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 conditions at Vacaville.
[Note: Huey P. Newton’s title was “Minister of Defense” of the Black Panther Party until after his release from this stint in prison.]
A visit with Huey Newton at Vacaville Prison Facility
PRA Archive #:
BB2438
Date Recorded On:
1968-10-17
Date Broadcast On:
1968-10-18, 1968-12-06
Item Duration:
00:42:59
Total Duration (All Reels):
Station: KPFA
View Folio: KPFA Folio, December 1968, p.9
Program: A visit with Huey Newton at Vacaville Prison Facility
Contributors:
Interviewee: Huey Newton
Interviewer: Denny Smithson
Interviewer: Karen Wald
Interviewer: Joe Blum
Asset Type: Program
Distributor: Distributor
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