Black Panthers - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 07:51, 21 January 2026

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	''Photos: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, from an exhibit January 18-March 12, 2009, coproduced by the African American Center of the SF Public Library in association with the Its About Time Committee: Black Panther Party Legacy and Alumni.''		''Photos: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, from an exhibit January 18-March 12, 2009, coproduced by the African American Center of the SF Public Library in association with the Its About Time Committee: Black Panther Party Legacy and Alumni.''

	The Black Panthers had a dynamic life in San Francisco. At its height, the San Francisco office had over 200 members. Most were students, workers, nurses, teachers or Vietnam Vets, averaging 18 to 19 years old. Some participants in the Black Student Union at San Francisco State College, who led a [[STRIKE!... Concerning the 1968-69 Strike at San Francisco State College\|lengthy strike]] in 1968-69 partly on behalf of a fired instructor who was a Panther, went on to participate in Black Panther Party organizing.		The Black Panthers had a dynamic life in San Francisco. At its height, the San Francisco office had over 200 members. Most were students, workers, nurses, teachers or Vietnam Vets, averaging 18 to 19 years old. Some participants in the Black Student Union at San Francisco State College, who led a [[STRIKE!... Concerning the 1968-69 Strike at San Francisco State College\|lengthy strike]] in 1968-69 partly on behalf of George Murray, a fired instructor who was a Panther, went on to participate in Black Panther Party organizing.

			[[Image:George-Murray-BP-Minister-of-Education-and-SFSU-prof-1968 leftinthebay.jpg]]

			'''George Murray, Black Panther Minister of Education and San Francisco State College professor, 1968.'''

			''Photo: Left in the Bay''

	<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DarrellRogersOnTheBlackPanthers" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>		<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DarrellRogersOnTheBlackPanthers" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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			[[Image:Black-panthers-at-City-Hall drescher.jpg]]

			'''Black Panthers outside San Francisco City Hall, c. 1968.'''

			''Photo: Tim Drescher''

	[[Image:Bobby George Seale and Huey Newton of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, April 25, 1967 BANC PIC 2006.029 139458N.01.01--NEG.jpg]]		[[Image:Bobby George Seale and Huey Newton of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, April 25, 1967 BANC PIC 2006.029 139458N.01.01--NEG.jpg]]

Ccarlsson: added Black Panther video

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	''Photo: Lynn Adler''		''Photo: Lynn Adler''

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			'''Black Panther, documentary, 16 minutes, 1968'''

			''Video: © California Newsreel''

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 ''Video: Shaping San Francisco''

Lisaruth at 20:09, 23 October 2017

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	'''Organizing in the Fillmore, c. 1967.'''		'''Organizing in the Fillmore, c. 1967.'''

	''Photos: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library, from an exhibit January 18-March 12, 2009, coproduced by the African American Center of the SF Public Library in association with the Its About Time Committee: Black Panther Party Legacy and Alumni.''		''Photos: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, from an exhibit January 18-March 12, 2009, coproduced by the African American Center of the SF Public Library in association with the Its About Time Committee: Black Panther Party Legacy and Alumni.''

	The Black Panthers had a dynamic life in San Francisco. At its height, the San Francisco office had over 200 members. Most were students, workers, nurses, teachers or Vietnam Vets, averaging 18 to 19 years old. Some participants in the Black Student Union at San Francisco State College, who led a [[STRIKE!... Concerning the 1968-69 Strike at San Francisco State College\|lengthy strike]] in 1968-69 partly on behalf of a fired instructor who was a Panther, went on to participate in Black Panther Party organizing.		The Black Panthers had a dynamic life in San Francisco. At its height, the San Francisco office had over 200 members. Most were students, workers, nurses, teachers or Vietnam Vets, averaging 18 to 19 years old. Some participants in the Black Student Union at San Francisco State College, who led a [[STRIKE!... Concerning the 1968-69 Strike at San Francisco State College\|lengthy strike]] in 1968-69 partly on behalf of a fired instructor who was a Panther, went on to participate in Black Panther Party organizing.

Lisaruth at 20:08, 23 October 2017

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	<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DarrellRogersOnTheBlackPanthers" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>		<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DarrellRogersOnTheBlackPanthers" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

	'''San Francisco native Darrell Rogers describes how he first met the Black Panthers (he was a ~~hippier~~ African dancer at the time) and then offers a thoughtful look at the differences between Oakland and San Francisco, and how Oakland ultimately came to influence the San Francisco Panthers.'''		'''San Francisco native Darrell Rogers describes how he first met the Black Panthers (he was a hippie African dancer at the time) and then offers a thoughtful look at the differences between Oakland and San Francisco, and how Oakland ultimately came to influence the San Francisco Panthers.'''

