Portrays the formative years of the Black Panther Party. Reginald Major knew and worked with leaders of the Party prior to its organization. Captures events as the Panthers set the example for black resistance across the country.
Mumia Abu-Jamar gives an insider account of the Black Panther Party, the radical organisation dedicated to fighting against state oppression, endemic racism & police brutality in America. Abu-Jamar helped found the Philadelphia branch & wrote for the party's national newspaper.
In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote for the national newspaper, and began his life-long work of exposing the violence of the state as it manifests in entrenched poverty, endemic racism, and unending police brutality…
Uncovering a cold-blooded execution at the hands of a conspiring police force, this title pursues the murderers of Black Panther Fred Hampton. Documenting the 14-year process of bringing the killers to justice, this chronicle also depicts the 18-month court trial.
"It's around 7:00 A.M. on December 4, 1969, and attorney Jeff Haas is in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton's fiancée. She is describing how the police pulled her from the room as Fred lay unconscious on their bed. She heard one officer say, "He's still alive.…