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Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago
Collection: Fred Hampton Jr.
Taken from speech at University of Chicago, March 1969. Fred Hampton about the U.S. prison system and the fight for equal rights among people of color
Angela Davis Release Speech
Year: 1972Collection: Angela Davis
Upon release after 2 years of incarceration, Angela Davis expresses her joy in freedom and desire to liberate her people from oppression.
Maya Angelou reads "Harriet Tubman"
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Black Liberation
Excerpt of Maya Angelou reading "Harriet Tubman" by Margaret Walker at at 1972 benefit for Angela Davis.
Martin Luther King Jr. "Something is happening in our world"
Collection: Martin Luther King Jr.
Excerpt from "I've been to the Mountaintop" speech. This speech was given April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ Headquarters, in Memphis, Tennessee shortly before Rev. King was assassinated.
Growing up in the Black Nation
Geronimo Ji Jaga reflects on how growing up in the Black Nation among enemy forces gave him a deep respect for defenders of the community.
My History of Resistance
Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt recounts his personal history as a soldier in Vietnam, how he trained black communitiesin the US in self defense and was targeted by the FBI's COINTELPRO program.
Geronimo Ji Jaga on Black Liberation
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga explains the emergence of the Black Panther party as a small piece of the Black Liberation movement.
Prison to COINTELPRO
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga speaks on the political aspects of his imprisonment and provides historical context to his situation.
Vietnam & Detroit Rebellion
Geronimo Ji Jaga discusses his experience of returning from a year of combat in Vietnam only to be ordered to repress an riot in Detroit that largely consisted of Black and disenfranchised peoples.
I'm in it to win!
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga Pratt asserts his mission as a revolutionary activist.