African Activist Archive

Interview of Gerald Bennett who was a member of the Southern African Liberation Committee (SALC) at Michigan State University (MSU) by Erik Ponder of Michigan State University Library. Bennett discusses where he grew up, entry into activism, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, companies that were not hiring, unions, the University of Denver, his time at MSU, the anti-war movement, the Vietnam Moratorium Committee, SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), the Democratic Party, Richard Nixon, bombing Cambodia, Jackson State, a shantytown, Woodstock West, police, the National Guard, the Denver Research Institute, the Student Senate, the Academic Affairs Committee, political activity, demonstrations, Binghamton University, SUNY (State University of New York), Marxists, left scholars, the draft lottery, graduate school, the Selective Service Board, dependence and underdevelopment, Bud Day, United Ministries, Carol Thompson, political science, the liberation of Southern Africa, human rights, economic rights, Organization of Black Graduate Professional Students, class, race, Immanuel Wallerstein, oppressed groups, the MPLA, FNLA, UNITA, the U.S. government, troops, petition campaigns, a black student alliance, students killed, Jackson State, Kent State, Terry Hopkins, the African diaspora, Ruth Hamilton, collecting clothing, and U.S. interference in Angola.

African Activist Archive

Interview with Gerald Bennett, Part 1

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