Today we're traveling back to 1960s/70s Chicago with 2021 Oscar winner Judas and the Black Messiah! Join us for a discussion of the Black Panther Party's breakfast program, the role played by women, the real organization that inspired "The Crowns", William O'Neal, and more!

Sources:

William O'Neal:

"Eyes on the Prize: Interview With William O'Neal," American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Available at https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-151-x34mk66290 Transcripts of Eyes on the Prize Interviews available at http://digital.wustl.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eop;cc=eop;rgn=main;view=text;idno=one5427.1047.125 600 F.2d 600, Iberia Hampton et al v. Edward V. Hanrahan et al, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Available at https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/600/600.F2d.600.77-1370.77-1210.77-1698.html Robert Blau, "Jan 18th 1990: Panther Informant William O'Neal's Death Ruled a Suicide," Chicago Tribune, available at https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-01-18-9001050412-story.html

The Free Breakfast Program:

Joshua Bloom and Waldo E Martin Jr, Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2016). PBS Independent Lens https://www.pbs.org/video/independent-lens-free-breakfast-program/ Erin Blakemore, "How the Black Panthers’ Breakfast Program Both Inspired and Threatened the Government" History https://www.history.com/news/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party "Nik Heynen, ""Bending the Bars of Empire from Every Ghetto for Survival: The Black Panther Party's Radical Antihunger Politics of Social Reproduction and Scale"" Pages 406-422 | Received 01 Oct 2005, Accepted 01 Jul 2008, Published online: 01 May 2009 https://doi.org/10.1080/00045600802683767 "

The Crowns:

Natalie Y. Moore and Lance Williams, The Almighty Black P. Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang (Chicago Review Press: 2011). Joshua Bloom and Waldo E Martin Jr, Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2016).

Film Background:

Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/judas_and_the_black_messiah NPR "Director Shaka King On 'Judas And The Black Messiah': 'I See It ... I'm In'" https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/965362196/director-shaka-kings-journey-from-newlyweeds-to-the-black-messiah https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9784798/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/movies/judas-and-the-black-messiah-review.html

Women in the Black Panther Party:

Janelle Harris Dixon, "The Rank and File Women of the Black Panther Party and Their Influence," Smithsonian Magazine, available at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/rank-and-file-women-black-panther-party-their-powerful-influence-180971591/ "Comrade Mama Akua Njeri: Long Live Revolution!" Available at https://youtu.be/T7Wdn2e6kqA Peniel E. Joseph, "The Black Power Movement: The State of the Field," Journal of American History 86, 3 (2009) Lisa Rofel and Jeremy Tai, "A Conversation With Ericka Huggins," Feminist Studies 42, 1 (2016) Rhonda Y. Williams, "Black Women and Black Power," OAH Magazine of History 22, 3 (2008)