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Huey P. Newton interview Huey P. Newton interview
Date: 8/1/1971Call Number: PM 065Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Grenada TVProgram: raw sound for Panther movieCollection: Huey Newton
Newton discusses Vietnam and international solidarity and the significance of George Jackson’s murder. Raw, unedited footage.
Contradictions Within the Black Panther Contradictions Within the Black Panther
Date: 9/17/1974Call Number: CD 023Format: CDProducers: Bruce SolowayCollection: Black Panther Party general
The Black Panther Party Intercommunal Section in Algiers, demanding the expulsion of David Hilliard and criticizing Huey Newton. Released by the East Coast Ministry of Information in New York, March 4, 1971. Recorded in Algiers on videotape, February 28, 1971. Huey Newton calls out Hilliard on the telephone. Kathleen Cleaver speaks of Hilliard as revisionists, or people who are revolutionary in rhetoric but counter-revolutionary in action. Issues of the Central Panther Party, led by revisionists turning their backs on revolutionaries who have been arrested. This is basically a compilation of testimonials of high profile Panther Party members speaking on the contradictions within the party, namely the expulsion of certain members expelled because of their less than favorable public image or agenda. Judy Douglass declared insane by people in the central party. Everyone speaking here is calling for the expulsion of David Hilliard from his position as Chief of Staff for the Black Panther party. Also testimonials for reinstatement of New York Panther 21 and Geronimo.
Black Panther (Off the Pig) and San Francisco State: On Strike Black Panther (Off the Pig) and San Francisco State: On Strike
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: V 313Format: DVDProducers: CA NewsreelCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Black Panther This is the film the Black Panthers used to promote their cause. Shot in 1969, in Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento, this exemplar of 1960s activist filmmaking traces the development of the Black Panther organization. In an interview from jail, Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton describes the origins of the Panther Party, Eldridge Cleaver explains the Panthers' appeal to the Black community, and Chairman Bobby Seale enumerates the Panther 10-Point Program as Panthers march and demonstrate. San Francisco State: On Strike Ethnic studies courses are common today, but that hasn't always been the case. In many ways, multicultural education can be traced back to San Francisco in 1968-1969. In one of the most high-profile student actions of the 1960s, students at San Francisco State University went on strike, shutting down the campus for six months. University president S.I. Hayakawa called in the police, who busted heads and arrested hundreds in an attempt to restore control of the campus. But the strike didn't end until the school acceded to student demands and created the first ethnic studies department at an American university. This film, shot by the students and their allies, is a classic primary source document of the 1960s.
Cuatemoc Cardenas at the Commonwealth Club (Part 2 of 2) and KPFA Morning Show Interview with Pat Faydom, Bobby Seale and David Hillard Cuatemoc Cardenas at the Commonwealth Club (Part 2 of 2) and KPFA Morning Show Interview with Pat Faydom, Bobby Seale and David Hillard
Date: 11/16/1989Call Number: CV 042BFormat: Cass BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Conclusion of Cuatemoc Cardena at Commonwealth Club Q and A session (Part 2 of 2). KFPA Morning Show interviews with Pam Fadem, Bobby Seale and David Hilliard about Political Prisoner Geronimo Pratt and the mobilization to free him.
Legacy of the Black Panther Party & its importance today Legacy of the Black Panther Party & its importance today
Date: 12/1/2007Call Number: CD 612Format: CDProducers: RnB, Cares ProgramProgram: Teen Talk RadioCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Discussion features Ashanti Alston, Sam Anderson, asha bandele, Monifa Bandele, Charles Barron, Dhoruba bi Wahad, Soffiyah Elijah, Jamal Joseph, Jalil Muntaqim and historic tapes. Teen Talk Radio - 2 CDs
Black Panthers - Huey! Black Panthers - Huey!
Date: 2/17/1968Call Number: CD 659Format: DVDProducers: Agnes VardaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Free Huey rally held on February 17th, 1968 (Newton's birthday). Over 5,000 people attended - speakers including Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, James Forman, Bob Avakian, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown and Ron Dellums. The speakers outline the Party's platform goals, their strategies for freeing Newton from jail and more.
This Week - Panther Reports This Week - Panther Reports
Date: 8/30/1970Call Number: CE 063Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Programs for Dublin Radio on 1 - the history of the Black Panther Party 2 - the Free Huey Campaign which includes an extensive interview with Huey Newton (from CE 055).
Free Huey Newton Demonstration Free Huey Newton Demonstration
Date: 1/16/1968Call Number: CE 122Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews with activists and also Bobby Seale speaks. Interview with Eldridge Cleaver about police brutality in all communities and the need to mobilize to free Huey.