| The Black Panther Party and the 1960s Black Freedom Struggle: A Panel Discussion with Former Party Members
from Oakland to Winston-Salem
October 17, 2018
ASU's Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies welcomed Barbara Easley Cox, Billy X Jennings, Lilley and John R. Hayes (aka Ras John), (former) members of the Black Panther Party (for Self Defense) from across the United States. They were joined by photographer and Harvey Milk Photo Center professor Suzun Lucia Lamaina, who created the exhibit "Revolutionary Grain: Celebrating the Spirit of the Black Panther Party in Portraits and Stories" that is on display in Belk Library until mid-December. The panel tackled the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party and the 1960s Black Freedom Struggle. Many have spoken for and often falsified the record of the party’s activism. This panel gave a range of former members the opportunity to offer accounts of their own, which also powerfully speak to today’s political struggles.
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| Charlie Cobb - "This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed" The presentation explores the complex relationship between the civil right movement's ealy commitment to non-violence and the long tradition of African American armed self-defense against the terror of white supremacy. A lecture by Charles E. Cobb, Jr., entitled “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible” at the Plemmons Student Union’s Blue Ridge Ballroom, Room 201 AB. The lecture is free and open to the public. |
