So I want to play this just a little clip so that our listeners can get an a sense of Greenwood.

Mm-hmm. KalaLea: Oh, you dont think that the Tulsa Race Massacre should be taught in schools in Oklahoma because it might make a white student feel bad. KalaLea: And only the pain and the suffering, but also who is accountable. To hear more about discoveries happening now in Greenwood, go to our website radioproject.org.

Bobby Huttonbecame a martyr for the Black Power cause, which fueled other sympathetic causes across the country to support them in solidarity. Later weve kind of learned, which is not in the series, again we really had to stay focused, and it was tough to find this information out, but we later learned that they might have ended up in the exact same city, the two, and that they might have actually been lovers.

And someone asked like, what would you like people to take away?

And those 20 Panthers do not include the countless others who were murdered, or had their lives disrupted and wrecked because of their commitment to the liberation of the people. Black Women In History

We painstakingly built it by hand, in no small part to Jessica Sheltons work over the last four years, just spending evenings and weekends adding to a map using census records, combining those with county land records.

KalaLea: And luckily, like I said, he was there without his family so that he can secure housing. The Party espoused a Marxist political stance, manifest in programs such as the Free Breakfast for Children Program and the Peoples Free Medical Clinics. It says Emma Gurley. KalaLea: And I remember one of my story editors saying like, oh my God, we have to say white so many times.

We also encounter former Party member Ericka Huggins in the midst of a deep laugh while attending the Partys Community Survival Conference in Oakland; Party members Ila Mason and Jamal Joseph leading a political education class in Harlem; and a Panther child smiling at the camera in the classroom of the Panthers Oakland school. Amy Gastelum: I want to jump in here to give a little more context. The film includes segments that focus on New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, in addition to the Panthers home base in Oakland, but can only scratch the surface in its 113 minutes.

KalaLea: So yeah, B.C.

KalaLea: I dont wanna be a Black journalist. It occurs to me you are a person, KalaLea, whos walking around this earth with like eyes wide open and just refusing to be buffered, and how important and impactful that approach to life in the world is.

And it provides like this really intimate way of telling this story. Host an Exhibition, Lead Supporters

The legacyof Hoovers actionsinfiltration, assassinations, criminalist discourse about the Panthersstill lingers. Youve been listening to Making Contact and an interview with KalaLea. KalaLea: Mm-hmm. Amy Gastelum: It sounds like confronting a denial system.

Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story of a pivotal movement that feels timely all over again. This is Making Contact. And just for our listeners, I mean, I want to say that this clip does not actually include any violence from that day.

COINTELPRO and the massive state persecution of the Panthers put the organization on the defensive, and exacerbated existing political tensions, setting the stage for a very public split between Newton and Cleaver in 1971. Black Panthers Amy Gastelum: Yeah. 92% TOMATOMETER Average 7.3 Reviews 65 Fresh 60 Rotten 5 Information Studio TRANSCRIPT

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He happened to go up to use the restroom, apparently allegedly tripped in the elevator, grabbed the white womans hand. And they have not examined that as a collective when Black people have their own agency, when Black people have their own sense of being. So this was not really an anomaly. Amy Gastelum: Mm-hmm.

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I would just say that they were about empowerment overall, and thats not really militant, and self-sustainability, which to me is not militant at all. Nelson has directed and produced numerous acclaimed films, including, America Revisited II - Harlem: The Soul of the Nation, America Revisited II - In Our Own Image: The Story of African-American Art, America Revisited II - Make It Funky: The History of Funk, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities.

KalaLea: But if you use white mob, then its done. The way we see the world shapes the way that we treat it.

And if youre hungry, North Greenwood Grocery Store has fine staple groceries of all kinds.

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Carlos Moreno: Greenwood was like five times bigger than anyone has ever imagined.

