Actuality of the memorial service held at Ephesian Church of God in Christ for Bobby Hutton (1950-1968), the first Black Panther recruit, who was killed in a shootout with the Oakland Police Department. Colin Edwards interviews Louella Cleaver, sister of Eldridge Cleaver, about her reaction to Hutton’s and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s deaths. Edwards then interviews youth attendees of the funeral. The service is followed by a rally at Merritt Park organized by the Peace & Freedom Party to protest Hutton’s slaying and the arrests of Eldridge Cleaver and Huey P. Newton. Kathleen Cleaver, Ron Dellums, Marlon Brando and Bobby Seale are among the speakers.
Bobby Hutton funeral and memorial service (Part 1 of 2)
PRA Archive #:
BB5475A
Date Recorded On:
1968-04-12
Date Broadcast On:
1968-04-12
Item Duration:
01:05:19
Total Duration (All Reels):
2 reels (ca. 95 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
Station: KPFA
Program: Bobby Hutton funeral and memorial service (Part 1 of 2)
Contributors:
Speaker: Marlon Brando
Speaker: Kathleen Cleaver
Speaker: Louella Cleaver
Speaker: Ronald V. Dellums
Speaker: Bobby Seale
Asset Type: Program
Distributor: Distributor
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