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Black Panther Party Political Education Garage School

Date: 9/8/1971Call Number: PM 109Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: BBC - GranadaCollection: Black Panther Party general

Black Panther Party kids singing free political prisoners, free David Hilliard, free Angela Davis, free Ruchell Magee, free all our people. Panther woman (name unknown) leads a class discussing definition of political prisoners and the criminal justice system. If someone can’t feed/clothe their family, doesn’t that make them a political prisoner? Talk about racism in the courtroom, all white juries, how the law doesn’t serve the people, how many people personally know prisoners.

Black Panther Party garage school

Date: 9/8/1971Call Number: PM 127Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Black Panther Party general

Singing by Black Panther Party sister and lots of kids at the garage school about George Jackson, “George Jackson, your spirit lives in the youth”. Black Panther Party sister asking more questions about political prisoners. Kids discuss their correspondence with specific Black Panther Party political prisoners. Talked about going to court and watching pigs surround George when he went to reach for his mother, Georgia Jackson, after she fainted.

The Death of George Jackson

Date: 7/9/1974Call Number: PM 131Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: George Jackson

Interviews and sound bites of several different people and groups about the death of George Jackson and the six people killed at San Quentin Federal Prison. Includes interviews with Willy Brown, shoppers at a Berkeley grocery store, and Ronald Reagan. Police riot in San Francisco courtroom 8/26/71.

Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore Interview - Part 2 of 2

Date: 6/16/1973Call Number: PM 145Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Mark SchwartzProgram: KPFACollection: Dhoruba Bin Wahad

Part Two (Part One - PM 143) of a two-part interview with Richard Dhoruba (Bin Wahad) Moore from the House of Detentions prison in New York. Moore advocates the “tactical necessity” of creating mass movements to support political prisoners. Frustration is voiced over the choice of certain parts of the progressive movement that have distanced themselves from those who advocate revolutionary armed struggle and the consequences of this alienation. Moore discusses the case of Ruchell Magee, and the contradiction faced by a revolutionary movement working within the legal system. He also details his own experiences with the legal system and the lack of support he felt during his trial.

Black August Revisited

Date: 8/27/1994Call Number: KP 194Format: DATProducers: Kiilu NyashaCollection: Black August Resistance

Interview by Kiilu Nyasha in 1994 with Alice Yerish, a journalist who wrote prolifically on political prisoners and the need for institutional prison reform in California State prison's throughout the 1970's. Primarily talks about her interaction with George Jackson, with whom Yerish maintained extensive contact in the months leading up to his assassination. Also addresses contemporary political prisoners such as Ruchell McGee.

The Black Panther Black Community News Service

Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-2 February 6Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service

Cover Story: Free Ruchell!

The Black Panther Black Community News Service

Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-3 February 13Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service

Cover Story: Enemies of the People

The Black Panther Black Community News Service

Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 6-4 February 20Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service

Cover Story: Happy Birthday Huey P. Newton