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Film, VideoEvans Derrell Hopkins oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Richmond, Virginia, 2011 July 07 Evans Hopkins recalls growing up in Danville, Virginia, and participating in efforts to desegregate public schools and the library. He remembers joining the Black Panther Party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Oakland, California, and working on Bobby Seale's campaign for Mayor of Oakland. He also discusses his imprisonment for car theft and the high rate of incarceration among African American men.- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Hopkins, Evans D. - Mosnier, Joseph
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoKathleen Cleaver oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Atlanta, Georgia, 2011 September 16 Kathleen Cleaver recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India and the Philippines while her father worked for the foreign service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a secretary, and witnessing the dissolution of that organization. She discusses meeting her husband, Eldridge Cleaver, joining the Black Panther Party, and organizing against police brutality.- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cleaver, Kathleen - Mosnier, Joseph
- Date: 2011-01-01
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Film, VideoElmer Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seattle, Washington, 2013 February 28 Elmer Dixon discusses his childhood in Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington, where he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., and heard Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader Stokely Carmichael speak. At 17 he met Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland and established, with his brother Aaron Dixon as Defense Captain, the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Dixon discusses his…- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Dixon, Elmer - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoAaron Dixon oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Seattle, Washington, 2013 May 11 Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. Dixon describes in detail his family history and the influence of oral tradition on his racial consciousness. He discusses the role of the Black Student Union at the University of Washington and details…- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Cline, David P. - Dixon, Aaron
- Date: 2013-01-01
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Film, VideoFrankye Adams Johnson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Jackson, Mississippi, 2015 December 06 Frankye Adams-Johnson recalls her involvement as a Civil Rights activist in the Jackson Movement. While a student at Tougaloo College she became involved with SNCC, the Freedom Riders and the March on Washington. Placing emphasis on the themes of racial consciousness, gender and violence, she traces the evolution of her political role, concluding with her involvement in the Black Panther Party.- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Crosby, Emilye - Adams-Johnson, Frankye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoJennifer Lawson oral history interview conducted by Emilye Crosby in Washington, DC, District of Columbia, 2015 December 11 Jennifer Lawson shares her experience throughout the Civil Rights Movement. She discusses her decision to leave college to join the movement, and her involvement with voter registration activities in Mississippi. She joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966 and was elected to the organization's central coordinating committee. She shares her role in designing the Black Panther symbol and campaign materials for the…- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Lawson, Jennifer - Crosby, Emilye
- Date: 2015-01-01
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Film, VideoMichael D. McCarty oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Los Angeles, California, 2016 June 26 Michael "Mac" McCarty talks about joining the Black Panther Party (BPP) in Chicago, IL. He discusses racism in Chicago and the leadership of Fred Hampton of the Party and the beginnings of the Rainbow Coalition that brought together African Americans and Appalachian whites. He recalls the circumstances under which Hampton was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 21 by the COINTELPRO operation of…- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - McCarty, Michael D. - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2016-01-01
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Film, VideoNorma Mtume oral history interview conducted bv David P. Cline in Los Angeles, California, 2016 June 27 Norma Mtume talks about her involvement with the Black Panther Party (BPP); her work in the free medical clinics established by the BPP and her incarceration on trumped-up charges orchestrated by the COINTELPRO initiative of the FBI. She talks of her subsequent work to establish city-wide free health-care programs- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Mtume, Norma - Bishop, John Melville - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2016-01-01
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Film, VideoRoberta Alexander oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in San Diego, California, 2016 June 29 Dr. Roberta Alexander, Professor Emeritus at San Diego City College, talks about her family background in California, her mixed-race heritage, and activist roots, including her time with the Black Panther Party.- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Alexander, Roberta - Bishop, John Melville - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2016-01-01
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Film, VideoEricka C. Huggins oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Oakland, California, 2016 June 30 Ericka Huggins discusses joining the Los Angeles Chapter of the Blank Panther Party in 1967. She shares her involvement with community survival programs such as the People's Free Medical Clinics and Breakfast Programs. Sharing how these programs were often undervalued and overlooked by the suspicions of the police and the FBI, she sheds considerable light on the turbulent experience of being a Panther woman.…- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Huggins, Ericka - Bishop, John Melville - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2016-01-01
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Film, VideoElbert "Big Man" Howard oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Santa Rosa, California, 2016 June 30 Elbert "Big Man" Howard founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland with Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and others in 1965. Howard speaks of the Party's accomplishments in establishing the free community food programs, free medical clinics, and other service initiatives. He recounts the harassment by the FBI's COINTELPRO initiative, and recounts instances of everyday racist oppression by the state and local officials. Howard…- Contributor: Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) - Bishop, John Melville - Howard, Elbert - Cline, David P.
- Date: 2016-01-01