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The
CIA Fact Book provides basic historical, geographic and
demographic information about Libya in 2008. |
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Frontline/World
was honored with an Emmy for its segment Libya:
Out of the Shadow about the transformation of Libya from
“terror state” to trading partner. |
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| HISTORIC
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The
FBI files on the Nation of Islam and the American Indian
Movement provide a glimpse into the agency’s surveillance of
these groups. |
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The
All-African Revolutionary Party,
one of the principal organizers of the Libya meetings, has a long paper
trail courtesy of the FBI. Much of these recently released documents
track the meetings and activities of the group’s charismatic
leader, Stokley Carmichael (a.k.a. Kwame Ture). |
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Department
of State documents, now
declassified, chronicle the fiery relations between the U.S. and Libya
during the 1980s. |
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The
El Rukns
were a Chicago street gang convicted of taking Libyan money to blow-up
U.S. building. These are selected pages from the court records. |
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| CREDITS |
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| The
photos of Dick Bancroft
provide some of the only existing images of the Libyan meetings and are
but a fraction of this popular, social movement
photographer’s
extensive work. |
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| Wauneta
LoneWolf footage was provided by the Academy Award winning
director of “When
We Were Kings,” Leon Gast. |
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| This film was made through
the documentary program at the University
of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. |