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[ Man Exdalms ]
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Listen to this!
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J‘ We o’I'o’n’z‘ come here on our free WW
Our peowe was sfde J‘
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J‘ The thief was the dewl chltdreh
That reafly was coto’ J‘
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J‘ But sfxfl saw more peopfie
you know, they reafly was Dom’ J‘
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J‘ The truth about the whote thing
chltdreh, he ver been toto’ J‘
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J‘ Even state our name
which was better than goto’ J‘
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J‘ But Allah saw it all
and someones head’s gonna roll J‘
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J‘ They’re trying to steal the music, children
That really gets old J‘
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J‘ Trying to learn the wisdom
that their mind can’t hold J‘
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J‘ Time is up, we’ve had enough
Now we got control J‘
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J‘ Better dig this rhythm
‘cause there’s lots of lost souls J‘
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[ Man Exdaxmmg ]
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J‘ Listen, you got to get
that starch and iron J‘
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J‘ Out of your halr.l‘
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J‘ Wxgs and sz‘raIgnz‘en—ano’—oombs
aln ’z‘ gonna get you nowhere J‘
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J‘ know Wm stepping on some fofl(s’z‘oes
Uusz‘ don 2‘ care J‘
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J‘ Cause here's the thing
you ought to know — it's got to be faI'r.l‘
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Oh, Lord!
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[ Woman Narrafing ]
This is no picnic in Oakiano’.
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lz‘ is a pollflcafl rafly organized
by the Back Panthers.
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— If [ Confxhues ]
—[Man]Lexi‘. Lexi‘. Lexi‘. Lexi‘.
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Left. Left. Left.
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Left. Left. Left.
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Left. Left.
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Left. Left.
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On this Sunday
in August 7968. ..
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their purpose is to have
one of their leaders. ..
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Huey Ne wton,
reveaseo’ from fiaxl
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If [ Conflnues ]
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When the y sxng,
the y sxng “Free Huey ”
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When they dance,
they ctehch their fists.
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[ Man ] J‘ We got to free Huey J‘
Get with me!
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J‘ We got to free Huey J‘
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J‘ G02‘ to free Huey J‘
Get vw'z‘h it! Yeah!
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J‘ G02‘ to free Huey J‘
Everybody! Oh!
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J‘ G02‘ to free Huey J‘
Oh!
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J‘ We got to free Huey J‘
Oh!
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J‘ We got to free Huey If
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[Narrator] 7'he panther
was chosen as their s ymbol
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lz‘ is a beautlfw Mack anlmafl
which never attacks. ..
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but defends ltsefl‘ feroclousax.
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My name is Brent, Bill Brent.
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I’m a captain
in the Black Panther Party.
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l’m associated with central headquarters
ofthe Black Panther Party...
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located in Oakland, California.
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[Narrator] Oaldano’:
popuraflon 400, 000, 32% braclc
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tn Merritt Coflege,
two students...
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Huey Newton and Bobby Seafle.
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Later they began
to organize their brothers...
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against their ciosest enemy."
the poiice, whom they caii “the pigs. ”
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m 7 966,
taking advantage of a aaw ..
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which auz‘horI'zeo’
the carrying of vlsxbre arms...
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pafrds of the Back Panther Parfy
For Sefl‘ Defense. . .
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cruised in the ghetto,
foflo wing potlce cars.
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As soon as a Mack is arrested,
they check the procedure. ..
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making sure the iawis observed
and that their brother kho ws his rights.
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As a reswz‘,
the poflce hate them. ..
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and the Mack community
admires them.
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But the Aaw has changed
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They no hanger carry arms,
even If they speak of them ofieh —
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quoting Mao, dreaming
of obtaining power through guns...
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and justice through po wen
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See, the Black Panther Party
are not anarchists.
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We believe in government
that serves the people.
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In the black community, we want
government to serve the people.
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We’re gonna first start
by ridding ourselves...
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of one thousand pigs
who occupy our community.
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They kflteo’
brother Bobby Hutton. . .
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shot brother Hdrldge CYea vet ..
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shot brother Warren Wells...
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arrested brother David Hilliard...
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our national captain
of the Black Panther Party.
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They are making it
their business...
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through the process
of arresting me and my wife...
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through the process of arresting
numerous Panthers on the block —
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[Narrator] The Oaldandporlce,
wefl known for its brufaflfy. ..
