Harlem vs. Columbia University

Nov 16, 2009

Brecht Forum

Stefan Bradley, history and African American studies professor at Saint Louis University, recalls the efforts by African-American students and the residents of Harlem to stop Columbia University from building a private gymnasium and expanding the University's footprint in 1968-69.  Mr. Bradley focuses on the residents of Harlem's protest .. Read More

Stefan Bradley, history and African American studies professor at Saint Louis University, recalls the efforts by African-American students and the residents of Harlem to stop Columbia University from building a private gymnasium and expanding the University's footprint in 1968-69.  Mr. Bradley focuses on the residents of Harlem's protest and the radicalization of portions of  Columbia's student body, including the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) led by Mark Rudd and the SAS (Students' Afro American Society).  Stefan Bradley discusses his book at the Brecht Forum in New York City.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:32 Unidentified Speaker HISTORY AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES PROFESSOR STEFAN BRADLEY RECALLS THE EFFORTS BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
00:00:53 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AND AGAIN WELCOME TO THE BRECHT FORUM. WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK TO TALK...
00:02:28 Unidentified Speaker SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER VERBIAGE FROM YOU, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO BROTHER BRADLEY AND
00:02:37 Unidentified Speaker HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BOOK. ALL RIGHT. I REALLY WANT TO THANK BROTHER ANDERSON, THE OTHERS FOR PUTTING...
00:02:52 Unidentified Speaker YOU COULD HAVE GOT SOME IMPORTANT PEOPLE BUT INSTEAD YOU GOT ME. NOW YOU DID IT. WHEN I READ BOOKS I...
00:10:03 Unidentified Speaker BUT LAND OWNERSHIP INCLUDING OWNERSHIP HAS LONG BEEN AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL...
00:18:45 Unidentified Speaker MORNINGSIDE PARK, SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS THE MOST DANGEROUS IN AMERICA AT ONE POINT. ANOTHER PERSON SAID...
00:18:55 Unidentified Speaker WELL, TO THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE PARK, THAT LIVE NEAR THE PARK, IT WAS A SPACE THAT THEY BELIEVE BELONGED...
00:19:26 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER SPEED IS THE OTHER ROBERT MOSES. THE OTHER ROBERT MOSES.
00:19:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, HE WANTED TO PURCHASE MORNINGSIDE PARK TO BILLY JUDAISM. IF YOU KNOW MORNINGSIDE PARK YOU KNOW...
00:23:20 Unidentified Speaker SO THEY STARTED CALLING IT JIM CROW, THAT BECAME THE NEW BATTLE CRY, TRANSIXTY MUST GO. AND SO BLACK...
00:26:22 Unidentified Speaker NOW, THIS IS THE GUY THAT TRIED TO BRING A PISTOL TO THE WHITE HOUSE. SO YOU KNOW, VIOLENCE IS AS AMERICAN...
00:35:04 Unidentified Speaker
00:35:08 Unidentified Speaker AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS BECAME A PROBLEM FOR THE UNIVERSITY. OF COURSE, THE STUDENT OCCUPYING A PROBLEM...
00:44:10 Unidentified Speaker BUT I THOUGHT TO MYSELF AS I LOOKED AT THE PLACE WHERE UNIVERSITY BEGAN TO DIG OUT FOR THE GYMNASIUM,...
00:44:44 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH. THIS HAS RAISED A LOT OF THERE WILL BE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AFTERWARD...
00:45:16 Unidentified Speaker GOOD EVENING. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND TO SHARE THIS PODIUM WITH STEFAN BRADLEY. BECAUSE...
00:48:24 Unidentified Speaker ED BRADLEY WHO OF COURSE WENT ONTO 60 MINUTES FRAME LATER ON WAS A REPORTER FOR THE BCBS RADIO. AND...
01:01:42 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. WE HAVE -- WE HAVE TIME FOR SOME COMMENTARY.
01:01:50 Unidentified Speaker ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT? I'M SORRY. JUST REALLY QUICKLY THIS IS BEING FILMED BY HIS C-SPAN BOOK TV, SO...
01:02:34 Unidentified Speaker I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE PRICE
01:02:38 Unidentified Speaker
01:02:40 Unidentified Speaker HOW ABOUT I BUY THOSE BOOKS
01:02:48 Unidentified Speaker
01:02:57 Unidentified Speaker
01:03:05 Unidentified Speaker
01:03:07 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WRITING THIS BOOK, AND THANK YOU, BILL AND SAM FOR YOUR COMMENTARY...
01:03:54 Unidentified Speaker YOU WANT ME TO SHOOT AT IT FIRST OR DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? CERTAINLY AFTER THE 68 REBELLION, ONE OF...
01:05:19 Unidentified Speaker I THINK OVER THE LONG HAUL THE SOCIETY DIDN'T REMAIN A DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BUT MANY...
01:07:26 Unidentified Speaker
01:07:30 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S RIGHT. HE WENT WITH APOLLO BEFORE HE WENT OVER. THIS IS SOMEONE IN CHARGE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE...
