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From: Justine Johnson <jus...@aidandabet.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Subject: Black Panther booking opportunities from Aid & Abet
To: Justine Johnson <jus...@aidandabet.org>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Justine Johnson - Publicist, Aid & Abet
Cell: 919-536-9000 / Email: jus...@aidandabet.org
* * The Legacy of the Black Panthers * *
October 2009 marks 43 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party. Aid & Abet Booking Agency is proud to offer an impressive slate of touring exhibits and speakers who illuminate the BPP's past, continue the Party's legacy, and speak truth to power about social change needed in today's world. Available all year long, so please get in touch!
(For more information about any of these, click on the headline.)
It's About Time - Black Panther Party Traveling Exhibits & Underground Newspaper Exhibit
Currently there are four traveling photo and newspaper exhibits available, all culled from the expansive It's About Time archives, including many rarely seen items. Each exhibit could include an opening talk by BPP historian Billy X Jennings, and/or Black Panther-related film screenings. The four exhibits** are:
1. The Early Years of the Black Panther Party: 1966-1969
2. Serving the People: The Social Programs of the Black Panther Party
3. The Black Panther Party Newspaper Exhibit (many featuring the art of Emory Douglas)
4. Underground Newspapers of the ‘60s and ‘70s
**Any of the Black Panther Party exhibits (1-3) can be customized to focus on the BPP historical legacy of a particular city or geographic region.
Malik Rahim of New Orleans, Co-Founder of Common Ground Relief
In the chaos during and after Hurricane Katrina in Fall 2005, longtime community organizer Malik Rahim stood his ground demanding justice for those left behind in his native New Orleans. With three others — including Brandon Darby, who has since been exposed as an FBI informant — Rahim founded Common Ground Relief, an organization that has brought nearly 25,000 volunteers to help rebuild the city, particularly the hardest-hit Lower Ninth Ward. A former Black Panther and Green Party Congressional candidate, Malik Rahim is available to speak this coming fall and winter on several provocative topics, including but not limited to:
— Racial Currents in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Four years after the storm, how are race relations on the ground in New Orleans?
— COINTELPRO, Katrina-Style: The case of Brandon Darby, and beyond.
— The Ongoing Work of Common Ground Relief: Shifting in nature, but still going strong, and still in need of volunteers.
Robert Hillary King, the only freed member of the Angola 3
In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King (formerly known as Robert King Wilkerson) of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a six-by-nine foot cell for 29 years as one of "the Angola 3." In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free. King will share his powerful personal story, as related in his award-winning autobiography, From the Bottom of the Heap (PM Press, 2008), and raise awareness about the tireless campaign to clear the Angola 3 of all wrongful charges and release King’s two comrades who remain locked inside Angola.
For more information, visit the Aid & Abet website.
To inquire about hosting one or more of these programs, please contact Justine Johnson at jus...@aidandabet.org or 919-536-9000.
From: Justine Johnson <jus...@aidandabet.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Subject: Black Panther booking opportunities from Aid & Abet
To: Justine Johnson <jus...@aidandabet.org>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Justine Johnson - Publicist, Aid & Abet
Cell: 919-536-9000 / Email: jus...@aidandabet.org
* * The Legacy of the Black Panthers * *
October 2009 marks 43 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party. Aid & Abet Booking Agency is proud to offer an impressive slate of touring exhibits and speakers who illuminate the BPP's past, continue the Party's legacy, and speak truth to power about social change needed in today's world. Available all year long, so please get in touch!
(For more information about any of these, click on the headline.)
It's About Time - Black Panther Party Traveling Exhibits & Underground Newspaper Exhibit
Currently there are four traveling photo and newspaper exhibits available, all culled from the expansive It's About Time archives, including many rarely seen items. Each exhibit could include an opening talk by BPP historian Billy X Jennings, and/or Black Panther-related film screenings. The four exhibits** are:
1. The Early Years of the Black Panther Party: 1966-1969
2. Serving the People: The Social Programs of the Black Panther Party
3. The Black Panther Party Newspaper Exhibit (many featuring the art of Emory Douglas)
4. Underground Newspapers of the ‘60s and ‘70s
**Any of the Black Panther Party exhibits (1-3) can be customized to focus on the BPP historical legacy of a particular city or geographic region.
Malik Rahim of New Orleans, Co-Founder of Common Ground Relief
In the chaos during and after Hurricane Katrina in Fall 2005, longtime community organizer Malik Rahim stood his ground demanding justice for those left behind in his native New Orleans. With three others — including Brandon Darby, who has since been exposed as an FBI informant — Rahim founded Common Ground Relief, an organization that has brought nearly 25,000 volunteers to help rebuild the city, particularly the hardest-hit Lower Ninth Ward. A former Black Panther and Green Party Congressional candidate, Malik Rahim is available to speak this coming fall and winter on several provocative topics, including but not limited to:
— Racial Currents in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Four years after the storm, how are race relations on the ground in New Orleans?
— COINTELPRO, Katrina-Style: The case of Brandon Darby, and beyond.
— The Ongoing Work of Common Ground Relief: Shifting in nature, but still going strong, and still in need of volunteers.
Robert Hillary King, the only freed member of the Angola 3
In 1970, a jury convicted Robert Hillary King (formerly known as Robert King Wilkerson) of a crime he did not commit and sentenced him to 35 years in prison. He became a member of the Black Panther Party while in Angola State Penitentiary, successfully organizing prisoners to improve conditions. In return, prison authorities beat him, starved him, and gave him life without parole after framing him for a second crime. He was thrown into solitary confinement, where he remained in a six-by-nine foot cell for 29 years as one of "the Angola 3." In 2001, the state grudgingly acknowledged his innocence and set him free. King will share his powerful personal story, as related in his award-winning autobiography, From the Bottom of the Heap (PM Press, 2008), and raise awareness about the tireless campaign to clear the Angola 3 of all wrongful charges and release King’s two comrades who remain locked inside Angola.
For more information, visit the Aid & Abet website.
To inquire about hosting one or more of these programs, please contact Justine Johnson at jus...@aidandabet.org or 919-536-9000.
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