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never misses the chance
to harass the Btack Panthers —
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to search them, to trap them...
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to enter their houses without warrants,
and even to shoot them...
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as they did Bobby Hutton,
7 7 years oto’...
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who was running vwfhouz‘ arms,
having A9)?‘ a basement. ..
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where he and Hdrldge CYea ver
had taken refuge afier a gun baffle. ..
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In vomng 50 pofloemen
snooflng a thousand rounds.
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lz‘ was Aprfl 6th,
two days afier the assassination. ..
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of Man‘I'n Luther King.
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As for Huey Newton, he was arrested
the night of October 28th, 7 962 ..
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alter a routine driver's tlcense check
that turned into btoodsheo’.
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The facts." nxne shots,
one dead pohoeman, another wounded ..
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a btoody tawbook on the street
and Newton shot
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The testimonies are contradictory.
lz‘ was a dark night.
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No wlmess actuafly saw
the weapon in Newton 3 hano’.
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He was serlousty wounded, taken to
the hospltat, where, on the operating tabte...
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he found hlmserf surrounded
by porlcemen who threatened him.
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And afier nxne months of fiaxl ..
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his that is heto’
at the county courthouse.
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7'he Btack Panthers keep watch in front
of the bufldlhg, making of this case...
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a test case
for their pollflcafl baffle.
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So afl the Macks and some whites
scream “Free Hue y’i ..
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witnouz‘ even raising the question
of his possibie guiiz‘. ..
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and the oourfhouse Aawn
becomes an open forum...
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where they discuss Chairman Mao
and teach the Btack Panther program.
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Our organizer was the leader
ofthe Black Panther Party...
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our minister of defense,
Huey P. Newton...
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who is now incarcerated
in the Afiameda C‘ounz‘yjaIZ..
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and he ’s undergoing triai
and fighfihg for his iife.
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[ Woman]
How have you been treated I'n]1aI7?
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we been constantly harassed.
I’m in solitary confinement.
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— Now?
— Yes. We been in solitary confinement...
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for approximately
three months now.
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When I was outside
of solitary confinement...
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I was still confined
to a cell of seven—by—seven.
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I haven’t been outside a seven—by—seven
in nine months other than to shower.
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My mail and books...
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are constantly held up.
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My attorneys
must put much pressure...
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on the authorities here
to give me a book.
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And I always read the book...
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and then I’m out of reading material
for months sometimes.
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How about wrltxng? Do you get to do
any writing wnfle you're oonfxneo’?
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Yes. Only, I have to be
careful what I write...
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because periodically
they have a Shakedown or they —
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— They confiscate I2‘?
— Right. My books too.
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The books through the mail,
they take them for some reason.
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[ Man ]
What are these books?
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[Newton]
Malcolm X Speaks...
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Quotations from Chairman Mao...
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a coupe other books.
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Yes, it’s a Marxist—Leninist program...
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and I was greatly influenced
by the Cuban Revolution.
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And the Black Panther Party
are practical revolutionaries.
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We ldenmjz
with the armed sfruggfle. ..
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of cotohlzeo’ peopte
throughout the worto’.
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The community has been
very receptive and responsive. ..
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to my being in prison.
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They vie W me
as a pollflcafl prisoner, which am.
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n"s heaved to mobfllze
the community.
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M y case is defxnltety
a confrontation between...
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the poflce deparfmenf in parficufian ..
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between the estabtlshment
and the cotonlzeo’ btack peopte in general
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[ Narrator] The reader of afl
Afro—A merlcans, .S‘z‘ol(ery Carmichael ..
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gives a speech
at one of the raflles.
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[ A udlence AppAauo’I'ng ]
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[ C‘armI'chaeU
Everybody knows I2‘.
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The parfy is wefl organized
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The sky will cave in...
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if Huey P. Newton is not set free.
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[ A udlence AppAauo’I'ng ]
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And there needs to be
no justification for that.
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We say that Huey P. Newton...
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is a prisoner of war.
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Many people say that
that’s not true...
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or that the party is exaggerating.
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I think it’s clear —
its crystal clear —
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that the United States
has declared war...
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on black people.
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She did that when she took
the first black man from Africa.
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Now, of course,
she ’s never said so in words. ..
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and some peowe expect for her
to come out and say...
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'7 dedare war on Mack peopfie. ”
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But now, the United States
to this day...
