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
![Assata Bulletin](images/thumbnails//28121.jpg)
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 10/1974Volume Number: OctoberFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Assata Shakur
Attacks on Assata Continue
![Why Assata Must be Supported, and Why Such Support is Support of the Black Liberation Movement and Does Not Stand Above Correct Political Analysis](images/thumbnails//28124.jpg)
Publisher: BLA Coordinating CommitteeDate: 1/1977Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: StatementCollection: Assata Shakur
Support of sister Assata is support of the black liberation movement. There can be no seperation, nor will we allow any. Assata belongs to black people and we oppose all attempts to confuse this very basic fact. Supporting her does not stand above politics, it is an example of ones politics in actual practice.
![Assata Bulletin](images/thumbnails//28125.jpg)
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 3/7/1977Volume Number: 7-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Assata Shakur
Information Includes: Demonstration of Black Solidarity with Assata; Campus Support for Assata Grows; Attempt to Silence Black Lawyers; Legal Update.
![Photo with Julio Rosado and Guillermo Morales](images/thumbnails//28126.jpg)
Format: GraphicCollection: Assata Shakur
In An Historic Photo: New Afrikan and Puerto Rican Struggles meet in Cuba
![Angela Davis Release Speech](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Format: mp3Collection: Black Panther Party general
Angela Davis, African-American leader, scholar, and prison abolitionist. She was charged in connection with events at the Marin Courthouse on August 7, 1970. this is from her first statement after her acquittal.
![Assata Shakur Communique- Think Positive](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Assata Shakur, now in exile in Cuba, was liberated from prison in New Jersey where she was held on charges connected with the Black Liberation Army. This is from her first statement after being liberated from prison. She speaks of positive strategies of revolutionary struggle.
![George Jackson Intro](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
George Jackson and his mother Georgia Jackson, with a Bay Area newscast on the assassination of George Jackson, prison revolutionary and author. Jackson was killed on August 21, 1971 at San Quintin, a year after his younger brother Johnathan Jackson was killed during the Marin County Courthouse Rebellion.
![Maya Angelou reads "Harriet Tubman"](images/thumbnails/MP3.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Black Liberation
Excerpt of Maya Angelou reading "Harriet Tubman" by Margaret Walker at at 1972 benefit for Angela Davis.
![Geronimo Ji Jaga release in 1997 - news footage](images/thumbnails//30429.jpg)
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProducers: Pam MooreProgram: KRON Channel 2 NewsCollection: Geronimo Pratt
Bay area news story on Pratt's release.
![Geronimo Ji Jaga from Cointelpro 101](images/thumbnails//30430.jpg)
On Geronimo Ji Jaga involvement with the Los Angeles Panther Party and the FBI's COINTELPRO efforts to repress movement building and frame Geronimo Ji Jaga.