01:09:38 Unidentified Speaker TO THAT AFFECT THAT IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE PARTS OF THIS PARTICULAR STORY IS THIS IDEA THAT TYPICALLY...
01:10:17 Unidentified Speaker CAN YOU TALK ABOUT FACULTY PARTICIPATION AND PROTEST
01:10:30 Unidentified Speaker
01:10:32 Unidentified Speaker THE FACULTY PLAYED AN INTERESTING PART OF THIS PARTICULAR STORY BECAUSE NOW THERE WERE NOT MANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
01:12:45 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, THE 60'S STILL WERE NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM THE ERA OF ANTI-COMMUNIST. AND THERE WERE A NUMBER...
01:17:59 Unidentified Speaker
01:18:02 Unidentified Speaker NOT WITH BLACK STUDENTS AT
01:18:06 Unidentified Speaker SHE WAS ON CAMPUS THOUGH AND ENTERED THE BUILDING AS WELL
01:18:17 Unidentified Speaker DURING THIS PERIOD THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IT'S ALSO THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT AND THE ROLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN...
01:18:50 Unidentified Speaker OCCUPATION WAS THAT VISIBLE? DEFINITELY SO. WHEN I CALLED BROTHER BILL YEARS AGO TO INTERVIEW HIM I...
01:20:13 Unidentified Speaker I'M SMILING AS I HEARD THAT QUESTION BECAUSE JOANNE GRANT WROTE A BOOK CONFRONTATION ON CAMPUS AND SHE...
01:22:28 Unidentified Speaker
01:22:30 Unidentified Speaker I WAS CURIOUS, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH BLACK STUDENTS LEARNED FROM OTHER MOVEMENTS HAD BEEN IN AND...
01:23:04 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A WONDERFUL QUESTION, YES. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LEARNED QUITE A BIT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED...
01:25:41 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE PART OF THIS OR NOT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY...
01:26:54 Unidentified Speaker COLUMBIA'S INITIAL RESPONSE WAS FUNDED BY THE FORD FOUNDATION. THEY GAVE A $10 BILLION GRANT FOR THE...
01:30:32 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE] WE CAN TAKE TO COMMENTS BACK TO BACK AND
01:30:39 Unidentified Speaker I'M STARTING A BLACK STUDENT YOU UNION AT MY COLLEGE BECAUSE THERE CURRENTLY ISN'T ONE. THERE ARE NIGERIAN...
01:31:54 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M HONORED TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH YOU AND FOR THE ELSE WHO IS HERE. MY QUESTION...
01:32:37 Unidentified Speaker
01:32:41 Unidentified Speaker YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF AT THE TIME? AMINE THUS -- OH, NO. FIRST OF ALL THERE IS A HISTORY OF BLACK STUDENT...
01:34:46 Unidentified Speaker SOMEBODY JUST GAVE ME MORE CONCRETE TO HELP. THE MALCOLM X GRADUATE STUDENTS COMEDY PRESENTS A UNITY...
01:35:48 Unidentified Speaker OF THE TIME OF THE PROTESTS THERE WERE STUDENTS IN THE WORK HAD BEEN PARTICIPATING ON BEHALF OF TENANTS...
01:37:15 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF PROGRESSIVES IN THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN 2009...
01:38:27 Unidentified Speaker I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BLACK STUDENT UNION AT LEGACY COLLEGE AND ALSO OF THE MALCOLM X AND GRADUATE...
01:39:37 Unidentified Speaker I WILL JUST GO QUICK AND LET YOU TACKLE THIS IN A MAJOR WAY. PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS IDEA OF...
01:40:51 Unidentified Speaker LET'S AVOID THE CALL TO PERSONALITY. [LAUGHTER] IF YOU LOOK AT THAT COMMUNITY THAT IS OF BLACK STUDENTS...
01:45:39 Unidentified Speaker
01:45:43 Unidentified Speaker A HOTBED OF CONSERVATISM ON NAMED OLIVER HENRY. WHEN WE WENT IN THE BUILDING OF A MAJORITY OF THE GULF...
01:47:57 Unidentified Speaker WE OF THE LAST TWO COMMENTS
01:48:01 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANT TO TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF COLUMBIA AND THE COMMUNITY THEN AND NOW AND WHAT HAS COLUMBIA LEARNED...
01:51:53 Unidentified Speaker
01:51:57 Unidentified Speaker OKAY I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THEY BROUGHT PEOPLE IN THE COMMAND TO BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. WE STOPPED...
01:52:07 Unidentified Speaker
01:52:13 Unidentified Speaker I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY IN EXACERBATING THE PRESENT INDUSTRIAL...
01:52:35 Unidentified Speaker IS THIS A QUESTION OR
01:52:39 Unidentified Speaker
01:52:43 Unidentified Speaker I ONLY HEARD THE LAST PART. SPRICK THE BENEFIT DERIVED FROM COLUMBIA'S ROLE AND THE PRISONER COMPLEX...
01:53:05 Unidentified Speaker I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I'M AND I COULD MUMBLE SOMETHING BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE QUESTION DESERVES....
01:53:20 Unidentified Speaker OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERY DAY FOR COMING OUT. DON'T FORGET -- [APPLAUSE] -- DON'T FORGET THAT...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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