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has not declared war
on Vietnam...
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but they’re in Vietnam.
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They have not declared war
on North Korea...
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but they fight in North Korea.
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And they did not declare war
on the Indians.
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They just wiped them out.
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So we must define our conditions.
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We are at war.
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The minister of defense
is our leader.
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He is in jail.
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He is a prisoner of war.
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We must get him
by any means necessary.
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If we cannot get him,
we must —
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we must retaliate, period.
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[ Peopfie AppAauo’I'ng ]
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Why did you come to be here’?
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Because I had a lot of curiosity
about what was going on...
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and how people are organizing
to support Huey Newton.
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Well, it should be everybody
who supports him...
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on this kind of a case like this,
because...
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it’s just a drag issue
in the first place, you know.
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Personally, I believe myself...
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its a nice thing to get
a lot of people together.
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[ Man ] what brings you
to this Huey Newton rafly. ..
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and what your opinions are
about Huey Newton in this case.
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Well, I think he’s been framed.
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See, the man don’t have
no evidence that the man did it.
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So why, you know,
why shouldn’t he be free’?
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Well, the reason
that brings me here —
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I don’t think Huey is getting
a fair deal, you know.
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That’s the way I think.
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— I think the police shot him.
— You think the pohce shot him?
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— Yeah.
— And he showo’ be set free?
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Yeah, goddamn right,
‘cause he’s not the guilty one.
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— Who 3 the guflfy one?
— Police.
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[ Man ] . . . for fnemseives, organizing them
and giving them poiificai kno wiedge. ..
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about the true situation...
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and organizing them and teaching
ourselves that we must arm ourselves...
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if we have to put a shotgun
at every door, from door to door...
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from Mack to Mack ..
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from community to community. ..
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from city to cI'z‘y..
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from state to state,
across this racist nation.
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Huey P. Newton said
that every Mack man...
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e very Mexican A merlcan. . .
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every mo’I1an,
and every white radical ..
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has got to get
yourselves armed...
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so we can have
the power in our hands.
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So we can have
the power in our hands.
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[ A udlence AppAauo’I'ng ]
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The 10-point program.
Number one: We want freedom.
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We want the power to control
the destiny of our black communities.
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Number two: We want
full employment for our people.
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Number three:
We want an end to the robbery...
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by the white man
of our black communities.
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Number four: We want decent housing
fit to shelter human beings.
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Number five: We want education
for our people that teaches us...
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the true nature ofthis
decadent American society —
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education that teaches us
our true history...
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and our role
in the present—day society.
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— What we are doing daily’?
—[Man]DaI7y.
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Like I said before,
we are organizing the community...
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going into different peoples homes,
politically educating them...
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telling them exactly
what is going on...
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not only here in Oakland...
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but in America
and throughout the world.
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Many black people are not aware
of what is going on in America...
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or what is going on
in South Africa...
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or over there in France,
for instance, you know’?
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Since the black community
is not a reading community...
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we talk to them,
show them examples.
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In our paper we have pictures...
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so they can see
what is going on.
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And then after they learn
what is going on in the black community...
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then they can step forth
and try to change it themselves.
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[ Man ]
Okay. Thank you very much.
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— [ Woman] Thank you.
— [ Man ] Thank you very much.
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Number six: We want all black men
to be exempt from military service.
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I’m a draft counselor, and we started
the Black Draft Counseling Union...
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because we realized
the problem that black people...
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are not aware of their rights
under the draft law.
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We feel that black people
should be exempt from the army...
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because they have nothing to fight for
in Vietnam, nothing whatsoever.
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They go to Vietnam, they fight,
they come back...
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and things are the same —
they haven’t gained anything.
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Number seven:
We want an immediate end...
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to police brutality
and murder of black people.
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Number eight: We want all black people
to be released from the many prisons...
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city, county, and state jails
that they are now being held in.
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This jail is composed
of about 80% black...
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and I would guess...
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that most ofthe blacks here...
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are here because
of political reasons, really...
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even though
they don’t even realize it.
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Number nine: We want all black people,
when brought to court...
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to be tried by a jury
of their peers...
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or people from their black communities,
as defined in the Constitution.
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Number 10:
We want land, justice...
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housing, education,
clothing, and peace.
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And as a major political objective...
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a United Nations—supervised
plebiscite...
