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Hello every one: If some one experienced can point out the correct contact approach to the National Archives for Radio Peking. I would like to volunteer to go an errand. We're a nonprofit incorporated in D.C. but operates in Beijing. Regards, -- Baoshan Sheng Director | International Classical Music Database + 86 10 5162 6468 | [log in to unmask] On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:48 AM, David Goren <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It might be worth trying the National Archives for Radio Peking. A > preliminary search shows that the NA has collections of "enemy broadcasts." > There seem to be two main chunks that preclude 1951...(the WWII period, and > then from 1956-1965. But maybe there's more. > > > On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Samara Freemark wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > My name is Samara Freemark. I'm a producer at Radio Diaries - we produce > > historical documentaries for NPR's All Things Considered. > > > > We're currently working on a story about a 1940s-era case in Mississippi. > In > > 1945, a black man named Willie McGee was arrested and accused of raping a > > white woman. Over the next six years, his case became a cause celebre: > > Einstein, Faulkner, Josephine Baker and others spoke out in support of > > McGee; there were protests in cities across the US and in Paris, China, > > Russia, and other countries. He was defended by the Civil Rights Congress > > (CRC), who hired Bella Abzug to argue the case. Eventually, McGee was > > executed in Mississippi's portable electric chair at midnight on the > morning > > of May 8th, 1951. > > > > We're looking for any audio archival materials that mention the McGee > case. > > Any archival materials on the portable electric chair (I think it was > > inaugurated in the early '40s). Any materials from the protests > surrounding > > his case - in the US, or abroad (apparently Radio Peking mentioned McGee > at > > some point). Anything from that era that mentions Bella Abzug or the CRC. > > Any general archival material on race relations in the American South in > the > > 1940s and early 50s (the dates are before the real start of the civil > rights > > movement, so archive has proven a bit difficult to track down.) > Apparently > > there was a nationwide NBC radio broadcast that mentioned McGee on the > night > > of execution (May 7th); we're looking for that too. > > > > Any help or advice you can offer would be so very appreciated. You can > reach > > me at [log in to unmask] > > > > Thanks so much for your help, > > > > Samara > > > > -- > > Samara Freemark > > Radio Diaries > > http://www.radiodiaries.org/ > > [log in to unmask] >