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Im a journalist. Kind of crazy. Nelson, who chronicles the Panther movement in his new documentary, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, says the group was a response to what some saw as the limitations of the nonviolent civil rights movement. They were gun-toting fanatics. KalaLea: They stood for Black liberation, and they had, you know, veterans, World War I, so they were very knowledgeable and trained about fighting and

Carlos Moreno Member of Tulsas Tri-City Collective, journalist and author of The Victory of Greenwood and A Kids Book About the Tulsa Race Massacre And I think my number one response was healing. Amy Gastelum: Thank you. KalaLea: Healing. It says Emma Gurley. #100-251 Oakland, CA 94612 Contact Us Website by Canton Becker, Amy Gastelum: Thats Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar of Tulsas Tri-City Collective. KalaLea: I believe you said one day earlier, but this actually went into two days.

Dick Rowland disappears. Resmaa Menakem: Think about this. Thats another way of absconding or of evading the individuals that were responsible, of shielding them. The way we see the world shapes the way that we treat it. Amy Gastelum: You are listening to Making Contact and an interview with KalaLea, producer and host of the podcast series, Blindspot: Tulsa Burning. Im like, we built it.

KalaLea: Mm-hmm.

Amy Gastelum: Stay with us. And Dick Rowland in that event, in the elevator was the scapegoat. When you see it, I will show you this map one day, when you see it will blow your mind.

Stephen Shames, Free Breakfast Program, Panther Jerry Dunigan, known as Odinka, talks to kids while they eat breakfast on Chicagos South Side, Chicago, Illinois, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York.

Its being sold in the journalism world. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, Ericka Huggins, and dozens of others, as well as archival footage of the late Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver,The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolutiontells the story of a pivotal movement that gave rise to a new revolutionary culture in America.

KalaLea: Mm-hmm.

KalaLea: Towns or communities or counties like this throughout Oklahomaand throughout the entire country actually.

Spanish/Bilingual, Teaching Activities (Free). Music :12 Amy Gastelum: Well, you have a wonderful day. And so I dont really understand sometimes, it would appear that people in Congress in particular have this desire to only be around people that agree with them, that look like them, that think like them. KalaLea: They stood for Black liberation, and they had, you know, veterans, World War I, so they were very knowledgeable and trained about fighting and. If you wanna learn more about this series or KalaLea, you can visit our website at radioproject.org.

Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent.

Required fields are marked *. Chairman of the Black Panther Party and here he is.Applause. KalaLea: You used the word white mob earlier. KalaLea: And hes working and theres a typist or a stenographer or something like that. In a series of four images, Newton and Seale pose for the photographer, unable to hold their laughter as they prepare for a portrait. Others, including Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard and Elaine Brown rode the tiger of leadership of the Party, but it was the rank-and-file of the many Party members who kept the fire burning. KalaLea: Yeah. You can just click leave session. From, News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of oppression that remains over 100 years after the abolition of, Part Two examines how Trumps campaign exploited the countrys divisions, how his, FRONTLINE begins its 2020 election year coverage with a two-part, four-hour documentary, News documentary from 1968 hosted by George Foster, exploring the legacy of, Commentary and Perspectives on the Latest News, and Current Affiars. If you just say white mob, you dont have to look for the people.

There is also a huge amount of consumption of it. And I thought that was really special, yeah. Amy Gastelum: While youre listening to this show, people like Carlos and Bracken and Tulsas Tri-City Collective are actively talking about the truth of Greenwood. Amy Gastelum: Thats Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar of Tulsas Tri-City Collective.

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Amy Gastelum: Great. KalaLea: Right? Wall Street Bonuses Decline But Still Dwarf Worker Pay Increases Since 2008 Crash, Lets Make Post-Presidential Indictments Business as Usual. Carlos is a journalist who contributes to the show and also wrote a non-fiction book calledThe Victory of Greenwood.

There are a lot of people out here that are doing the work and in small and big ways. There were a number of communities that were also destroyed and terrorized at the same time, Black communities. The Black Panther Party is simply the vanguard of the revolution, he declared.

KalaLea: And luckily, like I said, he was there without his family so that he can secure housing. In the era of Black Lives Matter, what is the legacy of the Black Panther Party? Should you ask any two people to share their thoughts on the Panthers, youre likely to receive divided answers about strategy, effectiveness, and importance. Currently in production isTell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the second in a series of three films Nelson will direct as part of a new multiplatform PBS series entitledAmerica Revisited.

