Mailer, Norman, and William F. Buckley Jr. Interview. (1968)

Buckley interviews Mailer for his show Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. Buckley and Mailer debate/discuss Mailer’s role in cultural life, politics, and other topics. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks. For this video, you’ll need to follow the links (via YouTube) to the following videos in … Continue reading Mailer, Norman, and William F. Buckley Jr. Interview. (1968)

Baldwin, James and William F. Buckley Jr. Debate: “Has the American Dream been achieved at the price of the American Negro?”

Baldwin and Buckley debate at the Cambridge Union in 1965. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPz7kTnEWKE” Continue reading Baldwin, James and William F. Buckley Jr. Debate: “Has the American Dream been achieved at the price of the American Negro?”

Ali, Muhammad, “Stand By Me”

Muhammad Ali performs “Stand By Me,” from his spoken word album “I am the Greatest”(1963). Read more about the album here. The album was released less than a  year before Ali’s conversion to Islam, and was released under the name Cassius Clay. Audio with still photograph. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” … Continue reading Ali, Muhammad, “Stand By Me”

Rich, Adrienne, “North American Time”

Adrienne Rich reads her 1983 poem “North American Time” in Madison WI in 1997. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi_N3UPAD5E” Continue reading Rich, Adrienne, “North American Time”

King Jr., Martin Luther, “The Drum Major Instinct” (1968)

One of, or perhaps the, last sermon King delivered before he was assassinated. Includes a description of his own funeral at minute 35, and what he wishes will be said at the eulogy. If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBiFnDuCJIU” Continue reading King Jr., Martin Luther, “The Drum Major Instinct” (1968)

Baldwin, James and William F. Buckley Jr, “Has the American Dream been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?”

James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. debate at the Cambridge Union on the question: “American dream has been achieved at the expense of the American Negro?” (1965) If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w” Continue reading Baldwin, James and William F. Buckley Jr, “Has the American Dream been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?”

Baldwin, James, “Who is the ‘nigger’?”

Baldwin, James. “Who is the ‘nigger’?” excerpt from “Take This Hammer” (1963): If you want to use this video on VOCAT, simply copy & paste the following link into your “Manage Media” Tab, minus the quotation marks: “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0L5fciA6AU”   Continue reading Baldwin, James, “Who is the ‘nigger’?”