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Black Panther rally at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park

Actuality of a rally held at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park (a.k.a. DeFremery Park) in Oakland, hosted by Masai Hewitt, Minister of Education of the Black Panther Party. The rally opens with Elaine Brown performing her song "Seize the Time".

Previous title: Black Panther rally : Oakland.

Eldridge Cleaver's speech at a noon rally

Actuality of Eldridge Cleaver's speech at the University of California, Berkeley campus in response to Governor Ronald Reagan's cancellation of proposed U.C. Berkeley class 139X, for which Cleaver was scheduled to be a lecturer.

Yippie rally, Sproul steps, Berkeley

Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin and Eldridge Cleaver speak at the Yippie Pre-Erection Day rally on the University of California, Berkeley campus on October 30th, 1968. They talk about the current political situation, and student issues.

Bobby Seale from New Haven.

Discussion of the split between Seale and Eldridge Cleaver within the Black Panther Party.

Bobby Seale for the defense of Huey Newton

Speech given on April 16, 1968 by Bobby Seale, Black Panther chairman, during a Black Panther meeting in defense of Huey Newton, fellow co-founder of the Black Panther Party. The speech was delivered at the Kaleidoscope, a largely white nightclub in Los Angeles.

Eldridge Cleaver on the drug culture

Eldridge Cleaver speaks about the drug culture in the United States and about Timothy Leary. Announcement about the Cleaver's relationship with the Black Panther Party and Timothy Leary and his wife.

An Interview with Huey Newton

Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, talks with KPFA's Public Affairs director, Elsa Knight Thompson at Alameda County Jail in Oakland on May 21, 1968. Newton was being held for the alleged killing of an Oakland policeman. His trial, scheduled for June 10, had just been postponed to July 15, 1968.

The big four state their cases (Episode 6 of 8)

City officials and protest organizers speak about the violent battle to maintain People's Park for the community. During the People's Park crisis, several spokesmen emerged representing different factions in Berkeley.

Eldridge Cleaver from outer space

Eldridge Cleaver, exiled Black Panther Party leader, gives a speech from somewhere in the Third World. [on box: Eldridge Cleaver's message from "somewhere in the third world" received in Berkeley, July 2, 1969.]

A talk with Bobby Seale

Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson in the San Francisco County Jail two days after his return to the Bay Area from the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Seale talks about first meeting Huey P. Newton, his origins as a revolutionary, and the difference between self-defense and terrorism. First aired the day it was recorded during KPFA's open hour.

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