The Black Panther, June 19, 1971

The Black Panther, June 19, 1971

Black Power

This June 19, 1971, issue of The Black Panther includes items on: the case of David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, who was falsely accused of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon that stemmed from a police attack in Oakland, California; a lengthy "revolutionary analysis" of Sweet Sweetback’s Badass Song, written by Huey Newton; the murder of Jo Etha Collier in Drew, Mississippi; a critique of racial negligence in research on Sickle Cell Anemia; the trial of Huey Newton; a statement to the press by the "Richmond 5” in Virginia; and, artwork by Emory Douglas.

The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service

Roz Payne

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

June 19, 1971

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