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Two inmates at the Attica State Prison visit with another inmate inside a makeshift hospital set up by the inmates inside cellblock D, Sept. 11, 1971.
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On this date, July 20, in 1967, the first national Black Power conference opened in Newark, New Jersey.
More than a thousand people from a wide array of community organizations and other groups convened in Newark on July 20, 1967, to discuss the most pressing issues of the day facing African-Americans at the first national Black Power Conference.
It was one of the largest such gatherings of Black leaders, with representatives of nearly 300 organizations and institutions from 126 cities in 26 states, Bermuda and Nigeria. The conference held workshops, presented papers for specific programs and developed more than 80 resolutions calling for emphasis of Black power in political, economic and cultural affairs. [Continue reading.]
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Women of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, 1969.
Self-defense and close combat training specifically for women will be indispensable if we ever want our sisters to break free from patriarchal oppression. No oppressed population can be freed, they must free themselves!
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A Black Panther feeds his son at the “Free Huey” rally in Oakland, California. February 17, 1968.
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“WE SERVE THE PEOPLE”
New York City chapter of the Black Panther Party’s Harlem office, circa 1970 with racks of free clothes for the community in front.
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