![]() ![]() So, ah, we would, ah, go from house to house and explain, ah, to people, ah, our program. We used those lists to go around and canvass the community in order to find out, ah, the desires of the community. And, ah, the service centers collected names of people on welfare, elderly people who needed aid. Ah, also they were, at the time in the, ah, in the poverty program, the North Oakland Service Center was a part of the poverty program. They had, ah, in, they had all the machinery, mimeograph machines and typewriters. How did Bobby Seale and you use the anti-poverty office as a base of operation for the early work of the Black Panther Party?Īh, Bobby Seale and I used the North Oakland Service Center as a, ah, ah, really as a work, as a, ah, the original, ah, work spot to put together, ah, our program. But my family was, ah, interested in improving the political and economic situation of Blacks. And that was my first time hearing King at the, ah, Oakland Auditorium, I believe. And, ah, matter of fact, ah, in the early '50s, that, ah, ah, King was invited out, ah, by a collection of churches. Ah, the church was, became a member of the NAACP. As, ah, when we moved to Oakland we were connected to the, ah, matter of fact my father was a, the, ah, assistant pastor to Antioch Baptist Church, ah, Reverend Thomas was the, ah, pastor. Well, my family, ah, was where, they were always, ah, interested in politics especially my father. Long was using tricks in order to, ah, improve the, ah, the, ah, situation for Blacks at the time.Īre there specific events or relationships that have helped advance your political grounding, ah, I mean, things that you remember that sort of helped you in forming your political thought? ![]() Long, ah, gave the pitch to the, ah, the White races that, ah, ah, they needed a Black, ah, medical school and hospital because, ah, he didn't want White women seeing Black men nude and so forth, my father thought he was, my father thought Huey P. Long was, ah, ah, created the first Black, ah, ah, hospital and medical school. Long even though, at the time in the South, Blacks couldn't vote, that, ah, Huey P. Could you talk about that a little?Īh, yes, my father was impressed with Huey P. We were talking about the political aspirations that they had for you and the fact that you're named after Huey P. And that was, ah, ah, the reason most Blacks moved out, for work, better work, better pay and a better life hopefully. There was a Naval Supply, it was called at the time. And, ah, my- he moved out, ah, to the Bay Area in order to work in the shipping yards. My father was a farmer in, ah, Louisiana and a preacher. What did your family hope when they moved to Oakland? What did they hope for you?Īh, my family, ah, moved from Louisiana to Oakland, ah, primarily seeking a better life. Your family moved from Louisiana to California like many folks, they moved from the South to the Oakland area. Only text appearing in bold italics was used in the final version of These transcripts contain material that did not appear in the final program. Washington University Libraries, Film and Media Archive, Henry Hampton Collection. It concludes by demonstrating how Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) surveillance unwittingly took advantage of Newton’s fragility to compound his psychological stress, indicating the extent to which prison successfully prevented Newton reclaiming his position as a significant force in the African American political struggle.Interview with, conducted by Blackside, Inc. It reveals the psychological effect of prison on Newton before linking his fragile mental state to his drug addiction. The article suggests that the immense pressures placed on Newton in prison and after freedom were related to the decline of the rehabilitative experiment in California’s prison system. The current literature fails to account for the impact of solitary confinement on Newton’s life and consequently misinterprets his descent into criminality. Incarcerated for three years in various locations in California, Newton descended into cocaine addiction and criminality soon after his 1970 release. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party. The article probes the impact of prison on Huey P. ![]()
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