diff --git a/app/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest.rb b/app/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest.rb index 093f93c7e..f4b53a8d1 100644 --- a/app/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest.rb +++ b/app/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest.rb @@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ class FileManifest attr_reader :csv_filename, :staging_location # the valid roles a file can have, if you specify a "role" column and the value is not one of these, it will be ignored - VALID_ROLES = %w[transcription annotations derivative master].freeze + VALID_ROLES = %w[ + annotations + caption + derivative + master + transcription + ].freeze # the required columns that must exist in the file manifest REQUIRED_COLUMNS = %w[druid filename resource_label sequence publish shelve preserve resource_type].freeze @@ -79,7 +85,8 @@ def file_properties_from_row(row) externalIdentifier: FileIdentifierGenerator.generate, filename: row[:filename], label: row[:file_label].presence || row[:filename], - use: role(row), + languageTag: row[:file_language], + use: VALID_ROLES.include?(row[:role]) ? row[:role] : nil, # filter out unexpected role values administrative: administrative(row), hasMessageDigests: md5_digest(row), hasMimeType: row[:mimetype].presence, @@ -105,11 +112,6 @@ def administrative(row) { sdrPreserve: preserve, publish:, shelve: } end - # @return [String] the role for the file (if a valid role value, otherwise nil) - def role(row) - row[:role] if VALID_ROLES.include?(row[:role]) - end - def md5_digest(row) container_path = File.join(staging_location, row[:druid]) # look for a checksum file named the same as this file diff --git a/app/lib/pre_assembly/from_staging_location/structural_builder.rb b/app/lib/pre_assembly/from_staging_location/structural_builder.rb index b2ca2d40f..442e0a186 100644 --- a/app/lib/pre_assembly/from_staging_location/structural_builder.rb +++ b/app/lib/pre_assembly/from_staging_location/structural_builder.rb @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def initialize(filesets:, cocina_dro:, all_files_public:, reading_order: nil) # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength def build - # a counter to use when creating auto-labels for resources, with incremenets for each type + # a counter to use when creating auto-labels for resources, with increments for each type resource_type_counters = Hash.new(0) # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockLength @@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ def build hasMessageDigests: message_digests(fileset_file), hasMimeType: fileset_file.mimetype, administrative: administrative(fileset_file), - access: file_access + access: file_access, + use: fileset_file.file_attributes[:role] } - file_attributes[:use] = fileset_file.file_attributes[:role] if role?(fileset_file) Cocina::Models::File.new(file_attributes) end @@ -110,10 +110,6 @@ def administrative(fileset_file) { sdrPreserve: preserve, publish:, shelve: } end - def role?(fileset_file) - fileset_file.file_attributes.key? :role - end - def message_digests(fileset_file) fileset_file.provider_md5 ? [{ type: 'md5', digest: fileset_file.provider_md5 }] : [] end diff --git a/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file-on-disk/file_manifest.csv b/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file-on-disk/file_manifest.csv index 304c4cddc..2cc59c87b 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file-on-disk/file_manifest.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file-on-disk/file_manifest.csv @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -bb000kk0000,page_0001.pdf,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0001.xml,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +bb000kk0000,page_0001.pdf,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0001.xml,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file/file_manifest.csv b/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file/file_manifest.csv index 4a69967db..8658cc79c 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file/file_manifest.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest-extra-file/file_manifest.csv @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -bb000kk0000,page_0000.jpg,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0001.jpg,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0001.pdf,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0001.xml,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +bb000kk0000,page_0000.jpg,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0001.jpg,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0001.pdf,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0001.xml,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv b/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv index 93b9d00f5..9ff1bbb78 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/book-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -bb000kk0000,page_0001.jpg,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0001.pdf,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0001.xml,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription -bb000kk0000,page_0002.jpg,page 2,2,no,yes,no,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0002.pdf,page 2,2,yes,yes,yes,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0002.xml,page 2,2,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription -bb000kk0000,page_0003.jpg,page 3,3,no,yes,no,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0003.pdf,page 3,3,yes,yes,yes,page, -bb000kk0000,page_0003.xml,page 3,3,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +bb000kk0000,page_0001.jpg,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0001.pdf,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0001.xml,page 1,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, +bb000kk0000,page_0002.jpg,page 2,2,no,yes,no,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0002.pdf,page 2,2,yes,yes,yes,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0002.xml,page 2,2,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, +bb000kk0000,page_0003.jpg,page 3,3,no,yes,no,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0003.pdf,page 3,3,yes,yes,yes,page,, +bb000kk0000,page_0003.xml,page 3,3,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/hierarchical-files-with-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv b/spec/fixtures/hierarchical-files-with-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv index ca771e5f3..2def7e4d9 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/hierarchical-files-with-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/hierarchical-files-with-file-manifest/file_manifest.csv @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -mm111mm2222,test1.txt,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page, -mm111mm2222,config/test.yml,file 2,1,yes,yes,yes,file, -mm111mm2222,config/settings/test.yml,file 3,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription -mm111mm2222,config/settings/test1.yml,file 4,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription -mm111mm2222,config/settings/test2.yml,file 5,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription -mm111mm2222,config/images/image.jpg,page 2,2,yes,yes,yes,page,page -mm111mm2222,config/images/subdir/image.jpg,file 6,2,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +mm111mm2222,test1.txt,page 1,1,no,yes,no,page,, +mm111mm2222,config/test.yml,file 2,1,yes,yes,yes,file,, +mm111mm2222,config/settings/test.yml,file 3,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, +mm111mm2222,config/settings/test1.yml,file 4,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, +mm111mm2222,config/settings/test2.yml,file 5,1,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, +mm111mm2222,config/images/image.jpg,page 2,2,yes,yes,yes,page,page, +mm111mm2222,config/images/subdir/image.jpg,file 6,2,yes,yes,yes,page,transcription, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest.csv b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest.csv index 315bf1007..7ce808212 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest.csv @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -sn000dd0000,test.csv,Test,1,yes,yes,yes,page,, +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +sn000dd0000,test.csv,Test,1,yes,yes,yes,page,,, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_blank_rows.csv b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_blank_rows.csv index 33868475f..e1c70257c 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_blank_rows.