of prisons.
The microphone opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions.
https://vimeo.com/846240460 TRT- 01:57:36..
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| Will Chambliss |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-4-14 The moderator introduces Heard (11: 25), sociologist from the University
of Delaware and author of One the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents. Chambliss
discusses the power of organized crime in the United States. The microphone opens
up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/848025991
TRT- 01:27:20..
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| Philip Slater |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-4-21 The moderator introduces the speaker Philip Slater, an author, actor, playright,
and a former professor at Harvard and Brandeis universities. Slater discusses organization
and governance in a presentation entitled “The celling of self and others.” The microphone
opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/848019779
TRT- 02:03:01..
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| Bob Johnson |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-5-26 The moderator reflects on the successes and reception in different locations
of the program. She then introduces Robert Johnson, an associate professor of Justice
at American University and the author of Culture of Confinement and Control. Johnson
discusses capital punishment, the environment of death row, and the ethics of crime
and punishment.
The microphone opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions.
https://vimeo.com/848016164 TRT- 02:03:17..
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| Bruce Franklin |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-6-9 The video opens to a group of incarcerated men being called to gather behind
the speaker’s podium to acknowledge their contribution to the existence of the program
itself. The floor is opened up to audience members to hear responses about the copy
of Blood in My Eye that was distributed within the prison and the viewing of Black
August.
The moderator introduces Dr. Bruce Franklin (1 hour and 40 minutes into the video)
as the author of The Victim as Criminal and Artist and a professor of English and
American Literature at Rutgers University. The topic of his speech is “Convicts as
American Political Leaders: From Malcolm X, Killed 1965, to George Jackson, Killed
1971.” Informed by the two aforementioned historical figures, he articulates how fascism
operates within the American Empire. The microphone opens up to audience reflections
and questions. https://vimeo.com/844936515 TRT-02:02:11..
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| Amiri Baraka |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-9-1 This video features response to the presentation given by Aimiri Baraka.
The incarcerated audience members step up the microphone to discuss the prison industrial
complex with Baraka. https://vimeo.com/844936063 TRT-00:31:53..
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| Otto Begas |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-9-15 The moderator introduces the speaker Otto Begas, a professor of philosophy
at Morgan State and author. Begas discusses freedom of choice in a presentation entitled
“To be or not to be free: Whose choice is it?” The microphone opens up to the incarcerated
audience members for reflections and questions. https://vimeo.com/846242795 TRT- 02:32:48..
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| Bill O’ Connor |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-9-22 The moderator introduces Bill O’Connor as a professor of sociology and urban
affairs at the Community College of Baltimore, poet, and political activist. O'Connor
presents on the topic entitled “Tacit Approval: An invitation to Holocaust.” The microphone
opens up to the incarcerated audience members for reflections and questions. Key words:
power, wealth, experts, Holocaust https://vimeo.com/848026129 TRT-02:37:38..
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| Constance Goldman |
1980 |
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Description |
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1980-9-29 The moderator introduces Goldman, a correspondent for National Public Radio,
journalist, producer, and media specialist. After a showing of Convicts 4, based on
the book by John Resko, Goldman reflects with the audience on the movie. https://vimeo.com/846234755
TRT-01:16:35..
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