Black Liberation
The
Black Liberation movement grew out of the civil rights movement and was
made up of many militant organizations dedicated to freedom for
African-Americans, such as the Black Panther Party, the Black Liberation
Army, and the Republic of New Africa. The collection includes extensive
files on, but is not limited to, these three organizations, with
additional materials on Pan-African organizations, the revolutionary
prison movement, and other diverse publications of many different
organizations and individuals, including pamphlets, ephemera,
periodicals, newspapers, theoretical writings, and poetry.
Documents
![G is Free](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Approximately 10 separate news blitzes/interviews about Geronimo Pratt
![Geronimo Ji Jaga on Black Liberation](images/thumbnails//30432.jpg)
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.
![Geronimo Ji Jaga on Black Liberation](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
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](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Ji Jaga speaks on the political aspects of his imprisonment and provides historical context to his situation.
![Legacy of Torture](images/thumbnails//30467.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Black Panther Party general
In 2005 several former members of the Black Panther were held in contempt and jailed for refusing to testify before a San Francisco Grand Jury investigating a police shooting that took place in 1971. The government alleged that Black radical groups were involved in the 34-year old case in which two men armed with shotguns attacked the Ingleside Police Station resulting in the death of a police sergeant and the injuring of a civilian clerk.
In 1973, thirteen alleged "Black militants" were arrested in New Orleans, purportedly in connection with the San Francisco events. Some of them were tortured for several days by law enforcement authorities, in striking similarity to the horrors visited upon detainees in Guant
![The New York Four](images/thumbnails//31491.jpg)
Letters to inform people about the case of the New York 4 and what they can do to help.
![New York 3 Update](images/thumbnails//33118.jpg)
Table of Contents include: Background; Illegal tactics used to convict the NY3; Why are we treated this way; How we've spent our time since 1986 update; Current attack on our illegal conviction; What you can do to help overturn our conviction.
![The Case of the New York Three](images/thumbnails//33120.jpg)
Why are these men three of the longest held political prisoners in the United States; Denial of a fair trial; Denial of impartial post-trial reviews of conviction; COINTELPRO uses the media: CBS docu-drama; Work to free the New York Three.