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_blank_rows.csv @@ -1,23 +1,21 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, - -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,yes,yes,yes,file, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sh.wav,,,yes,yes,no,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media, - -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,no,yes,no,media, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sh.wav,,,yes,yes,no,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file,transcription +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,yes,yes,yes,file,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sh.wav,,,yes,yes,no,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,no,yes,no,media,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sh.wav,,,yes,yes,no,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file,transcription, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_invalid.csv b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_invalid.csv index b283bf552..e9a06bcd0 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_invalid.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_invalid.csv @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,yes,yes,yes,file, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sh.wav,,,no,no,no,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,no,yes,no,media, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sh.wav,,,no,no,no,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,, -bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file,transcription +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,yes,yes,yes,file,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sh.wav,,,no,no,no,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,no,yes,no,media,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sh.wav,,,no,yes,no,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_a_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_1.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side B",2,no,yes,no,media,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sh.wav,,,no,no,no,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_b_sl.mp3,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222_002_img_2.jpg,,,yes,yes,yes,,, +bb222bb2222,bb222bb2222.pdf,Transcript,3,yes,yes,yes,file,transcription, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_columns.csv b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_columns.csv index 5df45e605..0544e205f 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_columns.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_columns.csv @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -druid,filename,label,sequence,resource_type,role -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,media, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,, +druid,filename,label,sequence,resource_type,role,file_language +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,media,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,,, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_druid_column.csv b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_druid_column.csv index 186c7e127..1793ff147 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_druid_column.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_missing_druid_column.csv @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -object,filename,label,sequence,resource_type,role -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,media, -aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,, +object,filename,label,sequence,resource_type,role,file_language +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_pm.wav,"Tape 1, Side A",1,media,, +aa111aa1111,aa111aa1111_001_a_sh.wav,,,,, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_no_rows.csv b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_no_rows.csv index a1012b44e..da8753433 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_no_rows.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/media_missing/file_manifest_no_rows.csv @@ -1 +1 @@ -object,filename,label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role +object,filename,label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language diff --git a/spec/fixtures/media_video_test/file_manifest.csv b/spec/fixtures/media_video_test/file_manifest.csv index c1033ba63..f907b240e 100644 --- a/spec/fixtures/media_video_test/file_manifest.csv +++ b/spec/fixtures/media_video_test/file_manifest.csv @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_1.mp4,Video file 1,1,yes,yes,yes,video,, -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_1.mpeg,Video file 1,1,no,yes,no,video,, -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_1_thumb.jp2,Video file 1,1,yes,yes,yes,image,thumb, -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_2.mp4,Video file 2,2,yes,yes,yes,video,, -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_2.mpeg,Video file 2,2,no,yes,no,video,, -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_2_thumb.jp2,Video file 2,2,yes,yes,yes,image,thumb, -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_img_1.tif,Image of media (1 of 2),3,no,yes,no,image,, -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_img_2.tif,Image of media (2 of 2),4,no,yes,no,image,bogus_role -vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_log.txt,Disc log file,5,no,yes,no,file,transcription +druid,filename,resource_label,sequence,publish,preserve,shelve,resource_type,role,file_language +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_1.mp4,Video file 1,1,yes,yes,yes,video,,, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_1.mpeg,Video file 1,1,no,yes,no,video,,, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_1_thumb.jp2,Video file 1,1,yes,yes,yes,image,thumb,, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_2.mp4,Video file 2,2,yes,yes,yes,video,,, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_2.mpeg,Video file 2,2,no,yes,no,video,,, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_2_thumb.jp2,Video file 2,2,yes,yes,yes,image,thumb,, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_img_1.tif,Image of media (1 of 2),3,no,yes,no,image,,, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_img_2.tif,Image of media (2 of 2),4,no,yes,no,image,bogus_role, +vd000bj0000,vd000bj0000_video_log.txt,Disc log file,5,no,yes,no,file,transcription, diff --git a/spec/fixtures/multimedia/aa111aa1111/aa111aa1111.vtt b/spec/fixtures/multimedia/aa111aa1111/aa111aa1111.vtt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..87a600ef9 --- /dev/null +++ b/spec/fixtures/multimedia/aa111aa1111/aa111aa1111.vtt @@ -0,0 +1,4741 @@ +WEBVTT + +1 +00:00:36.071 --> 00:00:38.654 +(upbeat music) + +2 +00:01:17.530 --> 00:01:19.470 +Well, I guess first I want to say + +3 +00:01:19.470 --> 00:01:22.870 +that every student is special. + +4 +00:01:22.870 --> 00:01:25.720 +And I want to get that out first before saying, + +5 +00:01:25.720 --> 00:01:27.929 +but some students are more special than