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Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago
Date: 4/1/1969Call Number: PM 115 R2Format: Reel 2Collection: Fred Hampton
Same as PM 115 R1 at 7 1/2 ips Part 1 Chairman of Illinois for the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, speaks at the University of Chicago about the U.S. prison system and the fight for equal rights among people of color. Speech gives insight on Black Panther Party’s school of thought regarding education and politics, with a focus on the “Breakfast for Children Program” and the defense fund for Black Panthers needing bail, including Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, Dennis Moral, Bobby Hutton, Michael “Mickey” White, and Bobby Rush. Question and answer session with the audience at the end of the tape gives depth to the Black experience at this time.
American Revolution 2 American Revolution 2
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: V 244Format: DVDProducers: Howard Alk, Mike GrayCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A gritty but essential documentary charting social turbulences in late 1960's Chicago. American Revolution 2 includes footage of the 1968 Democratic Convention protest and riot, a critique of the events by working class African-Americans in Chicago, and attempts by the Black Panther Party to organize poor, southern white youths on the city's north side. Using direct sound, a handheld camera, no script, black-and-white film stock, and natural lighting, the directors' no-frills approach appropriately reflects the raw energy of this upheaval.
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.
Rob Williams Returns Home Rob Williams Returns Home
Publisher: The North StarDate: 12/1969Volume Number: DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Robert F. Williams!
Every Freedom Movement is Labeled "Communist" Every Freedom Movement is Labeled "Communist"
Author: Robert F. WilliamsPublisher: Black Power: The Radical Response to White AmericanYear: 1969Format: ExcerptCollection: Robert F. Williams!
Article orignally written in 1962
How a Minority Can Change Society How a Minority Can Change Society
Author: George BreitmanPublisher: Merit PublishersYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
Martin Sostre in Court Martin Sostre in Court
Publisher: Martin Sostre Defense CommitteeYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
The Crusader Monthly Newsletter The Crusader Monthly Newsletter
Author: Robert F. WilliamsYear: 1969Volume Number: Vol. 10-2 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Robert F. Williams!
The Deprived: Rebellion in the Streets
Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago
Date: 4/1/1969Call Number: PM 115 R3Format: Reel 3Collection: Fred Hampton
Same as PM 115 R1 at 7 1/2 ips Part 2 Chairman of Illinois for the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, speaks at the University of Chicago about the U.S. prison system and the fight for equal rights among people of color. Speech gives insight on Black Panther Party’s school of thought regarding education and politics, with a focus on the “Breakfast for Children Program” and the defense fund for Black Panthers needing bail, including Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, Dennis Moral, Bobby Hutton, Michael “Mickey” White, and Bobby Rush. Question and answer session with the audience at the end of the tape gives depth to the Black experience at this time.
Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Speaks at University of Chicago
Date: 4/1/1969Call Number: CD 022Format: CDCollection: Fred Hampton
Same as PM 115 R1 at 7 1/2 ips Part 1 & 2 Chairman of Illinois for the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton, speaks at the University of Chicago about the U.S. prison system and the fight for equal rights among people of color. Speech gives insight on Black Panther Party’s school of thought regarding education and politics, with a focus on the “Breakfast for Children Program” and the defense fund for Black Panthers needing bail, including Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, Dennis Moral, Bobby Hutton, Michael “Mickey” White, and Bobby Rush. Question and answer session with the audience at the end of the tape gives depth to the Black experience at this time.