This page features videos, essays and collections about Ho Chi Minh.
VIDEOS
BORN OF THE PEOPLE: MALCOLM X AND HO CHI MINH
Video from Freedom Archives. In English language.
Recorded and produced on KQED in 1975 as a tribute to Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh who share a birthday – May 19th.
NGUYEN AI QUOC: THE MYSTERY IN FRANCE
Video by VTV4, 2017. In Vietnamese language, with English subtitles.
HO CHI MINH: INTERVIEW BY FRENCH MEDIA IN 1964
Video by iMarx, 2011. In French language, with English subtitles.
HO CHI MINH SCULPTURES AROUND THE WORLD
Around the world, 24 countries have monuments and memorabilia that are dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh.
In eight nations, there are streets that are named in his honour.
Video by ANTG, 2020. In Vietnamese language.
ESSAYS
Ho Chi Minh Through the Eyes of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Brandon Do, September 25, 2019
Malcolm X Speaks, Ho Chi Minh Sings
Edited by John Sinclair, May 9, 1975
Photos: Ann Arbor District Library
Ho Chi Minh, the Black Panther Party, and the Struggle for Self-Determination
By Sophia Southard, University of Kansas, January 15, 2020
Photo: Ho Chi Minh temporary exhibit, by Kenneth Spencer Research Library
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Global Research, February 02, 2018
Boston’s Powerful Nun and Her Gas Tank
By Arts Journal, September 26, 2007
Photo: Arts Journal
Legend of the Rainbow Swash by The Boxer Boston
Rainbow Swash by Corita Kent by Celebrate Boston
Boston Is Home To The World’s Largest Piece of Copyrighted Artwork by Chowdaheadz
Who is this king—who is this saint?
The one who has removed the thorn from Life’s side?
From the land of Vietnam, today a wind has come to ask
Who dried the tears from the eyes of my History?
There was but a bit of night left, when something of a dream came to the land
In the fields of the sky, someone sowed the sun
On the stems of autumn, today the flowers have taken their rose steps
What words are these, that humanity’s Love has written?
Ho Chi Minh: Remembering the King and the Saint
By Archishman Raju, September 2, 2019
Photo: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (left) and Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, October 18, 1954. By: Media Commons
Fifty years on the frontline: The revolutionary contributions of Ho Chi Minh
By Carlos Martinez, May 19, 2015
Photo: New Vietnam Publishing
COLLECTIONS
THE LEGACY OF HO CHI MINH:
NOTHING IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM
(1976, designed to be included with recording by Paredon Records)
This 1976 recording, produced by folk singer and political activist Barbara Dane, was issued a year after the fall of South Vietnam. The recording presents Ho Chi Minh through his writings and in songs praising his revolutionary zeal. Many of the speeches are presented in English by Vu Thien Dinh with two brief speeches by Ho in English. Two songs on the recording were written by Cubans and sung in Spanish. Read more.
Source: Smithsonian Institution. Photo: Smithsonian Folkways Media
HO CHI MINH ON REVOLUTION:
SELECTED WRITINGS, 1920-66
Edited and with an Introduction by Bernard B. Fall
The New American Library, 1967
Photo: Amazon
VIETNAM: IMPRESSIONS OF A PEOPLE’S WAR
By Rae Murphy
Canadian Tribune, 1967
Source: Memorial University of Newfoundland Photo: Document from Memorial University of Newfoundland http://collections.mun.ca/
PRESIDENT HỒ CHÍ MINH:
BELOVED LEADER OF THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE
By Trường Chinh
Foreign Languages Publishing House, Hanoi, 1966
Source: Memorial University of Newfoundland Photo: Document from Memorial University of Newfoundland http://collections.mun.ca/