others. + +6 +00:01:27.929 --> 00:01:30.690 line:15% +(audience laughs) + +7 +00:01:30.690 --> 00:01:32.240 line:15% +When I first heard about Angela, + +8 +00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:35.900 line:15% +it was during her undergraduate years, + +9 +00:01:35.900 --> 00:01:39.520 +and that's unusual to begin with, + +10 +00:01:39.520 --> 00:01:42.680 +when you hear about a student who's not even, + +11 +00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:46.140 +hadn't even applied to graduate school yet. + +12 +00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:48.690 +But I did know about a student + +13 +00:01:48.690 --> 00:01:50.400 +who was working on the Black Panther Party + +14 +00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.566 +and was doing very interesting work. + +15 +00:01:53.566 --> 00:01:57.260 +And I knew immediately that there would be a real scramble + +16 +00:01:57.260 --> 00:02:00.985 +for somebody who is outstanding + +17 +00:02:00.985 --> 00:02:05.060 +and they graduated with honors from Harvard + +18 +00:02:05.060 --> 00:02:07.285 +and wanting to go on graduate school. + +19 +00:02:07.285 --> 00:02:09.270 +And it just seemed + +20 +00:02:09.270 --> 00:02:13.480 +that here was someone who was not only a great student + +21 +00:02:13.480 --> 00:02:15.810 +but someone who seemed to have a real vision. + +22 +00:02:15.810 --> 00:02:17.820 +And I think that's what made her very special, + +23 +00:02:17.820 --> 00:02:19.700 +someone who had a notion + +24 +00:02:19.700 --> 00:02:22.910 +about where to apply her talents + +25 +00:02:22.910 --> 00:02:25.040 +to make a real contribution that was unique + +26 +00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:27.790 +and distinctive and important. + +27 +00:02:27.790 --> 00:02:31.470 +And that was certainly the case with Angela. + +28 +00:02:31.470 --> 00:02:34.612 +When she was working on a thesis + +29 +00:02:34.612 --> 00:02:37.495 +on the women in the Black Panther Party, + +30 +00:02:37.495 --> 00:02:41.700 +a subject that had not really received a great deal + +31 +00:02:41.700 --> 00:02:44.370 +of attention and one that required a great deal + +32 +00:02:44.370 --> 00:02:46.740 +of originality that you can do the research. + +33 +00:02:46.740 --> 00:02:48.340 +You had to go out and find the people, + +34 +00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:53.340 +and a lot of them were spread throughout the country. + +35 +00:02:53.540 --> 00:02:56.683 +But clearly Angela was able to do that. + +36 +00:02:57.550 --> 00:03:01.170 +Once it clear that Stanford was among the places + +37 +00:03:01.170 --> 00:03:03.100 +that she was considering for graduate school, + +38 +00:03:03.100 --> 00:03:05.300 +I think I would have offered just about anything + +39 +00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:08.100 +to Stanford to offer to get her to come here. + +40 +00:03:08.100 --> 00:03:10.100 +But I think probably the most important thing + +41 +00:03:10.100 --> 00:03:13.120 +we offered was the possibility + +42 +00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:17.290 +of bringing the Black Panther papers here to Stanford, + +43 +00:03:17.290 --> 00:03:20.540 +which was being discussed at that time. + +44 +00:03:20.540 --> 00:03:23.930 +And to me, this has been a really perfect fit + +45 +00:03:23.930 --> 00:03:28.930 +of having a person who is, I think, the worldwide expert + +46 +00:03:29.958 --> 00:03:34.055 +on the Black Panther Party, even as a graduate student + +47 +00:03:34.055 --> 00:03:38.720 +and having the most important collection here at Stanford. + +48 +00:03:38.720 --> 00:03:43.250 +And I think that Angela has not only taken advantage + +49 +00:03:43.250 --> 00:03:46.018 +of this possibility but really made the most of it + +50 +00:03:46.018 --> 00:03:51.018 +now as director of the Black Panther Research Project, + +51 +00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:54.830 +which has been established on this campus + +52 +00:03:54.830 --> 00:03:57.900 +and has already become the center for research + +53 +00:03:57.900 --> 00:04:01.810 +on the Black Panther Party and her forthcoming thesis, + +54 +00:04:01.810 --> 00:04:04.680 +which I hope will quickly be turned into a book + +55 +00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.680 +on the subject, I think will reshape + +56 +00:04:09.610 --> 00:04:11.560 +what people think about the Panthers. + +57 +00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.910 +Although there is a lot of people know something + +58 +00:04:14.910 --> 00:04:18.370 +about the Black Panther Party through its notoriety, + +59 +00:04:18.370 --> 00:04:20.980 +there's been actually very little + +60 +00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:23.490 +significant scholarly research, + +61 +00:04:23.490 --> 00:04:25.670 +and no scholarly book has been written + +62 +00:04:25.670 --> 00:04:27.453 +on the Black Panther Party to date. + +63 +00:04:28.490 --> 00:04:33.490 +So this is an area that I think we need a great deal + +64 +00:04:33.610 --> 00:04:35.960 +of research and I can't think of anyone more qualified + +65 +00:04:35.960 --> 00:04:38.460 +to do it than Angela. + +66 +00:04:38.460 --> 00:04:42.877 +So here is Angela. +(audience applauds) + +67 +00:04:49.650 --> 00:04:50.853 +Thank you very much. + +68 +00:04:51.940 --> 00:04:55.040 +I don't know what my talk is going to sound like + +69 +00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:59.040 +after that introduction, (laughs) but I'll do my best. + +70 +00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.700 line:15% +First I want to say good afternoon to everyone here, + +71 +00:05:01.700 --> 00:05:05.290 line:15% +and I'm so pleased that so many of you came out + +72 +00:05:05.290 --> 00:05:09.143 line:15% +during lunchtime to essentially hear a history lecture. + +73 +00:05:10.900 --> 00:05:12.120 +What's really interesting though + +74 +00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:14.060 +is that as Professor Carson said, + +75 +00:05:14.060 --> 00:05:17.830 +I don't just think of what I do as history. + +76 +00:05:17.830 --> 00:05:21.690 +I also try to find the lessons that can be learned + +77 +00:05:21.690 --> 00:05:26.670 +from the research that I do to apply to life today. + +78 +00:05:26.670 --> 00:05:29.360 +And with that in mind, + +79 +00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:33.810 +I'd like to ask you to not just hear the information, + +80 +00:05:33.810 --> 00:05:35.440 +the dates and the details, + +81 +00:05:35.440 --> 00:05:37.860 +but think about the issues and the concepts + +82 +00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:40.316 +that surround some of the material + +83 +00:05:40.316 --> 00:05:44.220 +that I talk about and really see how it applies + +84 +00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:49.140 +to your life that you've lived in the past, now, + +85 +00:05:49.140 --> 00:05:50.540 +younger people you might know, + +86 +00:05:50.540 --> 00:05:51.800 +older people you might know, + +87 +00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:56.800 +just move outside of your box that we're normally in + +88 +00:05:57.500 --> 00:06:01.343 +when we think about material that is new and different. + +89 +00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:06.310 +Before I begin my official talk, + +90 +00:06:06.310 --> 00:06:10.193 +I'd like to ask for a little audience participation. + +91 +00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:15.810 +What I'd like to know personally is what came to mind, + +92 +00:06:15.810 --> 00:06:18.709 +and I just need three or four bold volunteers + +93 +00:06:18.709 --> 00:06:21.570 +to let me know what came to mind + +94 +00:06:21.570 --> 00:06:25.340 +when they read the