UCLA Audio & Video

Listen to a recording of Muhammad Ali speaking at UCLA in 1968. Ali was not only one of the greatest boxers of all time, but he was also a charismatic speaker, as this public speech proves.

In this 1968 talk at UCLA, author Alex Haley discusses his research and writing processes for The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) and the book that would become Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976).

In this talk delivered at UCLA in 1985 about a year before his death, Herbert touches upon a number of the themes in his Dune saga.

In August of 1966 comedian Lenny Bruce passed away at the age of 40 from a drug overdose. Earlier that year in February he gave this funny freewheeling talk at UCLA.

In this great speech that Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on April 27, 1965, he provides a brief history of the progress in race relations in the United States and also his outlook on how far America has yet to go to further confront racial injustice.

Langston Hughes Speaking at UCLA on February 16, 1967. With a closing from Louis Lomax. From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department.

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau speaking at UCLA on December 1, 1971. From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department.

Stokely Charmichael speaking at UCLA on January 31, 1973. From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department.

Lawrence Durrell speaking at UCLA on January 12, 1972. From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department.

Buckminster Fuller speaking at UCLA on June 16, 1973. From the archives of the UCLA Communications Studies Department.