Program

The end of the Soledad Brothers trial

Documentary on the trial and verdict of the two surviving Soledad brothers. John Clutchette and Fleeta Drumgo, the two surviving Soledad Brothers (George Jackson was killed at San Quentin in August, 1971), were found not guilty on March 27, 1972. Clutchette and Drumgo were on trial for an assault and murder of a Soledad prison guard.

Injustices in our legal system today / Charles Garry

Charles Garry, attorney for the Black Panther Party and other counter culture movements, speaks on the role of attorneys in the failing criminal justice system to an audience of law students and others in Pauley Ballroom at University of California Berkeley on November 11, 1971. The recording of this talk was made available to KPFA by KALX, the campus radio station.

Report on the deaths at San Quentin : 21 August, 1971.

A report on the events from August 27, 1971 through August 31, 1971 related to the death of George Jackson in San Quentin prison.

Report on the deaths at San Quentin

This is a report on the death of George Jackson at the San Quentin prison, starting with an interview with a former San Quentin guard, conducted by Patrick Mayers of KPFA and David Stevens, an independent Black journalist.

Odetta / interviewed by Celestine Ware.

African American folk, blues, jazz and spirituals singer Odetta (1930-2008) discusses her life in America, and her experiences in the music industry. An easy going interview held just before the closing of New York's Fillmore East.

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International perspectives : by the Black Panther Party in Algiers with by Eldridge Cleaver.

A tape from the Black Panther party in Algiers expressing their current views.|INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES : BY THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN ALGIERS / Eldridge Cleaver. - A tape from the Black Panther party in Algiers expressing their current views.

Julian Bond at Princeton

Speech by Julian Bond about the condition of Blacks in American society. He reads excerpts from three speeches made by Blacks over 100 years earlier (Frederick Douglas, Nat Turner, and Dr. John S. Rock). Bond comments that the Vietnam War is illegal, with violence against hungry children and a disproportionate number of Blacks serving in the armed forces.

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.

Charles Garry : attorney for the Black Panthers.

Black Panther Party attorney Charles Garry gives a talk at a benefit for the Black Panther Party [on the need for aggressive Black political action] held at the Berkeley Community Theater on December 21, 1969.

Stokeley Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael addresses a meeting of the Black Panthers in Oakland, California, regarding Huey P. Newton's incarceration, United States imperialism, Black revolution, and strategies for revolution.

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