Subcollections

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  Albert Nuh Washington
  Albert Nuh Washington was a committed member of the Black Panther Party and BLA who was imprisoned from 1971 until he passed away in prison in April, 2000.
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  Angola 3
  The Angola Three are three men, Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, who were put in solitary confinement for decades in Angola Prison, Louisiana after the death of a prison guard.
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  Bashir Hameed
  Bashir Hameed (1940-2008) was a member of the Black Panther Party in New Jersey and the Black Liberation Army. Bashir became a COINTELPRO target in the 1970s and in April 1981, after three trails, was convicted of killing a New York City police officer.
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  Coalition to Defend October 20th Freedom Fighters
  The Coalition to Defend the October 20th Freedom Fighters was formed to support all those captured or charged in the revolutionary Brink's expropriation, those resisting the RICO Grand Jury and those under indictment.
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  Herman Bell
  Herman Bell is one of the longest held political prisoners in the United States. He was incarcerated from 1973-2018 for his work in the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Movement.
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  Jalil Muntaqim
  Jalil Abdul Muntaqim is a former member of both the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1974, Muntaqim was convicted of the murders of two NYC police officers and received a prison term of twenty-five years to life.
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  Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown)
  Jamil Al-Amin FKA H. Rap Brown was an organizer in the Black Liberation Movement. He was involved in SNCC, the Black Panther Party and more recently in Muslim organizing in Atlanta. Al-Amin is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of a cop.
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  Kuwasi Balagoon
  Kuwasi Balagoon was a defendant in the Panther 21 case in the late sixties, and a member of the Black Liberation Army. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1982 and died from an AIDS-related illness in 1986.
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  Lorenzo Komboa Ervin
  Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin is a veteran community and anti-racist, anti-colonialist, and anti-prison organizer and a former political prisoner. He was a member of SNCC, The Black Panther Party, and is a founding member of the Black Autonomy Federation.
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  Marshall "Eddie" Conway
  In 1970, Marshall Eddie Conway was Minister of Defense of the Baltimore chapter of the Black Panther Party. He was imprisoned for over 31 years, released in 2014 and passed away in 2023.
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  Mark Cook
  Mark Cook is a former Black Panther and George Jackson Brigade member who served 25 years for George Jackson Brigade related activity.
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  Dr. Mutulu Shakur
  Dr. Mutulu Shakur was a political prisoner, doctor of acupuncture and holistic medicine and member of the New Afrikan Independence Movement.
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  New Afrikan Prisoners
  This collection contains materials related to New Afrikan political prisoners and prisoners of war.
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  New York 3
  Using COINTELPRO and legal manipulation, The New York Three (Jalil Abdul Muntaqim (Anthony Bottom), Albert Nuh Washington and Herman Bell) were incarcerated for the murder of NYC policemen in 1971.
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  New York 8 Against Fascist Terrorism
  In October 1984 the FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) arrested 8 Black revolutionaries. They were the first people held under the Federal Preventive Detention Law (No Bail Act).
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  The Omaha Two (Ed Poindexter and David Rice)
  David Rice (now known as Mondo we Langa) and Edward Poindexter were charged and convicted of the murder of a Omaha Police Officer in 1970 . Poindexter and Rice were members of the Black Panther Party and were targeted by COINTELPRO.
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  Sundiata Acoli
  Sundiata Acoli is a New Afrikan prisoner of war. Active in struggles for Black Liberation since the mid 1960s, Acoli was captured after a shootout in New Jersey in 1973 and convicted in the death of a state trooper. Sundiata is still incarcerated today.
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  Veronza Bowers Jr.
  Veronza Bowers Jr. is an inmate at the Federal Correctional Facility in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party incarcerated in federal prison for over 37 years making him one of the longest-held political prisoners in the US.