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“Take This Hammer” was a superb documentary (directed by Richard O. Moore) about 1963 San Francisco, Black people and James Baldwin’s visit to the Bay Area city in California during the spring of that year. Released in the U.S. in February 1964 on KQED, a PBS television affiliate in San Francisco, “Take This Hammer” had 15 minutes gutted from its 59-minute length due to KQED board members being afraid of the truth of what the documentary had to say. Omar Moore on the documentary and present-day San Francisco. (THIS EPISODE CONTAINS: Foul language.) 🔥🔥 June 5, 2021. NOTE: Salina Koroma’s documentary “Dreamland: The Burning Of Black Wall Street”, re-airs tonight (June 5) at 9pm Eastern U.S. on CNN. BRAND NEW: First item in the new Summer Sensation Series—The CREATE Series at THE POLITICRAT daily podcast online store—buy now! (Designed by Omar) https://bit.ly/3uRor5c FREE: SUBSCRIBE NOW TO THE BRAND NEW POLITICRAT DAILY PODCAST NEWSLETTER!! Extra content, audio, analysis, exclusive essays for subscribers only, plus special offers and discounts on merchandise at The Politicrat Daily Podcast online store. Something new and informative EVERY DAY!! Subscribe FREE at https://politicrat.substack.com Buy podcast merchandise (all designed by Omar Moore) and lots more at The Politicrat Daily Podcast Store: https://the-politicrat.myshopify.com The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: https://politicrat.politics.blog PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel