A Brief History of the Lumpen, the Black Panthers’ Revolutionary Funk Band | KQED

Eric Arnold, KQED The Lumpen, the Panthers’ singing group, performs at the boycott of Bill’s Liquors, Oakland, 1971. Clark Bailey, known as Santa Rita, is dancing. Michael Torrence (front) and James Mott (back) are drumming. (Courtesy of itsabouttime.com), Featured Image [dropcap]Saturu[/dropcap] Ned claims he once changed Tupac Shakur’s diaper before going on stage. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]

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