Summary: In tape recordings from the 1970s, Jim Jones describes his church, the Peoples Temple. Jones refers to historical events like the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Malcolm X, and shares his views on "revolutionary suicide." http://www.pbs.org/amex/jonestown ---- This podcast offers excerpts from the following audio tapes, recovered by the FBI after the Peoples Temple mass suicide/murder at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978: Tape Q 1059-1, San Francisco, Spring 1973 Tape Q 953, Los Angeles, May 1974 Tape Q 384, Jonestown, October 1978 Tape Q 833, Jonestown, March 1978 Source tapes courtesy of the Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple Web site. http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/ For more information on the historical topics Jones mentions, visit these American Experience Web pages: Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ John F. Kennedy http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kennedys/ Robert Kennedy http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rfk/ Malcolm X http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/malcolmx/ W.E.B. DuBois http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/peopleevents/p_dubois.html Voices: Jim Jones, preacher Miles Neff, podcast narration Produced by: Ravi Jain Director of New Media: Maria Daniels American Experience is produced by WGBH Boston. Major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. National corporate funding is provided by Liberty Mutual and The Scotts Company. Additional funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.
