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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.
Huey Newton - 2nd trial set Huey Newton - 2nd trial set
Date: 3/7/1968Call Number: CE 051Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The day a new trial date is set for Huey Newton (May 6, 1968). Interviews at Alameda County Courthouse with Charles Garry, Newton's attorney: with his sister, Leola Carr and fiancee, Laverne Williams who talk about Huey's life and character.
Huey Newton - 2nd trial set Huey Newton - 2nd trial set
Date: 3/7/1968Call Number: CE 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The day a new trial date is set for Huey Newton (May 6, 1968). Interviews at Alameda County Courthouse with Charles Garry, Newton's attorney: with his sister, Leola Carr and fiancee, Laverne Williams who talk about Huey's life and character.
Huey Newton Interviewed day that his 2nd trail set Huey Newton Interviewed day that his 2nd trail set
Date: 3/7/1968Call Number: CE 053Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviewed by Colin Edwards, Joan Didier (Columnist for Saturday Evening Post), Ray Rogers (LA Times), Eldridge Cleaver (Ramparts Magazine & minister of information of the Black Panther Party), and Attorney Charles Garry. Interview takes place in the detention area of the Alameda County Courthouse.
Bobby Seale interview Bobby Seale interview
Date: 7/4/1968Call Number: CE 054Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Seale speaks at the Panther National Headquarters about former Panther Larry Powell. Poell, a day after his mysterious release from jail on a robbery charge, has testified before the Senate McClellan Investigative Committee, claiming that the Panthers are involved in extortion. Seale states that Powell had distributed a coloring book (withdrawn by the Party leadership) about targeting police. Seale refers to Safeway Stores in Oakland refusing to contribute food to the breakfas programs and subsequently being leafleted. Seale is asked about statements made by Raymond Johnson (now in Cuba) about racial discrimination, about criticisms of the Panthers by Stokely Carmichael and about the United Front Against Fascism. He says that Eldridge Cleaver is now somewhere in the third world.
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.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1969Volume Number: Vol. 3-12 July 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Feature Story: Eldridge Cleaver- Somewhere in the Third World
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-7 August 15Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Revolutionary Suicide-- "That's Suicide Motivated by the Desire to Change the System, or Else Die Trying. To Change the Reactionary Conditions." Also, Minister Huey P. Newton, Back on the Streets with the People.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-9 August 21Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: The People of Winston-Salem Demand a Constitution That Guarantees the Right to Live. Also Inside: A Message from the Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton to the Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, Jury to Reach Verdict in Lonnie McLucas Trial, 72 Year Old Man Murdered by Pigs in Winston-Salem, Open Letter from the Soledad 12.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service The Black Panther Black Community News Service
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyYear: 1970Volume Number: Vol. 5-11 September 12Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Huey's Message to The Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention Plenary Session September 5, 1970 Philadelphia PA. Also Inside: Five Year Old Black Child Attacked by Maniac, The Tombs, N.Y., Harvey Nobles Murdered by Pigs, Brooklyn N.Y., Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention