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Voices of Black Panther women

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Title
Voices of Black Panther women
Date Created
1990
Description
A panel discussion of women who are members of the Black Panther Party in which they relate their personal struggles and experiences as "Panther women" engaged in civil rights activism. Topics discussed include the Free Breakfast for Children program, police brutality, economic justice, prisoner's rights, white supremacy, chauvinism, George Jackson People's Free Clinic, the Oakland Community School, John George Recovery Center, rehabilitation and health clinics, high infant mortality rate of Oakland, and AIDS.
Creators and Contributors
Creator: Unknown
Performer: University of California, Berkeley, Office of Media Services
Speaker: Nyasha, Kiilu
Speaker: Lewis, J. Tarika
Speaker: McMillan, Artie
Speaker: Haven, Sheba
Speaker: Rahman, Majeeda
Speaker: Butcher, Belva
Subject Topic
African American women--Biography
African American women--Civil rights
Black power--United States--History--20th century
African American women civil rights workers--Biography
Black power--United States--Biography
Women's studies
Subject Entity
Merritt College
Black Panther Party
Genre
Oral histories
Place(s)
Oakland (Calif.)
Media type
Moving Image
Format
1/2 inch videotape
Extent
1 Tape
Color or Black and White
Color
Copyright Statement
UC Regents
Country of Creation
United States
Source Institution
Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley
Call Number
VIDEO/C 2557
Link to Internet Archive
http://archive.org/details/cabemrc_000016