Reporters from the national and international news media talk with Mr. Newton, leader of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, about his personal and political philosophy. Also interviewed is the Black Panther Party attorney Charles R. Garry, Newton’s sister and Newton’s fianc_e, unnamed for their personal safety. Recorded March 7, 1968 in a detention cell at the Alameda County Courthouse.
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OLIVE MORRIS
In 1977 Morris returned from China, completed her degree and returned to her home-community in Brixton. In Brixton, Morris became a founding member of the Organisation for Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD), 1978-82, and edited the organization’s magazine FOWAD!
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COINTELPRO – GOALS
In the 1960’s, COINTELPRO’s targets frequently included civil rights activists, both those who espoused non-violence, like Martin Luther King, and those that Hoover referred to as “black nationalist hate groups,” like the Black Panthers.
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WILLIAM O’ NEAL
While the story of Hampton’s death is fairly well known, O’Neal’s involvement in the matter is often oddly overlooked.
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ELDRIDGE CLEAVER
The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.
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BOBBY SEALE
If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party.
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COINTELPRO
Within one year of the formation
of the Black Panther Party, the FBI established a special counter-intelligence program called COINTELPRO, to neutralize political dissidents.