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to be held throughout
the black colonies of America...
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in which only black people
will participate, to decide...
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or determine the will of black people
as to their national destiny.
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— [ Man] Right on, brother.
— [ Man #2 ] Beautiful. Beautiful!
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[Narrator]
The use of “brother” and “sI'sz‘er”nas gone
beyond the z‘rao’lz‘I'onar “sour” meanxng.
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lz‘ now means “comrade”
In the pollflcafl sense.
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This is the Back Panther szjde —
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Mack Aeather, Mack berets,
Mack sungfiasses. ..
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return to African dress...
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to naturafl hairdo. ..
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and promotion of women to the polltloat
and mxlltary We of the party.
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[No Audible Dialogue]
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[People Chanting, lndistinct]
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— What are you gonna do’?
— Off the pigs!
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— What are you gonna do’?
— Off the pigs!
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[ Chanflng ]
027‘ the pigs! Bang, bang!
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The role ofthe black woman
in the Black Panther Party...
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is exactly the same
as the man...
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that we make
no distinction whatsoever.
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Women hold ranking positions
in the party.
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They are all instructed
and are military—trained.
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They’re expected to, uh —
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to perform duties —
not on a sex level...
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but just as a party member
and a revolutionary.
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We have to print leaflets.
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We have to get
these buttons, these posters.
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All these things you ask us for...
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we have to have
the materials to provide them.
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[Narrator]
Her husband, Hdrldge CYeaver..
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is the Peace and Freedom Pan‘y
presldentxad candidate.
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For the Biack Panther Party,
it is a significant poiiticai aiiilance.
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Katlfleen CYeaver
works with her husband
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My position is
communications secretary...
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ofthe Black Panther Party...
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and I work directly with the minister
of information ofthe Black Panther Party.
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We’re building what we call
the ministry of information...
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which would deal
with the whole aspect...
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of getting out information —
publications, newspapers...
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magazines, pamphlets,
contacts with the press...
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arranging distribution of literature...
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arranging printing,
building tape libraries...
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building libraries, making sure
there’s printed publications...
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this type of thing.
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My husband is
the minister of information.
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Black people in general...
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are responsive to what we say —
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especially young black people.
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And the white people that invite us,
they’re curious...
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or they want information
on the Peace and Freedom Party...
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and they’re usually very grateful,
because the Black Panther Party...
314
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has a rational program
and a rational explanation...
315
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for the many confusing things
happening around this country.
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Whereas they might invite some speakers
who rant and rave and talk about...
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“Hate white people, burn, kill,”
et cetera...
318
00:18:48,561 --> 00:18:52,880
and they can’t really understand it,
they can’t isolate it.
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00:18:53,031 --> 00:18:55,839
The Black Panther Party will give them
an ideological perspective...
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and separate the institutions
from the citizens...
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the government from the people...
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and point out the institutions —
in particular the pigs, the police department...
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the educational system,
the economic system — to be attacked...
324
00:19:10,215 --> 00:19:13,560
and do not attack the individuals
because of the color of their skin.
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This brother here, myself, all of us...
326
00:19:22,728 --> 00:19:26,959
were born with our hair like this,
and we just wear it like this.
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Because it’s natural. Because —
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The reason for it, you might say,
is a new awareness among black people...
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that their own natural
physical appearance...
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is beautiful and it’s pleasing to them.
331
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The women want to please men...
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and if men accept it as beautiful,
then women will do it.
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[ Woman]
Expfialn this szjde.
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Well, I decided to go natural
about a week ago.
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I felt it was a purpose...
336
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it was a special purpose...
337
00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,959
more so a meaning
for me to be natural...
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00:19:59,098 --> 00:20:02,520
because I’m involved right now
with the Black Panthers...
339
00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:07,880
and I think appearance means a lot.
340
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,839
Oh, we been wearing it
for about three or four years now...
341
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but during that time, We went back
to the straighten—and—comb.
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00:20:15,748 --> 00:20:18,479
But wearing my natural...
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it, like, shows within me,
gives me more pride within myself.
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For so many, many years...
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we were told that
only white people were beautiful —
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only straight hair, light eyes,
light skin was beautiful.
347
00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:33,880
And so black women
would try everything they could —
348
00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:37,760
straighten their hair, lighten their skin —
to look as much like white women.
349
00:20:37,902 --> 00:20:40,479
And the black men
would let it be known...
