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Black Panther Party general

The Black Panther Party was an African-American revolutionary socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. At its height, The Black Panther Party had chapters in most major urban American cities as well as numerous international chapters. The Black Panther Party achieved large amounts of grassroots community as a result of their free breakfast programs for youth and constant advocacy around issues of self defense and police brutality.

Documents

Geronimo Pratt: Frame-Up Exposed Geronimo Pratt: Frame-Up Exposed
Author: U.S. Congressman Ronald V. DellumsFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
Includes news articles from Los Angeles Times: "FBI Informant an Issue in New Trial for Ex-Panther"; "FBI Involvement in Pratt Case Disclosed"; FBI Inquiry on Pratt"; "Pratt Prosecutor Denies Knowing of Report by FBI"; "Black Panther to Seek New Trial in Murder"; "Panther to Seek New Trial"
Testimony of Fred J. Hiestand, Public Advocates, Inc. Before the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Behalf of the NAACP, Western Region; The Black Panther Party; The National Organization for Women; The Mexican-American Political Association; and the California Prisoners' Union Testimony of Fred J. Hiestand, Public Advocates, Inc. Before the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on Behalf of the NAACP, Western Region; The Black Panther Party; The National Organization for Women; The Mexican-American Political Association; and the California Prisoners' Union
Author: Fred HiestandPublisher: Public Advocates, Inc.Date: 5/9/1973Volume Number: May 9Format: TranscriptCollection: Black Panther Party general
Testimony re: proposed Center for the Study and Reduction of Violence, especially re: behavior modification experiments and surgeries on California prisoners
Angela Davis Release Speech Angela Davis Release Speech
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.
Legacy of Torture Legacy of Torture
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
Political Assassination of Deputy Defense Minister Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and Deputy of Information Minister John Huggins Political Assassination of Deputy Defense Minister Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and Deputy of Information Minister John Huggins
Publisher: Black Panther Party National HeadquartersDate: 1/1969Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Black Panther Party general
Press Release re: Bunchy Carter's and John Huggins's assassination, stapled to below legal memo re: Bobby Seale
An Introduction to the Black Panther Party An Introduction to the Black Panther Party
Author: The John Brown SocietyPublisher: The Radical Education ProjectDate: 5/1969Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
April 1, 1967, killing of Denzil Dowell; April 7, 1968 murder of Bobby Hutton; Police Harassment of BPP: Sample of Incidents from Oct. 1966 -1969
On the Ideology of the Black Panther Party On the Ideology of the Black Panther Party
Author: Eldridge CleaverPublisher: Ministry of Information, Black Panther Party, San FranciscoVolume Number: Part IFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
An Introduction to the Black Panther Party An Introduction to the Black Panther Party
Author: The John Brown SocietyPublisher: The Radical Education ProjectDate: 5/1969Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general
April 1, 1967, killing of Denzil Dowell; April 7, 1968 murder of Bobby Hutton; Police Harassment of BPP: Sample of Incidents from Oct. 1966 -1969
On the Ideology of the Black Panther Party On the Ideology of the Black Panther Party
Author: Eldridge CleaverPublisher: Ministry of Information, Black Panther Party, San FranciscoVolume Number: Part IFormat: MonographCollection: Black Panther Party general