Black Panther Era

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Elaine Brown for Oakland City Council and Bobby Seale for Oakland Mayor

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Elaine Brown with Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, John Seale

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1973 Bobby Seale/Elaine Brown election campaign

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Gwen Fontaine, Huey Newton, Elaine Brown, Larry Henson on Huey's return to Oakland from exile in Cuba

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Elaine Brown and Bobby Seale

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Elaine holds a press conference late 70s

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Mojo and Elaine On the campaign trail for Oakland city council, 1972

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At press conference with Huey P. Newton on return from China, 1971

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Elaine Brown, Huey Newton, Larry Henson and Gwen Fontaine on Huey's return to Oakland from exile in Cuba

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Elaine Brown and Bobby Seale

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Black Panther Party Chairman Elaine Brown with fellow Central Committee members 1974 (left to right) Standing: - Phyllis Jackson, Norma Armour, Ellis White, Flores Forbes, Michael Fultz, Emory Douglas, Joan Kelley. (Seated) Ericka Huggins, Larry Henson, Elaine Brown, Robert Heard.

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Campaign Poster for Elaine Browns City Council Run

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On the campaign trail for Oakland city council, 1974

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Elaine Brown at Press Conference with Heroic Joanne Little, 1975

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FBI Photo FIle. #3 Gwen Goodlow, Elain Brown and Erica Huggins

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Newspaper article announcing Elaine Brown is the new leader of the Black Panther Party, 1974

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View of Black Panther Party leader Huey P Newton during a press conference, San Francisco, California, October 8, 1971. He had just returned from China where he met with Chinese leader Zhou En-Lai.

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Black Panther Party leader Huey P Newton (1942 - 1989) (second left) speaks during a rally (in observance of the death of Malcolm X) in the Coliseum

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Huey Newton holds press conference with Black Panther Chairwoman Elaine Brown (left) after release from jail. They were surrounded by students from the Black Panther School.

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Black Panther Party leader Huey P. Newton holds a press conference on his return from China where he met with Chinese leader Chou En Lai. Shown here arriving for the press conference.

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Students of the Black Panther School. Elaine's daughter, Ericka Abram Bottom Row, 3rd from left

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Black Panther Party leader Huey P. Newton holds a press conference on his return from China where he met with Chinese leader Chou En Lai.

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Elaine Brown

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May 2, 1967 - Sacramento, CA, USA - Unidentified members of the Black Panthers during the group's protest at the California Assembly in May 1967 in Sacramento, California

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The Black Panther Party

Photos from the Black Panther Era

Seize the Time (Movie)

This rarely-seen Italian docudrama blends fictional narrative with documentary about the Black Panther Party.

Director: Antonello Branca
Year: 1970
Genre: Documentary
Type: Feature

David Hilliard says kill Nixon at Anti war rally, 1969

News report from October 22nd 1969, featuring a press conference by Black Panther Party Chief of Staff David Hilliard, who is proposing a prisoner exchange.

Chief of Staff David Hilliard proposes if Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale are set free by the U.S. government, then North Vietnam will release a battalion of American soldiers.

Hilliard explains that further details of this deal may be obtained from their Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver, who is currently in Algeria.

Elaine Brown Live

Elaine Brown’s “Seize the Time,” 1969: Smithsonian Year of Music Object of the Day, October 5

Elaine Brown al pianoforte

Elaine Brown canta e suona un pianoforte circondata da uomini, donne e bambini afroamericani incluso Norman Jacob. I protagonisti del documento sono in un appartamento, le immagini sono state girate per la realizzazione di Seize the Time.  Nella prima parte del film Elaine Brown canta individualmente, nella seconda parte partecipano anche i presenti.  Diverse inquadrature e primi piani dei protagonisti.

Translation:

Elaine Brown sings and plays a piano surrounded by Black men, women, and children.  This is from an Italian docudrama film called “Seize the Time,” after the name of Elaine’s first album of songs.