John R. Williams papers 1966-1977

Seale, Bobby, 1936-

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Bobby Seale is the co-founder, with activist Huey P. Newton, of the Black Panther Party. Seale was one of the eight people charged by the US federal government with conspiracy charges related to anti-Vietnam War protests in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seale's appearance in the trial was widely publicized and Seale was bound and gagged for his appearances in court more than a month into the trial for what Judge Julius Hoffman said were disruptions. Seale's c...

Huggins, Ericka, 1948-

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Ericka Jenkins was born in Washington, DC and attended Lincoln University, where she met her future husband John Huggins, a Vietnam veteran. She joined the Black Panther Party (BPP) in 1968 and she and John became leaders in the Los Angeles chapter. Three weeks after their daughter Mai was born, her husband was murdered in January 1969. Later Ericka, Kathleen Cleaver, and Elaine Brown led the New Haven (Connecticut) chapter of the Party. That same year, BPP member Alex Rackley was tortured, i...

Black Panther Party

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The Black Panther Party was founded in October 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale as an organization dedicated to protecting and uplifting the Black population of Oakland. As the organization grew this focus spread to the rest of the United States and even abroad. The armed militancy and Marxist rhetoric employed by the Black Panthers, along with their philosophy of Black self-government caught the attention of both local law enforcement authorities and the FBI. As a result, many in the Pant...

Rackley, Alex, d. 1969.

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Yale University. Employees. Political activity.

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Garry, Charles R., 1909-

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David Hilliard was the chief of staff of the Black Panther Party. From the description of Charles R. Garry letter : to California Adult Authority, 1972 Sept. 15. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 76872938 ...

Kimbro, Warren

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Miranda, Doug.

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Yale University. Students. Political activity.

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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

Williams, John R. (John Reynold), 1942-

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Lucy Applegate (1830-1910) was the daughter of Charles Applegate and the niece of Jesse Applegate who helped establish the Applegate Trail in Oregon. John L. Williams was believed to be a dear friend of Lucy Applegate. From the guide to the John R. Williams letters to Lucy Applegate, undated, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) ...

McLucas, Lonnie, 1945-

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