![]() ![]() Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgiaġ clip (about 56 secs.): color, sound 16 mm. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, at a press conference announcing the move of the Panther's headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 September 8, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1762, 27:57/28:53, Walter J. The Black Panther Party called for "land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, and peace." Although the party played an important role in the culture of the 1960s and early 1970s, its strength declined through the 1970s.Ĭite as: wsbn64008, WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Huey P. The party's philosophy focused on armed resistance to societal oppression, rejecting the nonviolent tradition the Civil Rights movement had developed. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in October 1966 in Oakland, California. Newton suggests that one must "return to the original scene of the crime in order to correct the crime." According to Newton, the Panther party needs a large African American population "in order to start to control our community." Newton also points to the South as the place where slavery started, citing the first African American arrival in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. Newton declares his intention of looking "to the South for the thrust of Black liberation." He explains the party chose Atlanta as its new headquarters because of the large African American population in the city. Behind Newton are newspaper clippings and posters advertising the Black Panther Party. Elsewhere in the room, reporters and cameramen crowd together to record the press conference. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, speaks at a press conference where he announces plans to move the party's headquarters from Oakland, California to Atlanta, Georgia.Īs the clip begins, Newton and another African American man walk into a room and sit down at a table. In this WSB newsfilm clip from September 8, 1971, Huey P. In the beginning, the Panthers functioned as a community organization and neighborhood watchprotecting black Oaklanders from police brutality. United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 Medium: Like many other radical organizations of the 1960s and ‘70s, the Black Panthers was started by college studentsHuey Newton and Bobby Sealein Oakland, California, 1966. United States-Race relations-History-20th century People: Southern States-Race relations-History-20th century The Newton family moved to California in the 1940s and settled in Oakland. Huey Percy Newton was born on February 17, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana. He was one of the founders of the Black Panther Party, which sought to address issues affecting African Americans. WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.) Contributor to Resource: Newton was an African American political activist. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, at a press conference announcing the move of the Panther's headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia, 1971 September 8 ![]()
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