N.A.P.S : Civil Rights Through The Black Power Era
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
Release Date: 08/25/2022
Assata Shakur - The Tradition (2023)
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
We end series 1 with a reimagining of Assata's Shakur's Poem The Tradition. Assata is voiced by Sirena Riley This is a Nello and the People's Production. Visit Us Online at :
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Revolution is Illegal The Panther 21 Trial (Part 4)
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
A day after the Panther 21 organized this unprecedented hearing, which forced the judiciary to tacitly admit to its conspiracy to imprison poor people of color through bail, they were back in criminal court, standing trial for allegedly conspiring against the state. This is a Nello and the People's Production. Visit Us Online at :
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The Women of the Black Panther Party Mural (Side B)
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
In this episode we pay a visit to the Women of the Black Panther Party Mural in West Oakland and talk with Curator Jilchristina Vest about the Mural. This is a Nello and the People's Production. Visit Us Online at :
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Altheia Jones - Lecointe
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
In this episode we look at the remarkable Altheia Jones -Lecointe the Trinidadian born former member of the British Black Panther Movement and her sister Beverly Jones. Music : Womb Love by Teshay Makeda Artwork by Elfreda Fayoka This is a Nello and the People's Production. Visit Us Online at :
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Revolution is Illegal - The Panther 21 Trial (Part 3)
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
Afeni Shakur showed up 15 minutes late in October of 69. The judge revokes her bail. "About noon on the 1st of October 1970, the inmates of the Queens house of detention, Long Island city, Queens, Nyc, NY seized seven prison guards as hostages and took control of a six story building. Among the demands of the prisoners were the presence of Zayd Shakur, Ny BPP deputy minister of information a jury of their peers for members of the NY panther 21 who are presently on trial in NYC and distribution of BPP literature throughout the prison, The prisoners were led by six...
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Revolution is Illegal: The Panther 21 Trial (Part 2)
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
With the help of Prof Orisanmi Burton & Lawyer Gerald Lefcourt, we continue the story of the Panther 21 trial. The 21 were busted on April 2nd 1969 in multiple pre-dawn raids carried out by the NYPD
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After The Black Messiah - The Trial for Fred Hampton & Mark Clark (w Jeffery Haas and Flint Taylor)
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
Jeffery Haas and Flint Taylor detail their legal struggle against the Chicago PD and the FBI following the assassination of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark
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Frank B Wilderson III At The Chicago Panther Pad
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
In Today's episode, Frank B Wilderson III reads from his memoir "Incognegro”. In this excerpt a 13 year old Frank visits the Chicago Panther pad just days after the assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton and Mark Clark
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Dec 4th 1969 ( With Jeffrey Haas & Flint Taylor)
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
Jeffery Haas & Flint Taylor are lawyers for the movement. In the late 60’s they were the lawyers for Fred Hampton and the Chicago Panthers. In this episode they describe the night of the assassination of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark from their perspective. Music by LOWU
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Joan Bird Statement
Assata's Chant and Other Histories
On January 17th 1969, Joan Bird of the NY Panthers was arrested for the first time and taken to the 34th Precinct. This was her statement on the brutal arrest. Joan Bird is voiced by Sophia Phern Brown
info_outlineWe contiue with Sundiata Acoli's essay and Updated Hisotory of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle
"Influenced by the anti-discrimination aspect of the Civil Rights Movement, a growing number of New Afrikans behind the walls began stepping up their struggle against discrimination in prison" - Sundiata Acoli
Sundiata Acoli Voiced by Ryan Vincent Anderson