Black Power Additional Resources

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Malcolm X: Make it Plain
By Orlando Bagwell and Judy Richardson

Malcolm X: Make It Plain chronicles Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz)’s journey from his birth on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, to his assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965. His compelling story is told through the memories of people who had close personal and working relationships with him: prominent figures such as Maya Angelou, Ossie Davis, John Henrik Clarke, Sonia Sanchez, Peter Bailey, Yuri Kochiyama, Gordon Parks, and Alex Haley

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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
By Stanley Nelson

Fifty years after the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was founded, the group and its leadership remain powerful and enduring images in American culture. The Black Panthers weaves together the voices of those who lived this story — journalists, police, informants, and white supporters and rank and file members, those who remained loyal to the party and those who left it.

The First Rainbow Coalition
Directed and produced by Ray Santisteban

In this documentary, Chicago's Black Panther Party forms alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city to collectively confront issues such as police brutality and substandard housing.

Takeover: How We Occupied a Hospital and Changed Public Health Care
By Emma Francis-Snyder

Takeover tells the story of the Young Lords’ 12-hour occupation of Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx in 1970.

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir

The story of young SNCC organizers who fought for voting rights and Black power in Lowndes County, Alabama. (90 min.)