African Americans–Civil rights–History

  • Eldridge Cleaver from outer space

    Eldridge Cleaver, exiled Black Panther Party leader, gives a speech from somewhere in the Third World. [on box: Eldridge Cleaver’s message from “somewhere in the third world” received in Berkeley, July 2, 1969.]

  • Stokely Carmichael interview

    Discussion with Stokely Carmichael of the Civil Rights movement and the growing participation of Blacks in the political process. Carmichael is introduced as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee coordinator working in Lowndes County, Alabama, “organizer of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, also called The Black Panther Party.” The interview is conducted by Terence Cannon, editor…

  • An interview with Huey P. Newton

    Reporters from the national and international news media talk with Mr. Newton, leader of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, about his personal and political philosophy. Also interviewed is the Black Panther Party attorney Charles R. Garry, Newton’s sister and Newton’s fiancee, unnamed for their personal safety. Recorded March 7, 1968 in a detention cell…

  • Police fire on Black Panther headquarters

    KPFA’s Colin Edwards reports on the police attack on the Black Panther Party headquarters on Grove Street in Oakland on September 10, 1968. Edwards interviews Eldridge Cleaver, Minister of Information for the Black Panthers; Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party; Alex Hoffmann, defense attorney for the Black Panthers; Cecil Johnson, an eyewitness to…

  • Ericka Huggins’ statement read by Elaine Brown (Episode 8 of 12)

    Elaine Brown reading a statement by Ericka Huggins of the Connecticut Black Panthers at the United Front Against Fascism conference called by the Black Panther Party. The statement was written from Niantic Prison on July 8, 1969. Contains obscenities.

  • A talk with Bobby Seale

    Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson in the San Francisco County Jail two days after his return to the Bay Area from the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Seale talks about first meeting Huey P. Newton, his origins as a revolutionary, and the difference between self-defense and terrorism. First aired the…

  • Bobby Seale in Oakland : the De Fremery Park rally

    Bobby Seale delivers a speech about the aims and methods of the Black Panther Party, the day after 17-year-old Bobby Hutton was killed by the Oakland Police. The rally was held at DeFremery Park in Oakland, California, April 7, 1968.

  • Bobby Seale at the Oakland auditorium.

    Speech by Bobby Seale, chairman of the Black Panther Party, at the Free Huey Newton rally held at the Oakland Auditorium on February 17, 1968 on Newton’s birthday. Seale goes over the Black Panther Party’s list of demands for the black community, praises Newton’s teachings and contributions to the Party and rallies the audience to…

  • Eldridge Cleaver at California Hall

    Black Panther Party Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver speaks at a meeting sponsored by the Eldridge Cleaver Defense Committee on November 21, 1968. Cleaver speaks on his experiences with the prison system in California, and on the Panthers’ efforts to gain political recognition. Originally scheduled at the Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, the…

  • The prison letters of George Jackson (Part 2 of 3)

    Christopher Brooks, a black actor with the Magic Theatre in Berkeley, reads excerpts from the book “Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson,” which talks of prison life and the conditions Blacks face. These recordings were broadcast during the “Morning reading” time slot at KPFA. Note: Contains sensitive language. Reel two. This reel includes…