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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.
The Black Panther Black Community News Service [March 16, 1968]
Publisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 3/16/1968Volume Number: Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Black Panther Party Community News Service
Cover Story: Pigs Run Amok! Also featuring an execlusive interview with Huey Newton, In Defense of Self-Defense
The Movement [June 1968]
Publisher: The Movement Press (Affiliated with SNCC and SDS)Date: 6/1968Call Number: Volume Number: VOL. 4 NO. 5Format: PeriodicalCollection: The Movement Newspaper
A monthly newspaper covering social justice issues and the movements of the 60s. Articles include: police shooting of Bobby Hutton, Columbia University taking over Harlem land, bombing of office of La Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, arrest of Reies Tijerina, white response to white racism, poem (We Are Not Americans), review of "Soul on Ice", analysis of progressive movement failures, SF Bay Area high school participation in International Student Strike, National Community Union school for organizers, seizing streets in Oakland, critique of Ralph Gleason, Sanitation worker strike/union success (Memphis, TN), German student demonstrations, Anti-war activities on military bases, high school organizer arrested, Oakland 7 court case, Oakland police attack on Black Panther Party.