#black panther party
Sadie Barnette, “The New Eagle Creek Saloon,” 2022,
Organized in conjunction with The Studio Museum in Harlem, The New Eagle Creek Saloon presents Sadie Barnette’s fluorescent recreation of the San Francisco gay bar that her father, founder of the Compton chapter of the Black Panther Party, operated in the early 1990s.
On select Saturdays, the architectural installation is activated by DJs invited by queer scholar and artist madison moore as part of The Kitchen’s new nightlife and club culture residency; visitors are invited to dance, an homage to queer Black spaces past and present.
Courtesy of The Kitchen,
Photo by Adam Reich
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remembering richard aoki, born 76 years ago on november 20, 1938.
he died on march 15, 2009, which the autopsy report stated was of “a self-inflicted [gun shot wound] to the abdomen [diaphragm].
lauded as the only asian american member of the black panthers, richard played a major role in the ethnic studies and third world liberation front strikes in 1968.
however, on august 20, 2012, when journalist seth rosenfeld revealed FBI files that proved richard once served as an informant, the community was forced to reexamine richard’s glorious legacy. to this day, there are more questions than answers, and there will continue to be questions that cannot be answered by richard himself.
read more about the controversy:
- seth rosenfeld’s report revealing richard aoki was former FBI informant
- hardboiled oct. 2012 issue featuring a spread analyzing the controversy
- hyphen’s 4-part series on richard aoki’s life and the community’s take on his work (1,2,3,4)
- hyphen’s timeline of richard aoki’s life
- tamara k. nopper’s thought-provoking article delving into the complications behind why richard aoki couldn’t have been an informant
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1968, Asian American high school students attend the Black Panther Party funeral rally for Bobby Hutton,16 years old BPP member.
Now that’s what I’m talking about!
Photo by Nikki Arai (who also took the famous photo of Richard Aoki). On April 12, 1968, Oakland High students walked out to attend the memorial rally. Bobby Hutton was killed by OPD on April 6, 1968, two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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