Prisoners — Personal narratives.
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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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Views and opinions of Herbert Blyden / interviewed by Deloris Costello. (Part 2 of 2)
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An interview with Huey Newton
Huey Newton, interviewed by Alex Hoffman, KPFA reporter. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, discusses discrimination and abuse during his imprisonment, his impending trial, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and the Vietnam War. Newton notes that most of the black inmates in jail with him have become Black Panthers since his incarceration. Interview…
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Huey Newton From Jail in Oakland, CA interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson
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A visit with Huey Newton at Vacaville Prison Facility
Black Panther Party co-founder and leader Huey P. Newton discusses his imprisonment at Vacaville Medical Facility in Vacaville, CA with Denny Smithson of KPFA’s Public Affairs Department; Karen Wald, reporter for the Guardian; and Joe Blum, editor of The Movement. Newton talks about the way he’s been portrayed in the media and physical and social…
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Huey Newton : August 11, 1970
Huey Newton, the founder and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party, is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson at the KPFA studios, six days after his release from prison. He expresses his views about the worldwide Black movement for independence, the justice and prison systems in the United States, and the aims of the…
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Eldridge Cleaver.
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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…
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Inside Attica : an interview with Donald Noble / interviewed by Bruce Soloway.