title of my talk, + +95 +00:06:25.340 --> 00:06:28.397 +and the title is "From Babies for the Revolution + +96 +00:06:28.397 --> 00:06:30.947 +"to Planned Parenthood: The Transformation + +97 +00:06:30.947 --> 00:06:32.247 +"of the Black Panther Party + +98 +00:06:32.247 --> 00:06:36.340 +"Female Revolutionary 1966 to 1982." + +99 +00:06:36.340 --> 00:06:37.640 +So what's the first thing you thought? + +100 +00:06:37.640 --> 00:06:38.940 +What'd you expect to hear? + +101 +00:06:40.310 --> 00:06:41.530 +Yes. + +102 +00:06:41.530 --> 00:06:42.363 +I thought I really wanted to hear it, + +103 +00:06:42.363 --> 00:06:44.367 +because I've always wondered what happened to the women + +104 +00:06:44.367 --> 00:06:46.043 +of the Black Panther Party. + +105 +00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:49.900 +I wonder if they got buried as much as most women + +106 +00:06:49.900 --> 00:06:51.958 +of revolutionary parties. + +107 +00:06:51.958 --> 00:06:53.083 +Okay. + +108 +00:06:54.170 --> 00:06:55.410 +I thought of Ericka Huggins + +109 +00:06:55.410 --> 00:06:58.307 +and Elaine Brown, wanted to know about them. + +110 +00:06:58.307 --> 00:06:59.370 +Because those were the women + +111 +00:06:59.370 --> 00:07:01.656 +that I was aware of in the '60s. + +112 +00:07:01.656 --> 00:07:02.971 +Okay. + +113 +00:07:02.971 --> 00:07:03.804 +Yes. + +114 +00:07:03.804 --> 00:07:05.250 +Actually, I thought of Angela Davis + +115 +00:07:05.250 --> 00:07:09.030 +and how she's gone from being a fugitive + +116 +00:07:09.030 --> 00:07:10.890 +to a respected professor and author, + +117 +00:07:10.890 --> 00:07:13.290 +and I wondered what happened to the other women. + +118 +00:07:14.364 --> 00:07:16.910 +Because you only hear, I only hear about her + +119 +00:07:16.910 --> 00:07:18.637 +and I don't care about the others. + +120 +00:07:18.637 --> 00:07:20.497 +Right, okay. + +121 +00:07:20.497 --> 00:07:22.020 +One more. + +122 +00:07:22.020 --> 00:07:25.480 +I thought of Burmese and labor production. + +123 +00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:26.430 +Very interesting. + +124 +00:07:27.280 --> 00:07:28.494 +Okay. + +125 +00:07:28.494 --> 00:07:29.327 +Well, + +126 +00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:35.330 +I've written a couple other articles + +127 +00:07:35.330 --> 00:07:38.034 +that deal specifically and in more detail + +128 +00:07:38.034 --> 00:07:41.410 +with all of those issues. + +129 +00:07:41.410 --> 00:07:46.410 +And today's talk won't be exactly + +130 +00:07:47.260 --> 00:07:51.630 +what at least the people who expressed are expecting + +131 +00:07:51.630 --> 00:07:54.210 +or thought when they immediately saw the title + +132 +00:07:54.210 --> 00:07:55.340 +of the topic. + +133 +00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:58.930 +But again, as I said, with the information, + +134 +00:07:58.930 --> 00:08:02.104 +you'll be able to have a larger idea + +135 +00:08:02.104 --> 00:08:04.940 +of what exactly was going on + +136 +00:08:04.940 --> 00:08:08.863 +during a particular point in time on a particular topic. + +137 +00:08:12.350 --> 00:08:15.260 +I'd like everyone to bear in mind what they just heard, + +138 +00:08:15.260 --> 00:08:18.820 +think about each of your own ideas, + +139 +00:08:18.820 --> 00:08:22.590 +and open your mind to information I'm about to present. + +140 +00:08:22.590 --> 00:08:25.380 +I'll spend about 30 minutes or so talking specifically + +141 +00:08:25.380 --> 00:08:29.150 +about Black Panther Party women and their transformation. + +142 +00:08:29.150 --> 00:08:32.770 +In between, I'll include about a five-minute clip, + +143 +00:08:32.770 --> 00:08:36.680 +a video clip of a former female Black Panther Party member, + +144 +00:08:36.680 --> 00:08:40.810 +Ericka Huggins actually, who's reflecting + +145 +00:08:40.810 --> 00:08:43.780 +on some of her experiences in the organization + +146 +00:08:43.780 --> 00:08:48.580 +as it relates to reproduction + +147 +00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:53.580 +and gender roles and differences in national chapters. + +148 +00:08:54.270 --> 00:08:55.670 +And then finally, + +149 +00:08:55.670 --> 00:08:58.860 +I'll spend the remaining time answering questions, + +150 +00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:00.310 +any questions you might have. + +151 +00:09:01.730 --> 00:09:03.640 +The primary intent of my discussion + +152 +00:09:03.640 --> 00:09:05.260 +is to trace the transformation + +153 +00:09:05.260 --> 00:09:06.910 +of Black Panther Party women + +154 +00:09:06.910 --> 00:09:11.370 +through three phases that I've identified to date. + +155 +00:09:11.370 --> 00:09:16.370 +The first I identify as woman as vessel, woman as nurturer, + +156 +00:09:16.580 --> 00:09:20.840 +covering the years between 1968 and 1970. + +157 +00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:23.750 +At this point, Black Panther Party women were seen + +158 +00:09:23.750 --> 00:09:27.000 +as a conduit for the continuation of the race. + +159 +00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:29.990 +Additionally, they were supporters and nurturers + +160 +00:09:29.990 --> 00:09:33.670 +for the male members that saw them as objects. + +161 +00:09:33.670 --> 00:09:36.917 +There were large numbers of Black Panther Party deaths. + +162 +00:09:36.917 --> 00:09:41.115 +Anti and voluntary sterilization sentiment was rampant + +163 +00:09:41.115 --> 00:09:44.780 +among party members, + +164 +00:09:44.780 --> 00:09:48.823 +and the members were primarily under the age of 20 years. + +165 +00:09:49.810 --> 00:09:52.560 +The second stage I call the transitional woman, + +166 +00:09:52.560 --> 00:09:57.560 +dynamic woman phase between 1971 and 1977. + +167 +00:09:58.710 --> 00:10:01.590 +The concept of the revolutionary Black woman is + +168 +00:10:01.590 --> 00:10:05.190 +in serious flux regarding the woman's primary roles + +169 +00:10:05.190 --> 00:10:07.430 +as nurturers and supporters. + +170 +00:10:07.430 --> 00:10:09.710 +Organizationally, there's less funding + +171 +00:10:09.710 --> 00:10:11.840 +to support the additional children + +172 +00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:14.423 +that need to be fed and cared for. + +173 +00:10:15.350 --> 00:10:20.350 +In 1971, a serious round of party centralization takes place + +174 +00:10:20.520 --> 00:10:22.400 +causing a high concentration + +175 +00:10:22.400 --> 00:10:25.760 +of highly effective female organizers to concentrate + +176 +00:10:25.760 --> 00:10:29.380 +in one area, that being Oakland, California. + +177 +00:10:29.380 --> 00:10:31.690 +During the later years of this phase, + +178 +00:10:31.690 --> 00:10:33.920 +finances improved slightly. + +179 +00:10:33.920 --> 00:10:38.080 +The women become more mature due to natural age increase + +180 +00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:41.470 +and planned parenthood begun in earnest + +181 +00:10:41.470 --> 00:10:44.700 +during 1972 reaches fruition. + +182 +00:10:44.700 --> 00:10:49.700 +The final phase, which includes the years 1977 to 1982 + +183 +00:10:49.771 --> 00:10:52.880 +are slightly more difficult to describe. + +184 +00:10:52.880 --> 00:10:55.370 +Perhaps the woman as organizer, + +185 +00:10:55.370 --> 00:10:59.060 +woman as asexual being best describes this phase + +186 +00:10:59.060 --> 00:11:01.420 +of Black Panther Party history. + +187 +00:11:01.420 --> 00:11:03.530 +This phase is characterized by the height + +188 +00:11:03.530 --> 00:11:06.430 +of female leadership and organizing + +189 +00:11:06.430 --> 00:11:09.970 +and simultaneously by women's renewed discussion + +190 +00:11:09.970 --> 00:11:14.970 +of the restrictive dating policy applied to women + +191 +00:11:15.770 --> 00:11:19.470 +and letters suggesting, letters from these female members + +192 +00:11:19.470 --> 