	''Video: Shaping San Francisco''		''Video: Shaping San Francisco''

Ccarlsson at 17:40, 2 October 2017

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	<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DiggerMeetsPanther" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>		<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DiggerMeetsPanther" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

	'''Original [[San Francisco Diggers\|San Francisco Digger]] Kent Minault has a surprising encounter with Huey Newton in ~~early 1967~~.'''		'''Original [[San Francisco Diggers\|San Francisco Digger]] Kent Minault has a surprising encounter with Huey Newton in 1966.'''

	''Video: Shaping San Francisco''		''Video: Shaping San Francisco''

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	''Photo: Kenneth Green Sr., rom Oakland Museum of California exhibit on Black Panthers, January 2017.''		''Photo: Kenneth Green Sr., rom Oakland Museum of California exhibit on Black Panthers, January 2017.''

			<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/DiggerMeetsPanther" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

			'''Original [[San Francisco Diggers\|San Francisco Digger]] Kent Minault has a surprising encounter with Huey Newton in early 1967.'''

			''Video: Shaping San Francisco''

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	''Photo: Bancroft Library''		''Photo: Bancroft Library''

			[[Image:BP-publicity-shot-by-Kenneth-Green-Sr.jpg]]

			'''Black Panther publicity shoot, c. 1968.'''

			''Photo: Kenneth Green Sr., rom Oakland Museum of California exhibit on Black Panthers, January 2017.''

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	From their founding in the mid-1960s to the many attacks that led to their slow disintegration, many of the key participants moved back and forth between the East Bay and San Francisco during the crucial years 1967-1974. In the aftermath of Newton's conviction for voluntary manslaughter, reporter Earl Caldwell visited a Fillmore Street storefront occupied by the Panthers and published this on Sept. 10, 1968 in the ''New York Times'':		From their founding in the mid-1960s to the many attacks that led to their slow disintegration, many of the key participants moved back and forth between the East Bay and San Francisco during the crucial years 1967-1974. In the aftermath of Newton's conviction for voluntary manslaughter, reporter Earl Caldwell visited a Fillmore Street storefront occupied by the Panthers and published this on Sept. 10, 1968 in the ''New York Times'':

	''In front of the cluttered storefront they occupy on Fillmore Street, the Black Panthers gathered early today to expressing their rage.		<blockquote>''In front of the cluttered storefront they occupy on Fillmore Street, the Black Panthers gathered early today to expressing their rage.

	''"You better stick around, a tall, lanky youth quietly advised. "In a few days there is going to be war."		''"You better stick around, a tall, lanky youth quietly advised. "In a few days there is going to be war."
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	''"We don't want any emotional outbreak," one of the Panther leaders explained. We don't want anything to break out that will give them [the police] the chance to shoot us down. They are hoping that we will do something like that but we are passing the word to our people to be cool."		''"We don't want any emotional outbreak," one of the Panther leaders explained. We don't want anything to break out that will give them [the police] the chance to shoot us down. They are hoping that we will do something like that but we are passing the word to our people to be cool."

	'' However, in the streets talk of violence persists.		''However, in the streets talk of violence persists.

	''"From this day on the war is on until black people are free, "another of the Panthers on the street said. "This is it and we know it."		''"From this day on the war is on until black people are free, "another of the Panthers on the street said. "This is it and we know it."
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	''Like most of the Panthers, D.C. wore his hair Afro style. But the beret and the familiar black leather jacket were missing. As tensions here have increased, most of the Panthers have decided not to wear jackets that make clear their identity.		''Like most of the Panthers, D.C. wore his hair Afro style. But the beret and the familiar black leather jacket were missing. As tensions here have increased, most of the Panthers have decided not to wear jackets that make clear their identity.

	''D.C. said he thought Newton should be set free. "The brother should be on the streets today,” he said. But he added that he was not surprised by the verdict. "The most I expected," he said, "was a hung jury."''		''D.C. said he thought Newton should be set free. "The brother should be on the streets today,” he said. But he added that he was not surprised by the verdict. "The most I expected," he said, "was a hung jury."''</blockquote>

	[[Image:Black-panther-breakfast-program 7712.jpg]]		[[Image:Black-panther-breakfast-program 7712.jpg]]

	'''Black Panther breakfast program, started in 1968 in San Francisco.'''		'''[[Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast for Children Program\|Black Panther breakfast program]], started in 1968 in San Francisco.'''

	''Photo: Ducha Dennis''		''Photo: Ducha Dennis''