Courtesy of The Estate of Gil Scott-Heron/Rumal Rackley Administrator, Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Alondra Nelson COINTELPRO and the massive state persecution of the Panthers put the organization on the defensive, and exacerbated existing political tensions, setting the stage for a very public split between Newton and Cleaver in 1971. Doug Coronado SOT: Stanley Nelson, Director & Producer Search for other works by this author on: You do not currently have access to this article. White House Communications Agency This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly Read allThis documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years. And so it was something that everybody had in their closet again this is 1966, 1967 in that period, and that's how they came up with it. The legacyof Hoovers actionsinfiltration, assassinations, criminalist discourse about the Panthersstill lingers. At a time when racial tension again hovers over our national consciousness, Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers, currently on view at Steven Kasher Gallery, reconsiders this revolutionary movement. It was a very, very successful program for the Panthers, and actually J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI, said it was probably the most dangerous thing that the Panthers were doing, because it was winning not only the hearts and minds of young kids but also of their parents. YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS A CRUCIAL -- I THINK ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR BETTER OR WORSE THE PANTHERS WERE VERY MUCH DRIVEN BY PERSONALITIES, BY THEIR LEADERS, AND THAT WAS GREAT IN THE BEGINNING AND SLOGANISM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY FREE HUEY WHEN NOBODY REALLY KNEW WHO HUEY WAS, YOU KNOW, LET'S FREE HUEY. The Blank Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Part, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Seth Cooper The protests over George Floyds death in police custody have ignited what some are calling the next civil rights movement. Courtesy of Umar Bin Hassan, Express Yourself I WONDER IF YOU SEE -- IF YOU CAN ELABORATE, I GUESS, IF YOU SEE THAT THAT COULD BE A THREAT TO THIS -- TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE PROTESTS NOW. The Philadelphia Inquirer The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution December 4, 1969 is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Chicago Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, and, four days later, of the shootout between the Los Angeles Black Panthers and the LAPD. hide caption. Enter your library card number to sign in. Howard L. Bingham Earl Leon Anthony Mitchell Gersten the black panthers: vanguard of the revolution transcript 201.518.2979. who owns new reader magazine; kirkstall road, leeds. Except for books, Amazon will . AS WE SEARCH FOR PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO SYSTEMIC SOCIAL AND RACIAL PROBLEMS WE ARE REMINDED OF ANOTHER MOVEMENT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY THAT WAS BOTH RADICAL AND OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD. Mel and Marilyn Cherman You can find out about upcoming screenings of The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution at www.TheBlackPanthers.com. SOT: Marlon Brando Sam Aleshinloye, Cinematography by The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a feature documentary that includes eyewitness accounts from the first members who joined the organization to rank-and-file members in cities. The Black Panther Party is simply the vanguard of the revolution, he declared. Patrick Ulysse, Supervising Sound-Editor + Re-Recording Mixer SO WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, BUT I THINK WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT RIGHT NOW THIS MOVEMENT HAS TAKEN OFF, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING AND LEADING IT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BACK UP AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY SEEM -- IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY WORKING AND THEY SEEM TO BE DOING IT REALLY, REALLY WELL. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival . SO WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY OF THE PANTHERS FOR US TODAY? The result was, as is portrayed in the film, COINTELPRO the Counter Intelligence Program organized and implemented by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to harass, discredit and destroy the Black Panthers and other revolutionary organizations by every dirty trick imaginable, up to and including trumped-up criminal charges and outright assassination. Shames and Seales accompanying book, Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers (2016), chronicles the Partys founding up until Bobby Seales Oakland mayoral campaign in 1973, and privileges the personal accounts of Gloria Abernathy, Kathleen Cleaver, Barbara Cox, Elbert Big Man Howard, Ericka Huggins, and Khalid Raheem, among others. Diandra Durand Greg Quedens Holland Lake and the Consent of the Governed, Harvards Kennedy School: Key Part Of The Military-Industrial Complex, Turning Influence Into Money in the EU Parliament, The Politics of Regionalism: Secession vs. Interdependence, Think Big Techs Thousands of Layoffs Indicate a Coming Recession? Greetings again from the darkness. Not long after that Hampton was dead, murdered in his bed by Chicago police. AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER STANLEY NELSON REFLECTS ON CIVIL RIGHTS- FROM THE BLACK PANTHERS MOVEMENT TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT AND WHAT TODAYS DEMONSTRATORS CAN LEARN FROM THEIR PREDECESSORS WHO FOUGHT BEFORE THEM. