Dec 2023
What Was the Black Panther Party Fighting For?
In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, police killed unarmed 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, and Aaron Dixon decided it was time to join the Black Panther Party. Aaron Dixon was co-founder and Captain of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. As a college student at ... Show More
30m 48s
Mar 2024
Ericka Huggins: Do the Black Panthers have lessons for Black Lives Matter?
Stephen Sackur is in Oakland, California, to speak to Ericka Huggins, an original member of the 1960s Black Panther Party. She experienced violence, imprisonment and vilification in the controversial campaign for black power. Do the Panthers have lessons for the Black Lives Matte ... Show More
22m 57s
Dec 2021
Rev. Sharpton, Ben Crump, and the Pursuit of Justice
Looking back on 2021, it felt like maybe Black Americans got closer to knowing justice.In April, Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. And the day before Thanksgiving, three white men were found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. But 2021 wasn’t all about vic ... Show More
31m 48s