00:11:22.190 +to Huey Newton, the organization's leader, + +193 +00:11:22.190 --> 00:11:24.930 +suggesting a painful feeling of isolation + +194 +00:11:24.930 --> 00:11:26.240 +and lack of sex appeal + +195 +00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.893 +to non-Black Panther Party community members. + +196 +00:11:31.390 --> 00:11:34.050 +My concern today follows the yearlong theme, + +197 +00:11:34.050 --> 00:11:36.820 +public policy, private lives. + +198 +00:11:36.820 --> 00:11:38.730 +Instead of focusing on national + +199 +00:11:38.730 --> 00:11:41.700 +or local legislation that might have had an impact + +200 +00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:44.040 +on women in the Black Panther Party, + +201 +00:11:44.040 --> 00:11:48.030 +I decided to focus on the intraorganizational policies + +202 +00:11:48.030 --> 00:11:52.060 +that had an impact on the private lives of these women. + +203 +00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:53.950 +Some of the policies were known + +204 +00:11:53.950 --> 00:11:55.520 +to the surrounding communities + +205 +00:11:55.520 --> 00:11:59.620 +within which these activists organized, others were not. + +206 +00:11:59.620 --> 00:12:03.200 +Nevertheless, all decisions made had a direct + +207 +00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:06.163 +or indirect effect on the female leadership. + +208 +00:12:07.430 --> 00:12:08.840 +I'm sorry, female membership, + +209 +00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:10.770 +which would include the leadership as well + +210 +00:12:10.770 --> 00:12:12.713 +as the rank and file. + +211 +00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:14.810 +With the exception of people + +212 +00:12:14.810 --> 00:12:16.780 +from the San Francisco Bay Area, + +213 +00:12:16.780 --> 00:12:20.600 +many people have no idea what the Black Panther Party was. + +214 +00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.430 +The Black Panther Party was an organization composed + +215 +00:12:23.430 --> 00:12:27.430 +of a contingent of lower and middle class African Americans + +216 +00:12:27.430 --> 00:12:29.720 +that sent waves throughout the world + +217 +00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:31.220 +initially with their call + +218 +00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:35.010 +for armed self-defense against police harassment. + +219 +00:12:35.010 --> 00:12:39.970 +The BPP was co-founded on October 15, 1966 + +220 +00:12:39.970 --> 00:12:44.070 +by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California, + +221 +00:12:44.070 --> 00:12:47.490 +in the West Oakland Poverty Center office. + +222 +00:12:47.490 --> 00:12:50.453 +That office doubled as Seale's place of employment. + +223 +00:12:51.520 --> 00:12:54.077 +On that day, the co-founders drafted a document + +224 +00:12:54.077 --> 00:12:57.870 +they named the Ten-Point Platform and Program. + +225 +00:12:57.870 --> 00:13:01.980 +This charter called for freedom and land, + +226 +00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:06.050 +improved housing, economics, education + +227 +00:13:06.050 --> 00:13:10.800 +and police relations, as well as a UN-supervised plebiscite + +228 +00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:13.260 +for African Americans to convene + +229 +00:13:13.260 --> 00:13:17.260 +and determine the parameter of their national destiny. + +230 +00:13:17.260 --> 00:13:20.360 +By 1970, the Black Panther Party had expanded + +231 +00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.370 +to greater than 40 chapters + +232 +00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.120 +and branches locally, nationally, and worldwide. + +233 +00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.460 +Although no official records exist, + +234 +00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:33.360 +several former high ranking leaders have stated + +235 +00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.060 +that at its height + +236 +00:13:35.060 --> 00:13:38.320 +the Black Panther Party had thousands of members. + +237 +00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:40.310 +While the BPP was intended + +238 +00:13:40.310 --> 00:13:43.600 +as an all-male organization from its creation, + +239 +00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:47.860 +within two years, females represented approximately 60% + +240 +00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:50.020 +of the party's membership. + +241 +00:13:50.020 --> 00:13:53.300 +Between 1968 and 1982, + +242 +00:13:53.300 --> 00:13:55.080 +the Black Panther Party developed greater + +243 +00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.480 +than 50 community programs, + +244 +00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.630 +the majority of which were coordinated + +245 +00:13:59.630 --> 00:14:01.763 +and staffed by female members. + +246 +00:14:02.890 --> 00:14:07.640 +The years between 1974 and 1977 were the most crucial + +247 +00:14:07.640 --> 00:14:09.860 +for women programmatically. + +248 +00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:11.910 +With women at the organization's helm + +249 +00:14:11.910 --> 00:14:14.500 +during these years, the Black Panther Party + +250 +00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:17.270 +implemented its largest number + +251 +00:14:17.270 --> 00:14:20.820 +of new community programs, approximately 30, + +252 +00:14:20.820 --> 00:14:25.339 +and became intimately involved in local electoral politics. + +253 +00:14:25.339 --> 00:14:29.280 +Furthermore, at any given moment after 1968 + +254 +00:14:30.940 --> 00:14:33.010 +when the organization expanded its focus + +255 +00:14:33.010 --> 00:14:35.390 +to include community organizing, + +256 +00:14:35.390 --> 00:14:37.860 +females continued to represent the majority + +257 +00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:39.490 +of the membership. + +258 +00:14:39.490 --> 00:14:42.400 +Therefore, it is crucial to understand the variety + +259 +00:14:42.400 --> 00:14:47.310 +of roles they performed between 1966 and 1982, + +260 +00:14:47.310 --> 00:14:49.630 +because they represented the largest percentage + +261 +00:14:49.630 --> 00:14:51.180 +of the membership. + +262 +00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:53.530 +While they were not always the decision-makers + +263 +00:14:53.530 --> 00:14:56.050 +to an extent that reflected their numbers, + +264 +00:14:56.050 --> 00:15:00.110 +they were influential in many decisions that were made. + +265 +00:15:00.110 --> 00:15:03.220 +Additionally, they received the greatest fallout + +266 +00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:06.130 +from many of those same group policies. + +267 +00:15:06.130 --> 00:15:08.800 +Before we can understand the Black Panther Party + +268 +00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:12.120 +women's experiences, we must account for the fact + +269 +00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:15.890 +that Black Panther Party women were not a monolithic group + +270 +00:15:15.890 --> 00:15:18.140 +with monolithic experiences. + +271 +00:15:18.140 --> 00:15:21.915 +They were divided or united by regional upbringing, + +272 +00:15:21.915 --> 00:15:25.950 line:15% +economic background, differing educational levels + +273 +00:15:25.950 --> 00:15:29.523 line:15% +and diverging ages to name only a few categories. + +274 +00:15:31.130 --> 00:15:33.660 +During the earliest years of the Black Panther Party, + +275 +00:15:33.660 --> 00:15:34.750 +during the earliest years, + +276 +00:15:34.750 --> 00:15:37.750 +the Black Panther Party was a nationalist organization + +277 +00:15:37.750 --> 00:15:41.400 +with race as a primary category for organizing. + +278 +00:15:41.400 --> 00:15:44.490 +The unique aspect of their group, however, + +279 +00:15:44.490 --> 00:15:46.230 +was their eventual willingness + +280 +00:15:46.230 --> 00:15:50.070 +to incorporate an economic component into their analysis + +281 +00:15:50.070 --> 00:15:53.940 +to compliment the traditional race-based approach. + +282 +00:15:53.940 --> 00:15:56.580 +When you combine these components with the fact + +283 +00:15:56.580 --> 00:16:00.500 +that during 1968 and 1969 local + +284 +00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:03.800 +and federal law enforcement attacked the group most + +285 +00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:08.290 +with at least 30 members dying during 1969, + +286 +00:16:08.290 --> 00:16:10.530 +it becomes clear why both male + +287 +00:16:10.530 --> 00:16:14.770 +and female party members would begin to call for replacement + +288 +00:16:14.770 --> 00:16:16.233 +of the dying members. + +289 +00:16:17.370 --> 00:16:20.290 +And the myths of constant raids by police, + +290 +00:16:20.290 --> 00:16:23.250 +FBI telephone and visual surveillance + +291 +00:16:23.250 --> 00:16:25.210 +and the tenor of the times + +292 +00:16:25.210 --> 00:16:28.490 +that a revolution was just around the corner, + +293 +00:16:28.490 --> 00:16:31.050 +the Black Panther Party members, the majority + +294 +00:16:31.050 --> 00:16:35.380 +of whom were younger than 20 years decided to birth babies + +295 +00:16:35.380 --> 00:16:39.400 +for the revolution to ensure that the struggle will continue + +296 +00:16:39.400 --> 00:16:41.150 +in the event that they were killed. + +297 +00:16:42.250 --> 00:16:44.540 +This was never an official policy + +298 +00:16:44.540 --> 00:16:46.370 +in the sense that there's no evidence + +299 +00:16:46.370 --> 00:16:49.120 +of a directive to the various chapters. + +300 +00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:52.830 +However, personal letters and articles were published + +301 +00:16:52.830 --> 00:16:54.870 +in the Black Panther Party newspaper + +302 +00:16:54.870 --> 00:16:59.870 +that by 1969 had an international distribution. + +303 +00:17:00.430 --> 00:17:03.980 +According to Black Panther Party member Deborah Johnson, + +304 +00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:06.541 +the fiancee of Fred Hampton, + +305 +00:17:06.541 --> 00:17:11.541 +the recently assassinated 1969 and renowned chairman + +306 +00:17:12.750 --> 00:17:15.910 +of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, + +307 +00:17:15.910 --> 00:17:18.880 +the role of the revolutionary Black woman was + +308 +00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:21.930 +to reproduce Black revolutionaries + +309 +00:17:21.930 --> 00:17:25.460 +to challenge the inequalities of the social system. + +310 +00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:28.580 +Similarly, another female Panther argued + +311 +00:17:28.580 --> 00:17:31.720 +that once a Black woman has reached a certain level + +312 +00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:33.560 +of awareness of the needs + +313 +00:17:33.560 --> 00:17:36.657 +of her family and of her children, quote, + +314 +00:17:36.657 --> 00:17:40.237 +"She then becomes an artist existing solely + +315 +00:17:40.237 --> 00:17:43.017 +"for the the purpose of helping the Black man + +316 +00:17:43.017 --> 00:17:45.307 +"achieve the heights of his ambition." + +317 +00:17:46.410 --> 00:17:48.850 +The art in the Black Panther community + +318 +00:17:48.850 --> 00:17:52.520 +news service newspaper also reflected the concept + +319 +00:17:52.520 --> 00:17:55.450 +of the revolutionary Black family. + +320 +00:17:55.450 --> 00:17:57.513 +The fact that these items were published + +321 +00:17:57.513 --> 00:18:00.700 +with no articles to rebut the concept + +322 +00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:03.530 +suggested to the public at least + +323 +00:18:03.530 --> 00:18:07.163 +that this was an official organizational policy. + +324 +00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.920 +An example of the belief + +325 +00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.850 +that woman was a vessel is an analysis + +326 +00:18:12.850 --> 00:18:16.690 +of Bobby Seale's discussion of the way the party used women + +327 +00:18:16.690 --> 00:18:20.490 +as organizing tools in the early years + +328 +00:18:20.490 --> 00:18:24.553 +and also a phrase Eldridge Cleaver referred to + +329 +00:18:24.553 --> 00:18:27.180 +during his campaign for president + +330 +00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:30.053 +on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket in 1968. + +331 +00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:35.883 +The phrase he used was pussy power. + +332 +00:18:37.350 --> 00:18:39.180 +In both leaders' minds, + +333 +00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:41.680 +women could be used strategically to attract men + +334 +00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:45.203 +to the party who probably would not join on their own. + +335 +00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:49.193 +Physical attraction would be the primary bait. + +336 +00:18:50.210 --> 00:18:51.910 +While Bobby Seale wrote about it + +337 +00:18:51.910 --> 00:18:56.117 +in his first party publication called "Seize the Time: + +338 +00:18:56.117 --> 00:18:59.600 +"The Story of Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party" + +339 +00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:03.300 +published during '69, Eldridge Cleaver publicly spoke + +340 +00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:05.810 +about this concept wherever he went + +341 +00:19:05.810 --> 00:19:08.383 +during his 1968 campaign. + +342 +00:19:09.550 --> 00:19:10.890 +While not all women, + +343 +00:19:10.890 --> 00:19:14.060 +all Black Panther Party women agreed with this policy, + +344 +00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:15.820 +there is no evidence + +345 +00:19:15.820 --> 00:19:19.893 +that anyone told him to stop using the concept publicly. + +346 +00:19:21.130 --> 00:19:22.660 +It is important to note here + +347 +00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:24.600 +that not all women agreed with + +348 +00:19:24.600 --> 00:19:27.990 +or adhered to unofficial party policies. + +349 +00:19:27.990 --> 00:19:31.700 +Older females and those with strong personalities + +350 +00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:34.476 +resisted any attempts to categorize them + +351 +00:19:34.476 --> 00:19:36.560 +and force them to do things + +352 +00:19:36.560 --> 00:19:38.670 +with which they did not agree. + +353 +00:19:38.670 --> 00:19:41.960 +For example, Elaine Brown, the only woman + +354 +00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.100 +in the party to rise to the highest organizational position + +355 +00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:49.610 +as chairman recalled that she always had used birth control + +356 +00:19:49.610 --> 00:19:51.460 +despite what any unofficial + +357 +00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:54.523 +or official organizational policies had been. + +358 +00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:57.434 +Health reports for other members + +359 +00:19:57.434 --> 00:20:00.100 +that I've located in the collection + +360 +00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:04.640 +in the Huey P. Newton papers supports this + +361 +00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:07.874 +with references to women's choices to have abortions, + +362 +00:20:07.874 --> 00:20:12.010 +intrauterine devices, IUDs, + +363 +00:20:12.010 --> 00:20:15.670 +and to use birth control pills as options. + +364 +00:20:15.670 --> 00:20:19.790 +And at this point I'd like to stop and let you listen + +365 +00:20:19.790 --> 00:20:24.180 +to Ericka Huggins, who begins by talking + +366 +00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:28.610 +about her husband, her former husband, John Huggins, + +367 +00:20:28.610 --> 00:20:33.610 +who had been killed in 1969 during an altercation + +368 +00:20:34.590 --> 00:20:37.660 +at UCLA between the Panthers and US members. + +369 +00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.790 +So that's where she begins. + +370 +00:20:38.790 --> 00:20:43.110 +But then she'll discuss a specific experience + +371 +00:20:43.110 --> 00:20:46.450 +that she had when she traveled from the Los Angeles chapter + +372 +00:20:46.450 --> 00:20:50.803 +where she originally joined in '68 to the Bay Area chapter. + +373 +00:20:52.610 --> 00:20:56.213 +When I first, let's see in 1960, + +374 +00:20:58.290 --> 00:21:02.900 +well, John was killed on January 17th of 1969 + +375 +00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:06.160 +here on UCLA's campus. + +376 +00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:09.793 +John Huggins was one amazing man. + +377 +00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:13.090 +And I don't say that because I'm biased. + +378 +00:21:13.090 --> 00:21:15.600 +He was my friend before he was my lover, + +379 +00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:17.150 +and he remains to be my friend. + +380 +00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:23.106 +He was a man who took a bath with rubber duckies. + +381 +00:21:23.106 --> 00:21:24.050 +(audience laughs) + +382 +00:21:24.050 --> 00:21:27.970 +See, we don't like to admit how we really live, okay. + +383 +00:21:27.970 --> 00:21:30.730 +We like to act like we all are on some pedestals + +384 +00:21:30.730 --> 00:21:34.880 +and that nothing we do stinks, and we don't cry, + +385 +00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.970 +and we don't get scared + +386 +00:21:35.970 --> 00:21:38.620 +in the middle of the night, and we do. + +387 +00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:40.400 +He took a bath with rubber duckies + +388 +00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:44.130 +and he loved his daughter who he only knew for three weeks. + +389 +00:21:44.130 --> 00:21:45.730 +And he told me something once. + +390 +00:21:45.730 --> 00:21:49.527 +He said, "It is impossible to make revolution in society + +391 +00:21:49.527 --> 00:21:53.078 +"if you don't make first revolution in yourself." + +392 +00:21:53.078 --> 00:21:54.870 +True, it's true. + +393 +00:21:54.870 --> 00:21:55.850 +He told me that. + +394 +00:21:55.850 --> 00:22:00.450 +I was 19 years old and pregnant with our daughter + +395 +00:22:00.450 --> 00:22:01.830 +and I have never forgotten it. + +396 +00:22:01.830 --> 00:22:03.050 +And it stays with me. + +397 +00:22:03.050 --> 00:22:07.730 +And it is the, it is the jumping off place inside myself + +398 +00:22:07.730 --> 00:22:09.800 +that I do my own inner work. + +399 +00:22:13.810 --> 00:22:15.510 +I wanted to say that + +400 +00:22:18.790 --> 00:22:23.790 +when I was pregnant with Mai, she'll be 26 in December, + +401 +00:22:24.350 --> 00:22:26.490 +when I was pregnant with Mai, + +402 +00:22:26.490 --> 00:22:29.590 +I walked into a party house and we had all these houses + +403 +00:22:29.590 --> 00:22:31.120 +where we lived collectively, + +404 +00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:33.173 +men, women, children, everybody. + +405 +00:22:34.890 --> 00:22:37.480 +And this was in Oakland right around the corner + +406 +00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:40.140 +from the national headquarters office, + +407 +00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:42.100 +which you'll see in one of these pictures over here + +408 +00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.993 +on the wall. + +409 +00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:45.810 +And we were eating dinner. + +410 +00:22:45.810 --> 00:22:47.980 +Well, the women, + +411 +00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:50.330 +and see, this was not a role we allowed ourselves + +412 +00:22:50.330 --> 00:22:52.260 +to be relegated to. + +413 +00:22:52.260 --> 00:22:55.390 +The women had cooked the dinner, which was very sweet. + +414 +00:22:55.390 --> 00:22:56.500 +I didn't think very much of it. + +415 +00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:58.650 +Elaine and I were standing there together. + +416 +00:22:58.650 --> 00:23:00.830 +And the men were sitting in the front room, + +417 +00:23:00.830 --> 00:23:02.210 +and we thought that was a little odd, + +418 +00:23:02.210 --> 00:23:04.010 +because in Los Angeles, + +419 +00:23:04.010 --> 00:23:07.130 +everybody cooked everything and everybody ate. + +420 +00:23:07.130 --> 00:23:10.140 +And then I walked toward the kitchen + +421 +00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:12.180 +with my belly, like, way big. + +422 +00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:14.603 +I walked toward the kitchen to get food for us. + +423 +00:23:15.760 --> 00:23:20.760 +And someone said to me, "Sister, + +424 +00:23:21.257 --> 00:23:23.757 +"you gonna have to wait 'cause the men eat first." + +425 +00:23:24.658 --> 00:23:27.800 +(audience laughs) + +426 +00:23:27.800 --> 00:23:29.883 +I couldn't believe I was hearing this. + +427 +00:23:31.080 --> 00:23:32.390 +And then I heard conversation + +428 +00:23:32.390 --> 00:23:36.220 +about we make the next warriors for the revolution. + +429 +00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:37.461 +No we don't. + +430 +00:23:37.461 --> 00:23:40.084 +(audience laughs) + +431 +00:23:40.084 --> 00:23:43.950 +I'm saying that that doesn't come from the party. + +432 +00:23:43.950 --> 00:23:46.460 +That was not something that Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, + +433 +00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:49.280 +or David Hilliard ever put out as a way + +434 +00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:51.510 +in which we would behave or believe. + +435 +00:23:51.510 --> 00:23:56.287 +That came as a response to virulent oppression + +436 +00:23:57.960 --> 00:24:00.870 +and trying to reclaim something of Africa + +437 +00:24:00.870 --> 00:24:04.060 +and trying to have a culture that wasn't one of slavery. + +438 +00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:05.853 +However, it didn't work, + +439 +00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:11.900 +because my baby and I were going to eat first and we did. + +440 +00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:16.770 +And the men in that house were very angry + +441 +00:24:16.770 --> 00:24:20.370 +with Elaine and I for stepping out of our place. + +442 +00:24:20.370 --> 00:24:22.140 +And we continued to do that, + +443 +00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:25.320 +and we continue to still step out of our place. + +444 +00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:30.320 +And we're saying that as Maya Angelou the other night said + +445 +00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:34.950 +her grand-aunt said to her once, + +446 +00:24:34.950 --> 00:24:39.050 +she said to her sister, "You got to stand out on the word." + +447 +00:24:39.050 --> 00:24:41.860 +Well, we all need to be stand-up people + +448 +00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:43.240 +just like I was that day. + +449 +00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:45.979 +I didn't do that because I had some political + +450 +00:24:45.979 --> 00:24:48.120 +blah, blah, blah, blah. + +451 +00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.243 +I was hungry, + +452 +00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:53.920 +and the baby was hungry, and