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
![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.
![Demand a Stop of Undue Harassment to Assata and the Women of Clinton](images/thumbnails//31576.jpg)
Format: FlyerCollection: Assata Shakur
Highlights Seven Changes in Administration Policy and Practice since Assata arrived.
![Assata Bulletin](images/thumbnails//31579.jpg)
Publisher: Assata Shakur Defense CommitteeDate: 2/21/1977Volume Number: 21-FebFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Assata Shakur
Information includes: All White Jury Selected; Assata Denied Right to Make Opening Statement; The Week in Court; Supporters Harrassed in Court; Press Coverage Biased as Ever; To My People (Assata Statement).
![Letter re parole of David Hilliard](images/thumbnails//32658.jpg)
Publisher: Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan & BrotskyDate: 9/15/1972Volume Number: Sept 15Format: CorrespondenceCollection: BPP_NoCal
Letter to CA Adult Authority to parole David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of Black Panther Party.
![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.