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Title
Voices of Black Panther women
Creator
University of California, Berkeley, Office of Media Services
Nyasha, Kiilu
Lewis, J. Tarika
McMillan, Artie
Haven, Sheba
Rahman, Majeeda
Butcher, Belva
Date Created and/or Issued
1990
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Moffitt Library, Media Resources Center
Collection
California Revealed from Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley
Rights Information
UC Regents
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.
Type
moving image
Format
Color
1/2 inch videotape
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
VIDEO/C 2557
cabemrc_000016
Subject
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
Merritt College
Black Panther Party
Place
Oakland (Calif.)
Provenance
Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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