Black Panther Party

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Bobby Seale press conference / interviewed by Earl Caldwell, Tim Findley, and David Lawsky.

    Discussion of the Black Panther Party, its aims, and its methods.|BOBBY SEALE PRESS CONFERENCE / interviewed by Earl Caldwell, Tim Findly, and David Lawsky. – Discussion of the Black Panther Party, its aims, and its methods. – BROADCAST: KPFA, 11 Aug. 1971. Mr. Seale is questioned by Earl Cladwell of the N.Y. Times, Tim Findley…

  • Huey Newton Appeal rally / Masai Hewitt.

    Masai Hewitt speaks at a demonstration for Huey Newton’s appeal hearing.

  • Kwame Toure at U.C. Berkeley / produced by Don Foster.

    Speech by Toure, former Black power leader Stokely Carmichael.

  • Huey P. Newton funeral / introduced by Ginny Z. Berson.

    Huey P. Newton funeral. Proceedings and biographical examination of the life and contributions of Huey P. Newton. Member of the Black Panthers. CONTENT: r.1. Press conference at attorney Charles Gary’s office following Newton’s release on $50,000 bond (12:00) ; June 2nd from San Louis Obispo prison, 1970 / Huey P. Newton (4:30) ; Wendell Harper…

  • Panthers in Algiers vs. the National Party organization.

    Eldridge Cleaver, Don Cox, Pete O’Neill, Larry Mack, Seiku Odinga, Barbara Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O’Neill, Awode Odinga and Huey Newton discuss the Black Panther party in Algiers and the United States.|PANTHERS IN ALGIERS VS. THE NATIONAL PARTY ORGANIZATION.- Eldridge Cleaver, Don Cox, Pete O’Neill, Larry Mack, Seiku Odinga, Barbara Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O’Neill,…