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Self Respect, Self Defense & Self Determination - Full program
Date: 3/14/2004Call Number: Format: Video ClipProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
An event held at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Sunday, March 14, 2004 with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver. Both women were welcomed and introduced by Angela Davis. These two inspiring women of the 60s Black Liberation struggle met to share their personal experiences - resisting the KKK and police repression, forced into exile government repression, and their international experiences in Third World nations. Mabel Williams, with her late husband Robert F. Williams, met with Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara and Mao Tse Tung to help internationalize support for the Black Liberation Movement. Kathleen Cleaver was Communications Secretary and the first woman on the Central Committee of the Black Panther Party.
Mabel Williams- Are You Proud of Your Efforts?
Year: 2004Call Number: Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Interviewed by Walter Turner, Mabel Williams discuss the legacy of her struggle.
Mabel Williams on Being in the Shadow of her Husband
Date: 3/14/2004Call Number: Format: Video ClipProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Mabel Williams talks about "being in the shadow" of her husband, Robert F. Williams. Mabel speaks on the importance of unity in the struggle, love for all people and setting a positive example for our children.
Kathleen Cleaver COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Kathleen Cleaver became involved in the civil rights movement. In 1967 she left college to work full-time for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The following year she met Eldridge Cleaver and moved from New York to San Francisco to join the Black Panther Party (BPP).
Kathleen Cleaver became the BPP's National Communications Secretary and helped to organize the campaign to get Huey Newton released from prison. She was also the first woman to be appointed to the Black Panthers Central Committee.
Kathleen continues to struggle for civil and human rights and teaches law at Emory University.
Mabel Williams- The Story of the Crusader
Year: 2004Call Number: Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Interviewed by Walter Turner, Mabel Williams recounts the story of the Crusader.
Mabel Williams' Experience in Cuba
Year: 2004Call Number: Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Interviewed by Walter Turner, Mabel Williams recounts her experience in exile in Cuba.
Mabel Williams- Membership of the Monroe NAACP
Year: 2004Call Number: Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Interviewed by Walter Turner, Mabel Williams recounts the story of NAACP branch in Monroe, North Carolina.
An Undying Love Flyer
Flyer: "release Eldridge Cleaver rally," at Parole Office in San Francisco, with Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, and Kathleen Cleaver.
Robert and Mabel Williams on Viet Nam
Clip discusses how Robert and Mabel Williams resisted the war in VietNam. Robert and Mabel recount their experiences.
Mabel Williams' Advice to Young People
Year: 2004Call Number: Format: mp3Producers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Interviewed by Walter Turner, Mabel Williams gives advice to young people.