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. Shot down like a common animal, he died a warrior for Black Liberation. (Actor), Stanley Nelson (Director) Rated: PG-13. The FBI was also conducting counterintelligence aimed at the party. FILMSOT: Photographerstook our pictures, they took advantage they put them in newspapers they put them on magazines, and that look that we projected, the leather jackets the big AFRO the shades, that became a hit !Obviously photographers were drawn to it. by Stanley Nelson. Select your institution from the list provided, which will take you to your institution's website to sign in. Privacy Policy Fred Hampton, Jr. Marc Nortons website is MarcNortonOnline. Pirkle Jones & Ruth-Marion Baruch MCF Flint Taylor, For Firelight Films Music and Lyrics by Gil Scott-Heron Kenneth OReilly It's saying, "OK, we're going to totally break from what the traditional civil rights movement is asking for. YOU KNOW, THE POLICE AND THE POLICE UNIONS ARE VERY, VERY ORGANIZED AND WILL DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, TO HOLD ON TO THE POWER THAT THEY HAVE AND THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE. KRON-TV The short life of former Black Panther Party Illinois Chapter Chairman Fred Hampton is dramatized brilliantly in Shaka King's latest feature, the acclaimed Judas and the Black Messiah. Courtesy of Stephen Shames and Firelight Media Nearly 50 years ago, in. Antonio Rossi Jose Smith Old Chapel Road. Darryl Wilson One of the most moving sequences in the film is a shot of Hampton leading a multi-racial mass meeting in Chicago, bringing them to their feet, fists in the air, chanting I am a revolutionary!. AND I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S AN UNTESTED WAY TO HAVE A MOVEMENT, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS IN THIS MOVEMENT'S FAVOR BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY, YOU KNOW, TO BRING THE MOVEMENT DOWN IF THEY --. The Black. There's talk and more talk about revolution these days, but it's also in danger of being relegated to just another 'fashionable buzzword' used in a cynical ploy to establish a byline to disenfranchised 'millennials'. Corbis Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story of a movement vital once more. Image Fortress Corp I GOT TO WATCH THE FILM FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN PREPARATION FOR THIS INTERVIEW AND THIS TIME BECAUSE I KNOW THE CONTENT SO WELL I WAS ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE CRAFT AND IT'S JUST MASTERFUL. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THOSE TACTICS WERE USED. And so they're trapped in some ways [and] can't get out of that box as time goes on. YOU KNOW, I JUST -- YOU KNOW, WENT TO CAPE COD THE OTHER DAY AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WAS A BIG TRUMP RALLY, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS -- WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST -- IT'S SCARY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU RALLYING AGAINST, YOU KNOW? THE COMPLICATED HISTORY IS AT THE HEART OF THE DOCUMENTARY 'THE BLACK PANTHERS VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION' WHICH IS NOW STREAMING ON PBS AND REAIRING ON INDEPENDENT LENS THIS WEEK ON THIRTEEN AND WLIW. Abstract: "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Yasmin Garcia List Price: $24.99 $24.99. Performed by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s When Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Party in 1966, they were riding a wave of rebellion that had engulfed Black America from boycotts, sit-ins and Freedom Rides in the South, to mass riots and near-insurrections in the Black ghettoes of the North. Antonio Lopez YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN, YOU KNOW, IN 1951 SO FOR THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE I NEVER EVER SAW A BLACK MAN PUT HIS FINGER IN A WHITE MAN'S FACE AND SAY, NO, NO, NO. They had no background checks that they could do on people, so they had this kind of open-door policy: If you wanted to join the Panthers, they wanted you to be part of it. And as the country searches for permanent solutions to larger social and racial problems permeating through society, were also reminded of another movement in our nations history that was both radical and often misunderstood. Stephen Shames, Angela Davis, who was a Black Panther for six months, speaks at a Free Huey rally in Defremery Park, Oakland, California, November 12, 1969Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Riley Linebaugh J. Daniel Johnson Written by James Brown and Fred Wesley They were freedom fighters. Nola Nelson BBC Motion Gallery Lead Supporters The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21, an infamous conspiracy case that highlighted government repression of Black liberation activists during the 1960s and 1970s. Performed by Eugene Blacknell and the New Breed . MetroFocus is made possible by Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, the