350
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that they thought
white women were beautiful...
351
00:20:42,775 --> 00:20:46,040
and they’d say they didn’t want
any ugly black woman with short hair.
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00:20:46,177 --> 00:20:49,599
But this has changed,
because black people...
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are aware HOW...
354
00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:55,040
that their own appearance is beautiful,
they’re proud of it...
355
00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:57,760
and white people
are aware of it too...
356
00:20:57,922 --> 00:21:00,079
because white people now
want natural wigs.
357
00:21:00,225 --> 00:21:03,719
They want wigs like this.
Dig it’? lsn’t it beautiful?
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— Yes.
— All right.
359
00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:08,319
[People Laughing]
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All we know is this:
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that whether you got
a natural on...
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00:21:12,738 --> 00:21:14,760
or whether you got a process on...
363
00:21:14,906 --> 00:21:16,640
whether a sister’s got
her hair straightened...
364
00:21:16,808 --> 00:21:18,760
or whether a sister’s
got a natural on...
365
00:21:18,911 --> 00:21:20,920
whether a sharp pimp
is down the block...
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00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:23,800
with a sharkskin suit on
or a mohair suit on...
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00:21:23,948 --> 00:21:25,680
or whether a sister
is prostituting...
368
00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:30,119
or whether one of our mothers is working
hard up there in that kitchen on a meal...
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00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:32,040
or whether anything, brothers —
370
00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:34,520
the pigs will murder,
brutalize, and kill you...
371
00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:37,959
simply because you’re black,
regardless of what kind of bag you’re in.
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— [A udlence AppAauo’I'ng ]
— That’s a fact!
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We have the pigs uptight.
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00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:47,319
They don’t know where we are...
375
00:21:47,473 --> 00:21:51,719
they don’t know whether all of us
are represented here...
376
00:21:51,876 --> 00:21:55,439
but they know
that we represent a manifestation...
377
00:21:55,581 --> 00:21:57,800
of the black community...
378
00:21:57,949 --> 00:22:00,160
and that this
has reached a stage...
379
00:22:00,318 --> 00:22:02,959
where they cannot
deal with it anymore.
380
00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:07,199
They cannot deal with black people
in this country anymore.
381
00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,839
And this places us
in a very dangerous position.
382
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This places us
in a different position —
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[ Man Shouts Cadence]
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Ten—hut!
385
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Dress and covet
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Keep your arms up there.
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Dress and co verl
388
00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:34,000
— Who are you’?
— [ In Unison] Black Panthers!
389
00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:35,959
— Why are you here’?
— Free Huey!
390
00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:38,599
— Why are you here?
— Free Hue yl
391
00:22:38,756 --> 00:22:41,359
— What are you gonna use?
— Hue y’s teachings!
392
00:22:41,526 --> 00:22:44,079
— What are you gonna use?
— Hue y’s teachings!
393
00:22:44,229 --> 00:22:45,719
— What are they?
— The guns!
394
00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:48,359
— What are they?
— The guns!
395
00:22:48,534 --> 00:22:51,800
[Narrator]
”Who are you?” “Brack Panthers. ”
396
00:22:51,970 --> 00:22:54,439
”Why are you here 7'’
‘'70 free Huey. ”
397
00:22:54,607 --> 00:22:57,160
”Whaz‘ are you going to use?”
“Huey’s teachings. ”
398
00:22:57,308 --> 00:23:00,160
”Whaz‘ are they?”
‘The guns. ”
399
00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:01,839
Carmlchaev foo salo’. ..
400
00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:05,079
‘The brother who is ready to die
is just an I'o’I'oz‘.
401
00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,640
You have take a gun
to be a re vomflonary. ”
402
00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:10,239
lz‘ is because they are
an endangered mxnonty. ..
403
00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:13,280
that the Btack Panthers have
to afilrm themsetves so vlotehtty...
404
00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:16,599
and dedare war
on their I'mmeo’I1az‘e enemy." the poflce.
405
00:23:16,761 --> 00:23:19,599
Their war cries frighten
and exasperafe the white racists. ..
406
00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:21,680
who consider them Mack fascists. ..
407
00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:24,680
forgetting that they are
much tess dangerous than the potlce...
408
00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:26,920
and much A955 fascist.
409
00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:30,119
As for the radlcats, they support
the Free Huey campaign. ..
