Amy Gastelum: So the final episode, it kind of talks about whats going on in Tulsa right now. You do take care to provide like content warnings in the series. And Greenwood, I want to mention, was not alone in this. NARRATOR And so what I would like for us to focus on is more healing and service. Franklin: He didnt discuss it with me. The film outlines the Black Panther Partys history from its founding in Oakland, Calif., and its early 1960s heyday through its decline and eventual The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a feature length documentary on the Black Panther Party by Stanley Nelson. KalaLea: Yeah. The Black Panthers weaves together the voices of those who lived this story journalists, police, informants, and white supporters and rank and file members, those who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. To inform white people of what they dont know.

Franklin: The telephone is in two parts. How vicious, you know Resistance and Resilience: The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party J.W. Credits: You can find us on Twitter at making_contact and Instagram @makingcontactradioproject. The Black Panthers Party. KalaLea: And in the process of doing that, the massacre happened. With Cleaver in exile in Algeria, Newton controlled the Party apparatus, such as it was. Older politically-minded people who have gotten fuzzy about the lengths to which our ruling class will go to stamp out opposition should also see the film. Dick Rowland disappears. Stephen Shames, Memorial mural for Jonathan Jackson, who was killed on August 7, 1970, during an attempt to kidnap California Superior Court judge Harold Haley and three others to exchange for the freedom of his brother, George Jackson, Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. Your email address will not be published. KalaLea: And only the pain and the suffering, but also who is accountable. WebEntdecke The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, (Engl. 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. Franklin V/O: It is May 31st, 1921. But the centennial anniversary of the attack brought journalists and filmmakers and even President Biden to Tulsa. And I think my number one response was healing. [Producers description. 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. I have a lot of respect for the work that Making Contact has done over the years. Not long after that Hampton was dead, murdered in his bed by Chicago police. Americas Great Divide: From Obama to Trump, Part 2. KPIX-TV The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. "[9], Elaine Brown, Another striking photograph from the same day shows Newton and Central Committee Member Elaine Brown sharing a victorious embrace.
Franklin: But I think its remarkable that in a Red Cross tent following a catastrophe, six days later they have a phone in their tent. The result was, as is portrayed in the film, COINTELPRO the Counter Intelligence Program organized and implemented by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to harass, discredit and destroy the Black Panthers and other revolutionary organizations by every dirty trick imaginable, up to and including trumped-up criminal charges and outright assassination. Everyone Ive shown this to is like, this changes everything we know about Greenwood, right? The Black Panthers knew how to exploit the media. To learn more, you can go to our website, radioproject.org. It was just a thriving community and neighborhood. We hear a great deal about the Black Panthers KalaLea: I dont wanna be a Black journalist. 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. Carlos said there were several Black women entrepreneurs who did very well for themselves in Greenwood. Review: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution on PBS. Or try Ragland and Ellis for waffles and plenty of other good things to suit the most fastidious. Much has been written by and about the Panthers. There were a number of communities that were also destroyed and terrorized at the same time, Black communities. Stephen Shames, Black Panther co-founders Bobby Seale & Huey Newton pose in Hueys penthouse apartment, Oakland, California, 1971Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. KalaLea: Yeah. But that again was not exceptional in any way. And just for our listeners, I mean, I want to say that this clip does not actually include any violence from that day. Franklin: So its a sepia colored photograph of a Red Cross cloth tent. Vision & Justice. KalaLea: Yeah. The podcast recounts the brutal 1921 massacre and attack led by a group of white people and backed by the local police. 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. And Im like, this is how it feels to be Black. panthers vanguard routes Amy Gastelum: Its a commodity. Teaching Activity. panther party nelson stanley kickstarter panthers story theaters bring across country help documentary Amy Gastelum: Well stay in touch. Lady Panther: Kathleen Cleaver, in Oakland in 1968. KalaLea: Of what was happening on the day, or you know, the day of. And some people define them as militant. Capital Campaign, Contact Us And Greenwood, I think obviously because of the tragic events and its destruction in 1921, I think obviously stands out. And so for me it really is about, as Black people, how do we begin to turn towards each other more, reclaim those pieces, and metabolize that energy for our freedom as opposed to using that same energy to burn each other up. I mean, there were hundreds of others. And so they bought a little plot of land. Nelsons film documents what those who lived through it already know that the Panthers quickly became a mass movement throughout the country. KalaLea: Yeah. 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. Amy Gastelum: Right. When we like unveil this map to like the world, it rewrites everything that we even know about Greenwood. Amy Gastelum: Mm. Shot down like a common animal, he died a warrior for Black Liberation. I want to play a clip of you and Resmaa Menakem, whos a psychotherapist and trauma specialist that you know, basically takes up the bulk of episode five. Jessica Lynne is a writer, critic, and coeditor of, Gordon Parkss Strident Vision of Stokely Carmichael and the Black Power Movement, The Photographers Who Built an Army of Lovers through Protest and Celebration, A Photographer's Unflinching Portrait of America in Crisis, Aperture and Googles Creator Labs Launch Second Season of Creator Labs Photo Fund, A Celebratory Chronicle of Black College Life, Miguel Caldern Journeys into the Soul of Mexico, A Visit to Kuni Sugiuras New York Studio, Aperture Salutes Ming Smith and Zora J Murff on the Occasion of the International Center of Photography Annual Gala, How Steven Meisel Defined Fashion in 1993. Amy Gastelum: Its a lot for one project for sure. Amy Gastelum: Mm-hmm. KalaLea: He was there on his own, looking for a place for them to live, for his son and his wife to live. But that again was not exceptional in any way. Black Panthers