Filomen M. D'Agostino Foundation, The Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund, Bernard and Denise Schwartz, Barbara Hope Zuckerberg, Jody and John Arnhold, the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation and the Estate of Roland Karlen. All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. The film combines archival footage and interviews with surviving Panthers and FBI agents to tell the story of the revolutionary black organization the Black Panther Party. Do not use an Oxford Academic personal account. Shades, afros, black leather jackets and revolution - few political parties have harnessed style quite like the Black Panthers. KGO-TV Black Panthers In the era of Black Lives Matter, what is the legacy of the Black Panther Party? This was a break from Martin Luther King and the suits and ties and that kind of "we're going to look proper." View your signed in personal account and access account management features. OUR MAIN GOAL IS NOT FOREIGN POWERS, OUR MAIN GOAL IS NOT TERRORISM, OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO DESTROY THE PANTHERS AND THEY HAD THEIR PHONES BUGGED, THEY HAD INFILTRATORS, THE INFILTRATORS WOULD SAY, HEY, I SAW YOUR HUSBAND WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense would, for a short time, put itself at the Vanguard of that change. I was taught to be proper.Behave yourself.Youre going out in public to always know that the white man was listening.With the Black Panthers coming to the scene, it was just a completely different message.As a 12 year old, youknow what?You had this whole other portrayal of self and just really digging it! If you believe you should have access to that content, please contact your librarian. [7] The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, describing it as "a strong if only occasionally transporting biography of a movement that terrified the establishment in its day. One thing people dont understand about the Black Panther Party is that the median age of a Party member in 1969 was nineteen years old, Huggins notes. By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing, (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People A part of PBS, America's Home for Documentaries. 1 trending Twitter hashtag#BlackPanthersPBSin the world on the night it premiered on PBS' Independent Lens. Molly Schwartz Courtesy of Legacy Recordings The book also incorporates excerpts from Newtons interviews and speeches into a roundtable of recollections from still-living Party members. But, the world the Panthers imaginedis yet to come. Health Care in Crisis: Warning! Kathleen Cleaver, Voice-Over Actors Albert Preciado THAT WAS SO THEIR MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAVE STARTED OUT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T PREACH MORE AND MORE AND MORE RADICAL VIOLENCE AND KIND OF BACKED THEM INTO A CORNER THAT WAS VERY HARD FOR THEM TO GET OUT OF. HOST INTRO We hear a great deal about the Black Panthers Paul Sequeira The film ends with the statement that 20 Black Panthers are still in prison, over four decades after the Party rocked the nation. The film includes considerable footage of Fred Hampton, the leader of the Panthers in Chicago. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson says the Black Panthers caught everyones attention. FILMSOT: Yourre talking about people who are teenagers, 17, 18, 20.Thats the of the Panthers.The fact that we were so young the fact that we never recognized how startling we were to people. Stephen Shames, Free Breakfast Program, Panther Jerry Dunigan, known as Odinka, talks to kids while they eat breakfast on Chicagos South Side, Chicago, Illinois, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Fifty years ago, it seemed, the world was poised for revolution. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution fills that void. This brother here, myself, all of us, were born with our hair like this and we wear it like this.The reason for it you might say is that the new awareness among black people that they are beautiful.They are aware.They are proud of it. In one image from 1970, Newton, the former Minister of Defense for the Party, stands in his living room shortly after his release from prison. Some of the first images on view depict aspects of Newtons private life, a welcome departure from his highly visible public persona. Copyright 2023 Organization of American Historians. SO I THINK THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, A STRONG -- IT'S NOT EVEN A BACKLASH -- A STRONG COUNTER TO WHAT'S GOING ON NOW AND I THINK IN SOME WAYS WE'RE LIVING IN SUCH A STRONG MOMENT THAT -- THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POWERS THAT BE ARE JUST KIND OF LETTING PEOPLE HAVE THEIR REIGN. http://www.theblackpanthers.co.uk/The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is available on DVD.Change was coming to America and the fault lines could n. Feasting With Panthers DVD Nonetheless Williams Richard Kneeland. Black lives matter. Washington State Archives National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party [@1:00 So police brutality, unemployment, bad schools-- all those things they were talking about , -- but they look so cool with a black leather jacket to liberated hat cocked to the side sunglasses and a big Afro.Asa 15-year-old teenager I was like wow!Who are these guys?