Newton, Huey P.
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The death of George Jackson
George Jackson, one of the Soledad Brothers, was killed in San Quentin prison on August 21, 1971, three days before his trial for the 1970 murder of prison guard John Mills was to commence. Once the news got out, KPFA reporters rushed to San Quentin to start reporting on the scene. All previously scheduled programming…
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Free Huey rally in Los Angeles (Part 1)
On February 18, 1968, the day after Huey P. Newton’s birthday, a group of Black Power and civil rights activists held a rally in Los Angeles at the Sports Arena in honor of Newton’s birthday and to show support while Newton was incarcerated for manslaughter. Speakers Bobby Seale, H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), and Stokely…
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Free Huey rally in Los Angeles (Part 2)
On February 18, 1968, the day after Huey P. Newton’s birthday, a group of Black Power and civil rights activists held a rally in Los Angeles at the Sports Arena in honor of Newton’s birthday and to show support while Newton was incarcerated for manslaughter. Speakers Bobby Seale, H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), and Stokely…
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Free Huey rally in Los Angeles (Part 3)
On February 18, 1968, the day after Huey P. Newton’s birthday, a group of Black Power and civil rights activists held a rally in Los Angeles at the Sports Arena in honor of Newton’s birthday and to show support while Newton was incarcerated for manslaughter. Speakers Bobby Seale, H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin), and Stokely…
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Roland Young, Seale, Craven on George Jackson (Part 2 of 2)
Continuation of the panel discussion moderated by Roland Young, with guests Bobby Seale and Carolyn Craven, regarding the death of George Jackson. This part of the program consists of panel interaction with listeners calling in, including a statement from the Prisoner Solidarity Committee of New York, who announce an upcoming demonstration in New York.
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Race and the grand jury
Examination of the Berkeley City Council’s proposed resolution by Councilman Ron Dellums on February 20, 1968, calling for the release of Huey P. Newton, facing trial on charges of having killed an Oakland policeman. The motion calls for the release of Newton from jail in Oakland, CA, on the grounds that this indictment by the…
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The funeral of Jonathan Jackson and William Christmas
The funeral service of Jonathan Peter Jackson (1953-1970) and William Arthur Christmas (1943-1970), who were killed in the course of an armed action which they staged during a politically charged trial of prison inmates at the Marin County, California, Hall of Justice, on August 7, 1970. Contents include Master of Ceremonies at the funeral, Father…
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The contradictions within the Black Panther Party (Part 2 of 2)
The Contradictions Within The Black Panther Party. Eldridge Cleaver, Don Cox, Pete O’Neill, Larry Mack, Seiku Odinga, Barbara Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O’Neill, Awode Odinga, and Huey Newton (by telephone) present various perspectives on the goals of the Black Panthers. RECORDED: Algiers. BROADCAST: WBAI, 5 Mar. 1971.
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Huey Newton From Jail in Oakland, CA interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
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Free Huey rally in Oakland
H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin) and Stokely Carmichael deliver speeches at a Free Huey rally on February 17, 1968, held at the Oakland Auditorium. Stokely Carmichael opens his speech, suggesting a celebration of Huey P. Newton’s birthday not “as Huey Newton the individual, but as Huey Newton, part and parcel of Black people wherever we…