Office of the president, Yale University, records concerning the May Day rally, 1970-1976 (inclusive).

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Office of the president, Yale University, records concerning the May Day rally, 1970-1976 (inclusive).

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The records include background materials on the Black Panther party, information on the trial, and a series of strike newspapers issued by Dwight Hall. Also included are materials documenting Yale's approach and efforts toward organizing peaceful co-existence during the weekend events, as well as published information chronicling each day and summarizing media coverage. Other materials describe the faculty meeting held to address the issue of suspending academic activities during the trial, as well as reaction to President Kingman Brewster, Jr.'s speech before that assembly. The correspondence files include a significant number of letters detailing positive and negative feedback from Yale alumni and those unrelated to Yale.

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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...

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