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’48 years is enough’: activists and celebrities call for release of ex-Black Panther | The Guardian
Seventy-five public figures sign letter to New York governor asking for release of Jalil Muntaqim after nearly five decades in prison
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End the isolation of Jamil Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown) | San Francisco Bay View
Open Letter to the Bureau of Prisons and State of Georgia by Concerned Academics
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‘A Taste of Power’: The Woman Who Led the Black Panther Party | Longreads
Elaine Brown was the first and only woman to lead the male-dominated Black Panther Party. She looks back on Jean Seberg, COINTELPRO, and internal divisions within the organization.
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Ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown awarded $4 million in punitive damages | The Philadelphia Tribune
OAKLAND, Calif. — A Northern California jury awarded more than $4 million in punitive damages to a former leader of the Black Panthers who was injured after an Oakland councilwoman punched and pushed her during an argument over housing.
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Black October: An Introduction | Black Perspectives
As Black communists grew in number and the Communist International gained in force, so too did anti-communism.
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Memoir of Elaine Brown, the only woman to lead the Black Panther Party, set to be adapted for film | Shadow & Act
Brown was the chairperson of the party from 1974-1977 while Huey Newton was in exile in Cuba, appointed by Newton himself. She most notably expanded the BPP’s objectives to include matters of importance to black women.
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8 Black Panther Party Programs That Were More Empowering Than Federal Government Programs – Atlanta Black Star
The Black Panther Party is known for its tremendous efforts to obtain justice for African-Americans during the civil rights movement. Their impact on history can be showcased through the numerous programs created to help the Black community.
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Antoine Fuqua To Develop Film Based On Black Panther Murdered By Police – Huffington Post
In 1969 Fred Hampton was shot dead during a police raid.
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The story of the British Black Panthers through race, politics, love and power – The Guardian
The experience of black people in the UK in the 1970s is examined in Guerrilla, a new drama series written by 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley. Now that story finds echoes in a powerful exhibition of photographs of the time.
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