East Baton Rouge Parish Library

The Black Panthers speak, edited by Philip S. Foner

eng

Includes bibliographical references

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

The Black Panthers speak

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edited by Philip S. Foner

Here are Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard and Fred Hampton, along with Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women. They tell of the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism, the power structure, the police, violence and education; as well as songs, poems and political cartoons. This is the real story of The Black Panthers. The book provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Black Panther Party, without media or political input. Black Panthers Speak allows readers to judge the movement for themselves

1. Black Panther Party platform and program: rules of the Black Panther Party -- 2. The Black Panther: voice of the Party -- 3. Huey P. Newton speaks -- 4. Bobby Seale speaks -- 5. Eldridge Cleaver speaks from exile -- 6. David Hilliard speaks -- 7. Fred Hampton speaks -- 8. Black Panther women speak -- 9. Community activities -- 10. Black Panthers in court -- 11. Alliances and coalitionsForeword / by Barbara Ransby -- Preface / by Julian Bond -- Introduction -- Black Panther national anthem -- 1. Black Panther Party platform and program rules of the Black Panther Party -- What we want/what we believe -- Rules of the Black Panther Party -- 2. The Black Panther : voice of the party -- The Black panther: mirror of the people -- A pig -- Black lawyers -- Revolutionary art/black liberation -- On violence -- Free by any means necessary (poem) -- Correcting mistaken ideas -- The power of the people -- Black child's pledge -- In white America today -- Editorial statement -- Revolutionary letter #15 (poem) -- The genius of Huey Newton -- Erica's poem -- The revolutionary spirit of Antonio Maceo, lives on today in the people's revolutionary vanguard, the Black Panther party, and in our new revolutionary warrior named after him -- A Black Panther song (poem) -- To the courageous Vietnamese people, commemorating the death of Ho Chi Minh -- The Chicago 8 -- Pigs--Panthers -- On criticism of Cuba -- 3. Huey P. Newton speaks -- In defense of self-defense: executive mandate number one -- The correct handling of a revolution -- Functional definition of politics -- Message to "free Huey Rally," Oakland auditorium, February 17, 1968 -- Huey Newton talks to the movement about the Black Panther party, cultural nationalism, SNCC, liberals and white revolutionaries -- Message on the peace movement -- To the R.N.A. -- Prison, where is thy victory? -- 4. Bobby Seale speaks -- The ten-point platform and program of the Black Panther Party -- Bobby Seale explains Panther politics: an interview -- Black soldiers as revolutionaries to overthrow the ruling class -- Bring it home -- 5. Eldridge Cleaver speaks from exile -- Message to Sister Erica Huggins of the Black Panther Party -- The Black man's stake in Vietnam -- An open letter to Stokely Carmichael -- Eldridge Cleaver discusses revolution: an interview from exile -- The fascists have already decided in advance to murder chairman Bobby Seale in the electric chair: a manifesto -- 6. David Hilliard speaks -- The ideology of the Black Panther Party -- Black student unions -- If you want peace you got to fight for it -- Interview with CBS News, December 28, 1969 -- 7. Fred Hampton speaks -- You can murder a liberator, but you can't murder liberation -- 8. Black Panther women speak -- Liberation and political assassination / by Kathleen Cleaver -- On cultural nationalism / by Linda Harrison -- The struggle is a world struggle / by Connie Matthews -- I joined the Panthers / by Joan Bird -- We will win: letter from prison / by Afeni Shakur -- A word for Panther parents / by Jewel Barker -- 9. Community activities -- To feed our children -- Why the free breakfast? -- Liberation schools -- The youth make the revolution -- People's medical care center -- Pocket lawyer of legal first aid -- In memory of Dr. Martin Luther King -- Petition statement for community control of police -- Defend the ghetto (leaflet) -- Community discussion groups (leaflet) -- 10. Black Panthers in court -- Bobby Seale vs. Judge Hoffman -- To Judge Murtagh: from the Panther 21 -- Closing remarks to the jury by Charles R. Garry in People of California v. Huey P. Newton -- 11. Alliances and coalitions -- The Black Panther Party stands for revolutionary solidarity -- We must develop a united front against fascism (leaflet) -- On establishing a united front with Communists -- SDS resolution on the Black Panther Party -- The Young Lords Organization on the move: interview with Rafael Viera -- Young Lords block street with garbage -- Young Lords Party 13-point program and platform -- Ten-point health program of the Young Lords -- The Patriot Party speaks to the movement -- Latinos walkout -- Getting together -- Ten-point program and platform of the black student Unions -- The Black Panther Party and revolutionary trade unionism -- Black caucus program: an interview -- Petition to the United Nations -- Appendixes I. The persecution of the Black Panther Party. A. The Old rules do not apply: a survey of the persecution of the Black Panther Party / by Charles R. Garry ; B. News release issued by the American Civil Liberties Union, December 29, 1969 ; C. Resolution adopted by the New York Group of the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs, May 23, 1970 -- Appendix II. Call for revolutionary people's constitutional convention, September 7, 1970, Philadelphia, Pa. -- Notes