He was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in August 2014. During our interview, Carlos told Bracken that hes been working with academics and community scholars to piece together Greenwoods historic boundaries. It was, it was insert expletive here enormous. Amy Gastelum: Before we start, I want to let you know that in todays episode were gonna talk about a 1921 attack on a Black neighborhood, Greenwood, Oklahoma. Like Carlos said, some of these truths change everything we thought we knew about Greenwood, like its original size. Franklin: Yes. KalaLea: Thats because your grandfather was helping a lot of the survivors and the victims of the massacre. Kind of crazy. SOT: Stanley Nelson, Director & Producer

But Im also very energized by it. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson says the Black Panthers caught everyones attention. We hear from KalaLea, host of the critically acclaimed podcast series Blindspot: Tulsa Burning. SOT: Kathleen Cleaver Stanley Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, MacArthur genius Fellow, and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Songs: Krotoa Haze, Krotoa, Cheldana Outpost, Krotoa Hills, Helion Fleet The MinorityEye is a news and information platform that gives minority communities across South Carolina and throughout the southeast a place to voice their perspectives on news, issues, and current events. A lot of those families are still there, right? FILMSOT: Partners And someone asked like, what would you like people to take away? And it provides like this really intimate way of telling this story. Its astonishing. Music KalaLea: These neighbors, these people were, the people that you might call your neighbors, right? KalaLea: Hope you have a great rest of your day. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolutionis the first feature-length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. So the founder of Greenwood is a Black woman. Amy Gastelum: Including efforts by legislators to stop fact-based lessons, which are being referred to as critical race theory. Amy Gastelum: Yeah. Master documentarian Stanley Nelson goes straight to the source, weaving a treasure trove of rare archival footage with the diverse group of voices of the people who were there: police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters and detractors, and Black Panthers who remained loyal to the party and those who left it. Amy Gastelum: But I definitely think of the African Blood Brotherhood as one of the scapegoats for the attack. Its a commodity. And suddenly there is an incident.