410
00:23:30,276 --> 00:23:33,280
ah the whfle fearing that
it might break out into vlotehce. ..
411
00:23:33,444 --> 00:23:36,920
and that the struggte for btack po wer
vwfl be tong and btoody.
412
00:23:39,317 --> 00:23:43,000
The “mind and body” theory —
413
00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:46,119
for years,
ever since slavery...
414
00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:50,599
that blacks have been considered
“the body” to do the work...
415
00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:52,800
and the white population
“the mind”...
416
00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:56,280
or the omnipotent administrator.
417
00:23:57,269 --> 00:24:01,079
And in this country,
that the white radicals...
418
00:24:01,239 --> 00:24:04,239
used to attempt to be
the theoreticians for themselves...
419
00:24:04,375 --> 00:24:06,920
and also for the black radicals.
420
00:24:07,078 --> 00:24:09,800
But now the white radicals...
421
00:24:09,948 --> 00:24:12,160
are gaining the body...
422
00:24:12,317 --> 00:24:14,920
by engaging in activities —
423
00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:17,920
certain resistances,
demonstrations, and so forth —
424
00:24:18,089 --> 00:24:21,800
and even confrontations
with the arm ofthe establishment...
425
00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:23,800
which is the police force.
426
00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:27,319
So they’re gaining a body,
and the blacks are gaining the mind...
427
00:24:27,465 --> 00:24:31,239
because we no longer will stand
for anyone to be our theoretician...
428
00:24:31,402 --> 00:24:33,599
that we will decide our ideology...
429
00:24:33,771 --> 00:24:35,800
as well as engage in the practice.
430
00:24:35,941 --> 00:24:38,640
So a unity is being achieved...
431
00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:41,079
between the white radicals...
432
00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:43,719
and the black colony.
433
00:24:44,682 --> 00:24:47,160
The Black Panther Party
has succeeded in lifting...
434
00:24:47,318 --> 00:24:49,880
the consciousness
of the community.
435
00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:53,520
I’m very optimistic at this point...
436
00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:57,439
because I feel that the black community
has already received a victory.
437
00:24:57,696 --> 00:24:59,439
[ Man ]
The reason e came here is. ..
438
00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:02,119
I feel that Huey Newton...
439
00:25:02,266 --> 00:25:04,760
is a model
for the black community.
440
00:25:04,902 --> 00:25:07,520
I think he’ll be set free.
441
00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:10,680
Because If he ’s not set free,
then there 3 gonna be other —
442
00:25:10,843 --> 00:25:13,319
[ Narrator] “Huey must be set free. ”
rz"s flke a refrain.
443
00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:15,199
rz"s heard everywhere —
even in Hoflywooo’.
444
00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:19,880
And when we try to lmowmore
about the night of October 27th,
no one says a woro’...
445
00:25:20,019 --> 00:25:24,280
more about the basis of the defense,
the ahs wer is atways a theoretlcat one.
446
00:25:24,422 --> 00:25:27,760
We can oniy feei their tiredness
bearing do wn on their determination.
447
00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:31,160
That he was innocent,
and that he must be set free.
448
00:25:31,296 --> 00:25:34,680
And that the pigs who have
invaded our community...
449
00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:37,920
were out to kill him
because of what he was teaching...
450
00:25:38,069 --> 00:25:40,479
because ofthe political party
he has organized.
451
00:25:40,639 --> 00:25:42,479
And that’s sufficient for us.
452
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,680
What you need to know about it...
453
00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:47,599
is that we don't Me It
and we ’re not going to accept it
454
00:25:47,745 --> 00:25:51,160
— lt’s crystal clear. lt’s crystal clear.
— [ Man ] What's crysfafl dear?
455
00:25:51,316 --> 00:25:53,560
It is not a question
of individual cases.
456
00:25:53,718 --> 00:25:57,119
It’s a question of an oppressive force
moving against an oppressed people.
457
00:25:57,255 --> 00:26:00,319
Huey P. Newton represents all black people
who are taken into prison.
458
00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:04,119
This brother has to be set free.
No two ways about that.
459
00:26:05,563 --> 00:26:07,560
[ Woman]
Why are you here, sir?
460
00:26:07,698 --> 00:26:10,400
l’m visiting here
from Houston, Texas.
461
00:26:10,568 --> 00:26:13,439
Do you know
what's going on here?
