Introduction
Kathleen Cleaver
Communications Secretary, 1967-71
"The context has changed. Have I changed my views on how society needs to be changed? No. It needs fundamental root-and-branch improvement, not plastering over." | Read more »
Barbara Easley
Black Panther Party, 1970-74
"The discipline and the theory and the practice are all important. They've remained a part of the work I do in social work and human services." | Read more »
Elbert Howard
Founding editor of the Black Panther Party Community News Service
"Conditions change, and we have new situations to deal with, but essentially the problems are the same: there's a need for community organizing." | Read more »
Billy X. Jennings
Black Panther Party, 1968-74
"The Ten Point Program is still relevant. They are things we need today: an end to police brutality, the power to determine the destiny of the black community. Today, there might be some things added." | Read more »
Yvonne King
Field Secretary, Illinois Chapter
"I draw a great deal from my experience in the party... It was such a rich and phenomenal experience, the best five years of my life." | Read more »
Bobby Seale
Co-founder, Black Panther Party
"It's important to understand the relevance of coalition politics to all efforts at liberation. Assess the true progressive nature of an organization, regardless of who it is." | Read more »