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Audio cassettes include interviews with Fred Ho, performances by Fred Houn and the Asian American Art Ensemble, as well as Jon Jang, Glenn Horiuchi, Jin Hi Kim, Kazumi and Sakamoto from 1982-2002. Recordings of radio programs include Making Contact: Cash and Culture: Art, Money, and Politics, National Radio Project and WNYE Prime Time with P.J.: Sam and the Luck Money.

Some issues of Back to the Blanket may also be scattered throughout the collection.

Copies of "Afro-American Literature & Class Struggle" and "Confessions of a Former Anti-Semite" by Amiri Baraka; flyers for "A Forum & Reading: Afro-American Literature & Class Struggle" at Kenkeleba House.

Contains publication: "Congress of African People: Political Liberation Council Organizing Manual" (photocopied); photocopied publication "Revolutionary Culture and Future of Pan-Afrikan Culture" by Amiri Baraka; article "Ideology and Struggle: Some Preliminary Notes" by Maulana Ron Karenga; publication "Emerge: Our Voice in Today's World" (Feb. 1992); articles "Statements from an African American Artist to the U.S. Supreme Court & the U.S. Congress OCt. 30, 1989," and "All Hail the Los Angeles Freedom Fighters" by Amiri Baraka; article "The Black Nation: Position of the Revolutionary Communist League (M-L-M) on the Afro-American National Question" (author unknown); publication "Toward Ideological Clarity" by Amiri Baraka.

Contains ephemera: "Program: New African Company: 'Mission Accomplished' by Ben Caldwell, 'Top Secret' by Ben Caldwell, 'The Work Gets Done' by Ed Bullins" Feb.-Mar. 1980; Publication "Unity & Struggle" Vol. 7, no. 4 (Oct./Nov. 1997); "Unity and Struggle Journal" Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1999); Clippings of articles by Amiri Baraka: "Confessions of a Former Anti-Semite" (1980), "WRVR is Dead--Long Live WBGO!!!" (1980) and "I'm Not Bourgeois, I'm Black!" by Jerry G. Watts; publication "Grafrica" Vol. 3, no. 39 (Oct. 5, 1980); photocopied book article/ chapter: "Black Liberation/Socialist Revolution" (unknown author); photocopied publication "In-Formation: Black Revolutionary Newspaper" (1965); publication "Reflections" by Amiri Baraka, and "Poem for the U.S. Bourgeoisie and their Running Dogs!" by Amiri Baraka; Photographs of musician Stephanie Myers.

Contains Fred Ho's handwritten notes and a photocopy of Collected Poems of Mu-Yun (1974) in Chinese.

Newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera.

Contains magazine clippings; ephemera: event invitiations for "Poets Honor Larry Neal" (1983); art book "Nelson Stevens: 'Primal Force'" (associated with 1979 art exhibit); notes by Fred Ho on African American music; exhibit pamphlet for "AAMARP Presents: Master Artist Nelson Stevens 'Primal Force' Oct.-Nov. 1979;" ephemera "In Memoriam: Master Artist Norman Lewis 1909-1979;" poster "Sporting Life Celebrates Black History Month" (featuring pictures of famous and influential African Americans); clipping of poem "Good Morning Revolution!" by Langston Hughes; book reviews "'Sounder:' A Black or a White Tale?" and "'The Cay:' Racism Still Rewarded" by Albert V. Schwartz; Manuscript of one-act play: "Happy Days are Here Again (or Back on the Ole Plantation)" by Ameer Ali Jabal; ephemera: program for play "Five on the Black Hand Side" by Charlie L. Russell (1975); program for "University of Massachusetts Arts Council, February 1975 Concert Season;" program for "Boston Black Repertory Company, Inc. Presents: The New England Premiere of 'The River Niger' by Joseph A. Walker;" program for "The Afrikan Poetry Theatre Presents: A Tribute to Margaret Walker...In Her Lifetime;" Publication "The Black Collegian: The National Magazine of Black College Students" Vol. 5, no. 5 (1975), and Vol. 8, no. 3 (1978); publication "Grafrica" Vol. 3, no. 39 (1980).

Contains publications: "The Crusader" Newsletter vol. 9, no. 1 (July 1967); vol. 9, no. 3 (December 1967), vol. 10, no. 2 (Summer 1969); "The Crusader" Editorial Letter vol. XI, no. 1 (Spring 1980); vol. XIII, no. 1 (Winter 1982); "The Final Call" vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1979); vol. 1, no. 3 (undated). Also includes "The U.S. Imperialist State and the Black Nation (Saladin Muhammad at a Forum on the Black National Question)" and "These are the Facts about the Ku Klux Klan" fact sheet.

Photocopies of articles from The Black Scholar.

Contains a student paper written by Fred Wei-han Houn: "The Black Student Movement and Black Liberation: The Struggle Against National Oppression and For Self-Determination in the Historic 'Late-Sixties'"; newspaper clippings, notes, and other materials related to the black student movement and Asian student movement.

Issue 5; Issue 6, vol. 1. Each issue includes a CD.