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If the lessons of the Partys successes and failures can offer us any insight, it would be their insistent demand to organize, resist, and ultimately, to act.

KalaLea: Yeah, thats very important. A new revolutionary culture was emerging and it sought to drastically transform the system. KalaLea: Mm-hmm.

We painstakingly built it by hand, in no small part to Jessica Sheltons work over the last four years, just spending evenings and weekends adding to a map using census records, combining those with county land records. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson says it was a revolutionary time.

The series tells the story of the rise of Greenwood, a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, also known as Black Wall Street. Erasure is part of US history since the beginning. It was, it was insert expletive here enormous. But Im also very energized by it. They sought to drastically transform the system.
KalaLea: Can we talk about your grandfathers experience during the massacre? On this episode, we turn our focus to how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Race Massacre. Amy Gastelum: Mm-hmm. KalaLea: And warfare and, and such like that, you know.

The Greenwood massacre happened only two years after the Red Summer of 1919, a time when Black communities all over the nation were terrorized by white people.

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Id love to catch up.

Amy Gastelum: Including efforts by legislators to stop fact-based lessons, which are being referred to as critical race theory. Thank you. KalaLea: Yes. Its of him sitting in a tent.

Bracken Klar Co-Executive Producer of Focus: Black Oklahoma, Vice-President of Tulsas Tri-City Collective and DEI consultant

Lets stay in touch. Amy Gastelum: Well, its good to hear your voice.

He was in his hotel.

I have a lot of respect for the work that Making Contact has done over the years.

Resistance and Resilience: The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party, The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Encore Edition). In Tulsa, one resistance group was called the African Blood Brotherhood. Franklin to his grandson in one episode.

Franklin is of Indigenous and African descent. KalaLea: Yes, thats correct.

KalaLea: Great. And if youre hungry, North Greenwood Grocery Store has fine staple groceries of all kinds.

The film does a good job of showing the operation of the Panthers Free Breakfast program, which itself was an expression of the mass character of the Party. Yeah. Carlos Moreno: Like nobody even knows this.

So I want to play this just a little clip so that our listeners can get an a sense of Greenwood. Nuclear Deterrence and the High Cost of Being Wrong, As Congress Considers Prolonging Cubas Designation as a Terrorism Supporter, Biden Dithers, Sparing the Athletes: Revising the Russia-Belarus Sporting Ban, The Tragic U.S. Focus: Black Oklahoma And for Newton, the revolution would belong to the people. Thank you for asking. If it wasnt being done, there would be no reason why you would reach out to me and want to talk to me. KalaLea: Yeah, thats very important. Featuring Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph, and many others.

Amy Gastelum: Yeah. KalaLea: He was there on his own, looking for a place for them to live, for his son and his wife to live. Isnt it beautiful?Allright! And I just appreciate all the work that youre putting out and the energy that youre putting into it for all of us to be able to participate in it and be changed by it. This woman that he touched also disappears. I have a lot of respect for the work that Making Contact has done over the years.

About the Film In the turbulent 1960s, change was coming to America and the fault lines could no longer be ignored .

Will Leviathan Democracy Blindfold The World? Resmaa Menakem: And I think that that is a problem for them because when they dont get that deference, something happens to them. KalaLea: Theres a photograph of your grandfather that I really love.

Michael Bailey is the founder of The MinorityEye and serves as the Chief-Curator of Information. Distribution The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party Black Women In History Black Women In History (ENCORE) The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Encore B.C. You know, thats not interesting to me. Fifty years ago, on October 15, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California.

You were also nominated for a Peabody Award for this project.

And I want to play a little clip that is kind of an example of the creativity with which you used these kind of archival ads that were in the newspaper during that time and had some actors read them. Franklins writing and account of it.

Amy Gastelum: Well stay in touch. They had staked a claim of land in what is now Perry, Oklahoma, and did pretty well there. Amy Gastelum: Mm. KalaLea: Yeah.

Yeah.