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How Does It Go with the Black Movement?
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Item Title How Does It Go with the Black Movement?
Guest Holland, Patricia
Guest Mounce, Gary
Guest Sinkin, Lanny
Guest Newton, Huey P.
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedJanuary 23, 1973
Description

Mr. Newton, WFB reminds us, "was tried and convicted of killing a policeman ... The slogan 'Free Huey Newton' was to the late Sixties what the slogan 'Who promoted Peress?" was to the early Fifties." In due course an appeals court reversed the verdict, and the juries thereafter were hung, so that Mr. Newton eventually was freed. This show has many surprises, starting with the first exchange. WFB: "... imminently he will publish his autobiography, which is called Revolutionary Suicide, a concept I shall now ask Mr. Newton, please, to explain." HN: "I'll explain it, but if I may impose upon you, I have a friend who's almost dying for me to ask this question, if you will. The question is: During the Revolution of 1776, when the United States of America broke away from England, my friend would like to know which side would you have been on during that time?" WFB: "I think probably I would have been on the side of George Washington. I'm not absolutely sure, because it remains to be established historically whether what we sought to prove at that point might not have been proved by more peaceful means. On the whole, I'm against revolutions, though I think, as revolutions go, that was a pretty humane one." HN: "Yes, you're not such a bad guy after all. My friend will be surprised to hear that. I hope he's listening."

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Place RecordedSan Antonio, Texas, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0080
Record Number80040.323
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