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Created by:
Brooks B. Robinson Ph.D., American  Search this
Subject of:
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk, 1656 - 1680  Search this
David Walker, American, ca. 1796 - 1830  Search this
Reies Tijerina, Mexican American, 1926 - 2015  Search this
Patsy Tijerina, American, born ca. 1948  Search this
Henry Garnet, American, 1815 - 1882  Search this
Directed by:
Robert Cham  Search this
Medium:
tape and plastic
Dimensions:
H x W: 2 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
Duration: 00:27:26
Type:
audiotapes
Place made:
Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
New York, United States, North and Central America
New Mexico, United States, North and Central America
Date:
February 1, 1981
Description:
A white plastic audiocassette tape with a recording of the radio program "Lesser But Not Least." The cassette tape has a beige label on which typewritten text on one side reads [TRY OUT RADIO / 2/1/81 / "LESSER BUT NOT LEAST" WHA / RADIO]. The radio show was produced by Dr. Brooks Robinson for a "Tryout Radio," and focuses on "lesser-known" individuals in American history and is divided into three segments.
The first segment discusses the life of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American Catholic saint. In this segment, there is also a fictional dramatization of a conversation between Saint Kateri story and one of her suitors. In the second segment, the narrator moves to a discussion of David Walker's life and the impact of his essay "Appeal to The Colored Peoples of The World." There is also a reading of Henry Highland Garnet's commentary on David Walker's essay, as well as a dramatization of an encounter between Walker and Savannah’s representatives over the "seditious material" Walker wrote. Toward the end of the second segment, "The Star-Spangled Banner" instrumental is played while the narrator describes Walker’s contributions to the abolitionist movement.
The last segment focuses on the contributions of Reies Lopez Tijerina. It is dramatized as a narration by his former wife Patsy Tijerina. Some of the topics they cover are the Mexican-American War of 1846; Mexico’s land grants to settlers; the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; La Alianza; San Joaquín de Chama land grant; the occupation of the Echo Amphitheater; the July 4 March from Albuquerque to Santa Fe; the planned citizen’s arrest of Sanchez on June 5; Reies Tijerina's arrest and the ensuing legal battles; Poor People's March on Washington in 1968; as well as Tijerina's activism post 1968.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
American West  Search this
Antislavery  Search this
Catholicism  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Radio  Search this
Religion  Search this
United States History  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Contributed in memory of Professor Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979), poet, educator, Black Arts Movement icon, and one of the Literary Corner's analysts.
Object number:
2010.17.2
Restrictions & Rights:
© Brooks B. Robinson
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Movement:
BAM (Black Arts Movement 1965-1976)
Abolitionist movement
Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ca3f378a-98ea-43aa-9696-bad0bedb4134
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.17.2