J.W. KalaLea: Yes. Each summer, affluent African Americans return to an upper middle class resort community that has historically provided an oasis for black professionals. And Ill just say that I have my family, I have my ancestors to think for that, you know? KalaLea: Yeah, that is something that I believe I found in the Tulsa Star. Amy Gastelum: So the final episode, it kind of talks about whats going on in Tulsa right now. Support for the Panthers was broad and deep, as the film makes clear, surviving and flourishing even while Newton was locked up for the alleged murder of a police officer, and Seale faced a series of trumped-up criminal charges. In doing research, we had come across hundreds of other fully or predominantly Black-owned, Black Indigenous. Michael Bailey is the founder of The MinorityEye and serves as the Chief-Curator of Information. Filmmaker Stanley Nelson says it was a revolutionary time. KalaLea: Theres a photograph of your grandfather that I really love. Amy Gastelum: Yep. KalaLea: Consensual lovers. 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 KalaLea: Towns or communities or counties like this throughout Oklahomaand throughout the entire country actually. Im glad youre generally okay. Carlos is a journalist who contributes to the show and also wrote a non-fiction book calledThe Victory of Greenwood. Making Contact Staff: Your email address will not be published. An unbroken stream of pedestrians, male and female, passes down Greenwood Avenue. KalaLea: And warfare and, and such like that, you know. If you wanna learn more about this series or KalaLea, you can visit our website at radioproject.org. The Black Panthers captured the political imagination of young blacks. You know, there were certain moments where even for myself, I thought people should know, like people should know this story. It actually went across two days. Amy Gastelum: Mm. KalaLea: And at the local jail, as things happened, especially during that time, a group of white people were outside trying to get into the jail because they wanted Dick Rowland so that they could lynch him. J.W. KalaLea: Thats because your grandfather was helping a lot of the survivors and the victims of the massacre. It was, it was insert expletive here enormous. And that that was discovered. Amy Gastelum: The first thing to know about Greenwood is that theres a lot we dont know about Greenwood. But local activists, including Carlos, are using newly discovered historic documents to piece together not just the tragedy of the massacre, but the success of the neighborhood before and after the attack. After the U.S. civil rights movement, change and a revolutionary counter culture emerged in the late 1960s. Its a commodity. Bracken Klar: Okay. And I sometimes fail at that. SOT: John Lennon Oof. KalaLea: And it was just an excuse to erupt and for the white people to kind of go in and destroy Greenwood. Alright, thanks Amy. I have a lot going on right now. KalaLea: He has a journal that, or a producer Alana Casanova-Burgess had found. Spears is a telephone. [@1:00 So police brutality, unemployment, bad schools-- all those things they were talking about , -- but they look so cool with a black leather jacket to liberated hat cocked to the side sunglasses and a big Afro.Asa 15-year-old teenager I was like wow!Who are these guys? Theres a part that youve put on the table, and theres a part that you take and listen to in your ear. 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. Amy Gastelum: Mm. The , With extreme weather all over the United States and in the news, yet with little, Zinn did not merely record history, he made it: as a professor at Spelman College. 2023 JustWatch - All external content remains the property of the rightful owner. SOT:Stanley Nelson, Director & Producer Like Carlos said, some of these truths change everything we thought we knew about Greenwood, like its original size. Its always been a thing. Stanley Nelson is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, MacArthur genius Fellow, and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. TRANSCRIPT And Greenwood, I want to mention, was not alone in this. Kind of crazy. But if given the opportunity, if given another day, when given another breath, its just like, yeah, its better than just sinking and falling, you know? Amy Gastelum: Yeah. Stephen Shames, Angela Davis, who was a Black Panther for six months, speaks at a Free Huey rally in Defremery Park, Oakland, California, November 12, 1969Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. WebThe Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a feature length documentary on the Black Panther Party by Stanley Nelson. When you see it, I will show you this map one day, when you see it will blow your mind. The Black Panther Party was, in its day, the leading organizational expression of the revolutionary forces in the United States. Not only is it possible, its being done. Amy Gastelum: Mm-hmm. Music: FILMSOT: Photographerstook our pictures, they took advantage they put them in newspapers they put them on magazines, and that look that we projected, the leather jackets the big AFRO the shades, that became a hit !Obviously photographers were drawn to it. But actually that was happening all over the country, all over the world. And that couldnt be further from the truth. Oof. And suddenly there is an incident. KalaLea: You used the word white mob earlier. Yeah. We also hear from Bracken Klar and Carlos Moreno of Tulsas Tri-City Collective and the radio show Focus: Black Oklahoma, in partnership with KOSU. 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.

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 And Im going to do as much as I can, Im going to start right now. "The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is the first feature length documentary to explore the Black Panther Party, its significance to the broader American culture, its cultural and political awakening for black people, and the painful lessons wrought when a movement derails. Stephen Shames, Children at a Free Huey, Free Bobby rally in front of the Federal Building, San Francisco, California, February, 1970Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery, New York. 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. Erasure is part of US history since the beginning. 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. Franklin, whos B.C. Will Leviathan Democracy Blindfold The World? Bracken Klar: Yeah. 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. Their message of unqualified resistance to racism, armed self-defense and anti-capitalist revolutionary politics galvanized the creation of chapters of the Party in nearly every city and state of the US. Amy Gastelum: Mm-hmm. Why dont you talk a little bit about B.C. KalaLea: Healing. Senate Leaves 2001 AUMF For Secret Wars In Force, Rejects Paul and Hawley Proposals. 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