African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • The need for action (Part 2 of 2)

    Father James E. Groppi, a white Roman Catholic priest leading a black militant group in Milwaukee known as the Commandos, addresses the Racism in America symposium at Sacramento State College, October 3, 1968. Part two. This section includes a question and answer session that follows Groppi’s talk.

  • Living and growing in a white world

    The author of Fire next time speaks to the students of Castlemont High School, a predominantly Black high school in Oakland, California, about living and growing in a white world. Recorded by KQED, and featuring a post-speech question and answer session moderated by a KQED correspondent.

  • Democracy Now : May 13 : Black Panthers– Then And Now

    Democracy Now : May 13 : Black Panthers– Then And Now / Pacifica Foundation| produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. – A daily election year program which takes an in-depth look at the political landscape and interviews visionaries from all walks of life, including grassroots organizations, who challenge the status…

  • Black Panther Legacy : Part 1 : Bobby Seale

    Black Panther Legacy : Part 1 : Bobby Seale / Ralph Cole, Justice Vision| Roy E. Tuckman. – Bobby Seale explodes the myth of the armed street gang promulgated by Ronald Reagan and J. Edgar Hoover. The Panthers were a group of professional, semi-professional, and college students who formed this anti-segregation, broad spectrum civil rights…

  • Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c.

    Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c. – Black Panther Party leader Eldridge Cleaver criticizes the power elite in America. “He will put you in jail,” asserts Cleaver, “because he’s got pigs out there authorized to have guns and baseball bats they call clubs … beat all the fat off your head and shoot you if you don’t…

  • Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c.

    Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c. – Black Panther Party leader Eldridge Cleaver criticizes the power elite in America. “He will put you in jail,” asserts Cleaver, “because he’s got pigs out there authorized to have guns and baseball bats they call clubs … beat all the fat of your head and shoot you if you don’t…

  • Bobby Hutton funeral and memorial service (Part 1 of 2)

    Actuality of the memorial service held at Ephesian Church of God in Christ for Bobby Hutton (1950-1968), the first Black Panther recruit, who was killed in a shootout with the Oakland Police Department. Colin Edwards interviews Louella Cleaver, sister of Eldridge Cleaver, about her reaction to Hutton’s and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s deaths. Edwards then…

  • Bobby Hutton funeral and memorial service (Part 2 of 2)

    Continuation of the rally at Merritt Park in memory of Bobby Hutton (1950-1968), and in support of Huey Newton and Eldridge Cleaver. James Forman (1928-2005) of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee eulogizes Hutton and talks about how to deal with “the hogs.” Audio distorted in the last minute, cuts out mid-speech. Reported by Colin Edwards…

  • Black Panther press conference at KPFA

    This is a recording of a Black Panther press conference held at KPFA and at the Hall of Justice in Oakland. First on the recording is Charles Garry, attorney for Bobby Seale, followed by Seale himself, regarding the Cleaver situation the night before this recording was made. Also includes an interview with Reverend Earl Neil…

  • Huey Newton statement read by Bobby Seale at KPFA

    Statement written by Huey Newton, read by Bobby Seale, expressing grief at the death of George Jackson and calling for black solidarity. Introduced as a missive from the Inter-communal news service of the Black Panther Party. This is an excerpt from BC0239.05A.