462
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,079
A boy named Huey is being tried...
463
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,000
for shooting a police officer.
464
00:26:19,144 --> 00:26:21,640
— Do you know more about it?
— Do I what?
465
00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,280
[ Man ]
Do you know more about it than that?
466
00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:26,959
Not really,
except that there seems to be...
467
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,040
quite a biz‘ of furor ..
468
00:26:30,188 --> 00:26:33,280
in the cotoreo’ community
about the trI1a[..
469
00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:36,520
— and they keep demonstraflng. ..
— [ Peowe Chanflng ] Free Hue yl
470
00:26:36,661 --> 00:26:38,880
in from‘ of the courfhouse. ..
471
00:26:39,031 --> 00:26:41,760
that they want us to, uh...
472
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,800
— the y want to free Huey ..
— Free Hue yl
473
00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:46,439
— whether he ’s guflfy or not.
— J‘ Back is beautlfw J‘
474
00:26:46,572 --> 00:26:50,400
— Free Huey!
— J‘ Set our warrior free J‘
475
00:26:50,541 --> 00:26:54,479
— Free Huey!
— J‘ Black is beautiful J‘
476
00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:58,199
— Free Huey!
— J‘ Set our warrior free J‘
477
00:26:58,349 --> 00:27:00,520
Free Huey!
478
00:27:00,686 --> 00:27:03,920
J‘ No more brothers in jail J‘
479
00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:07,959
— Ofifhe pigs!
— J‘ The pigs are gonna catch hell J‘
480
00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:11,359
— Off the pigs!
— J‘ No more brothers in jail J‘
481
00:27:11,496 --> 00:27:15,319
— Off the pigs!
— J‘ Figs are gonna catch hefl J‘
482
00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:18,000
— Off the pigs!
— J‘ Revolution has come J‘
483
00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:21,800
— Off the pigs!
— J‘ Revolution has come J‘
484
00:27:21,939 --> 00:27:25,599
— Off the pigs!
— J‘ #3 time to pick up the guns J‘
485
00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:29,199
— 027‘ the pigs!
— J‘ The re vomflon has come J‘
486
00:27:29,348 --> 00:27:31,319
027‘ the pigs!
487
00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,479
[Narrator]
September 8th, 7 96:9.
488
00:27:37,623 --> 00:27:39,479
Newton is dedareo’ guflty.
489
00:27:39,625 --> 00:27:42,599
The prosecutor accused him of
fI'rsz‘—o’egree murder and was afier his heao’.
490
00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,959
Thefury, torn by the Aack
of evidence on one hano’...
491
00:27:46,130 --> 00:27:48,640
and the vehemehoe of the prosecutor
on the other haho’...
492
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,959
took four days
to bring in its vero’lcz‘.'
493
00:27:51,103 --> 00:27:53,119
Newton is guflfy of mansfiaughfen
494
00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:57,760
His fife is spared, but he vwfl have
a term of from two to 75 years in fiaxl
495
00:27:57,910 --> 00:28:01,119
Nobody is happy with the verdict.
lz‘ is a pollfloafl compromise.
496
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,319
— Newton's attorneys WW appeal
— [ No Audible Dialogue]
497
00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:05,520
Huey must be set free.
498
00:28:05,683 --> 00:28:08,319
m Oaldano’, the poflce react.
499
00:28:08,487 --> 00:28:11,119
Two poflcemen go
to the Panther Parfy headquarfers. ..
500
00:28:11,255 --> 00:28:14,439
shoot the windows, and km
the posters of Ne wtoh and Ctea vet
501
00:28:15,593 --> 00:28:18,199
One finds in this act
the unmisfakabie reminder ..
502
00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:20,959
of the maglcafl act
of kxillng an image. ..
503
00:28:21,098 --> 00:28:25,199
usuafly attrxbufed to so—cafleo’
prlmI'z‘I've and non white peopfie.
504
00:28:25,369 --> 00:28:29,400
lz‘ is, in any case, a sign of hate
which does not mlsfieao’.
505
00:28:29,574 --> 00:28:32,959
The story of the Btack Panthers
is not over
506
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:36,959
— 027‘ the pigs!
— J‘ The re vomflon has come J‘
507
00:28:37,114 --> 00:28:38,959
— 027‘ the pigs!
— J‘ it's time to pick up — J‘
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