Elsa Knight Thompson
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Elsa Knight Thompson, née Elsie Eloise Knight (April 6, 1906 – February 12, 1983), was an American radio documentary maker and broadcaster.[1]
Knight Thompson was Public Affairs Director at
Pacifica Radio and KPFA
. Her style of radio influenced generations of public broadcasters.
While at KPFA, Thompson produced programs on civil rights issues,[2] the rise of the Black Panther Party[3][4] and the Vietnam War,[5][6] as well as her 1960 documentary on the House Un-American Activities Committee called Black Friday. She worked for the Pacific News Service in San Francisco from 1975 to 1979.
She was born in
Nazi
concentration camps.
She died at the age of 76 in Oakland, California.
Famous quotations
"The truth is always left of center!"[7]
External links
- New York Times obituary
- Guide to the Elsa Knight Thompson Papers at The Bancroft Library
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Contributors | Pacifica Radio Archives". www.pacificaradioarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Black Panther press conference at KPFA | Pacifica Radio Archives". www.pacificaradioarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Are the Black Panthers violent? | Pacifica Radio Archives". www.pacificaradioarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Children of Vietnam / Madeline Duckles interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson | Pacifica Radio Archives". www.pacificaradioarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "U.S. prisoners in North Vietnam / Madeline Duckles interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson | Pacifica Radio Archives". www.pacificaradioarchives.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Elsa Knight Thompson". Women In Peace. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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