it made no sense. + +453 +00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:57.970 +So I'm giving you anecdotes to let you know, + +454 +00:24:57.970 --> 00:24:59.680 +there are these anecdotes are the answers + +455 +00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:03.440 +to all those wonderful questions that Ron mentioned. + +456 +00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:06.830 +What we need to do is go forward + +457 +00:25:06.830 --> 00:25:10.020 +with love and compassion for our people + +458 +00:25:10.020 --> 00:25:11.330 +and for ourselves. + +459 +00:25:11.330 --> 00:25:13.130 +We don't know how to love ourselves. + +460 +00:25:14.070 --> 00:25:18.050 +I could tell you story after story, Huey Newton's addiction, + +461 +00:25:18.050 --> 00:25:20.630 +yes, he was a dope fiend. + +462 +00:25:20.630 --> 00:25:24.500 +Huey Newton's addiction was the result + +463 +00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:27.961 +of the constant onslaught from society + +464 +00:25:27.961 --> 00:25:31.143 +and the constant onslaught from inside. + +465 +00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:35.500 +And we all have our demons to fight. + +466 +00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:38.630 +If we're going to do anything to change society, + +467 +00:25:38.630 --> 00:25:43.630 +we have to fight those demons, meet them face on. + +468 +00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:47.610 +And if we don't, we're not going to change any society. + +469 +00:25:47.610 --> 00:25:50.060 +We're not going to fight police brutality. + +470 +00:25:50.060 --> 00:25:51.580 +We're not going to do anything + +471 +00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:54.561 +except be at odds with ourselves. + +472 +00:25:54.561 --> 00:25:55.394 +That's right. + +473 +00:25:55.394 --> 00:25:57.663 +So that's all I want to say to you right now. + +474 +00:25:59.170 --> 00:26:02.583 +So as Ericka Huggins said, + +475 +00:26:02.583 --> 00:26:06.140 +there was no official policy + +476 +00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:09.317 line:15% +that there had to be babies for the revolution + +477 +00:26:09.317 --> 00:26:11.600 line:15% +and that there had to be women + +478 +00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:14.350 line:15% +who cooked the dinner all the time + +479 +00:26:14.350 --> 00:26:16.400 line:15% +and ate after the men ate. + +480 +00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:19.280 +But nevertheless, these things did go on + +481 +00:26:19.280 --> 00:26:21.293 +at local chapter levels. + +482 +00:26:23.156 --> 00:26:28.156 +The babies for the revolution concept was popular + +483 +00:26:28.410 --> 00:26:31.000 +during 1969 and 1970. + +484 +00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:34.713 +But the overall lifetime for these ideas was short-lived. + +485 +00:26:35.670 --> 00:26:38.690 +While the policy might've been lauded at the time + +486 +00:26:38.690 --> 00:26:42.400 +as a logical approach to solve the immediate urgency + +487 +00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:45.000 +of replacing the fallen comrades, + +488 +00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:47.540 +the long-term impact of such action + +489 +00:26:47.540 --> 00:26:49.363 +soon had to be confronted. + +490 +00:26:50.470 --> 00:26:53.960 +In addition to the party's loss of individuals, + +491 +00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:57.580 +there were also massive arrests during these early years. + +492 +00:26:57.580 --> 00:27:01.860 +This meant that the BPP's coffers were constantly strained + +493 +00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:03.920 +because of the need to pay bail, + +494 +00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:06.740 +particularly for those organizers + +495 +00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:09.530 +who were considered crucial to the group's fundraising + +496 +00:27:09.530 --> 00:27:12.420 +and community organizing potential. + +497 +00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:14.850 +Consequently, the lack of funds + +498 +00:27:14.850 --> 00:27:17.930 +in addition to the lack of childcare facilities + +499 +00:27:17.930 --> 00:27:21.850 +meant that women were caught in a precarious position. + +500 +00:27:21.850 --> 00:27:24.620 +Most people who joined the party survived + +501 +00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:27.960 +using the proceeds generated from newspaper sales + +502 +00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:32.030 +among other things, such as donations that were solicited + +503 +00:27:32.030 --> 00:27:35.590 +from businesses and private arenas. + +504 +00:27:35.590 --> 00:27:40.060 +However, during pregnancy and after female had the baby, + +505 +00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:43.540 +she was physically unable to provide for herself + +506 +00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:46.220 +using the same strategies. + +507 +00:27:46.220 --> 00:27:49.230 +Also Panthers nationwide continued to live + +508 +00:27:49.230 --> 00:27:52.950 +in collective housing to minimize expenses. + +509 +00:27:52.950 --> 00:27:55.270 +With the new mothers now out of commission + +510 +00:27:55.270 --> 00:27:57.340 +and unable to provide for themselves + +511 +00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.810 +and others in the house, + +512 +00:27:58.810 --> 00:28:00.300 +the organizational strain + +513 +00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:03.160 +at the immediate local level was clear. + +514 +00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:06.180 +The absence of childcare and funds led some women + +515 +00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:09.380 +to make decisions that they probably would not have made. + +516 +00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:11.660 +Numerous women left the organization + +517 +00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:14.030 +to take care of their children. + +518 +00:28:14.030 --> 00:28:16.082 +Deborah Johnson, the same woman + +519 +00:28:16.082 --> 00:28:20.960 +who had advocated replacing fallen Black Panther Party men + +520 +00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:24.360 +with new warriors left the party within one year + +521 +00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:26.290 +after her son's birth. + +522 +00:28:26.290 --> 00:28:28.960 +Johnson had attempted to maintain the same level + +523 +00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:31.130 +of party work after childbirth + +524 +00:28:31.130 --> 00:28:35.100 +by asking her mother to care for her infant son. + +525 +00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:37.570 +Shortly, however, she joined her son, + +526 +00:28:37.570 --> 00:28:40.990 +because she could not fathom the idea of her mother caring + +527 +00:28:40.990 --> 00:28:44.340 +for her child as the sole caregiver. + +528 +00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:47.260 +In her mind, it was her responsibility, + +529 +00:28:47.260 --> 00:28:50.183 +and she wanted to have more contact with her child. + +530 +00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:53.956 +Black Panther Party mothers during these earliest years + +531 +00:28:53.956 --> 00:28:57.240 +had realized that emphasis on motherhood + +532 +00:28:57.240 --> 00:29:00.010 +without the proper support structures in place + +533 +00:29:00.010 --> 00:29:02.490 +often meant de-emphasis of their roles + +534 +00:29:02.490 --> 00:29:05.200 +as effective community organizers. + +535 +00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:08.850 +During 1969 at a large conference in Oakland, + +536 +00:29:08.850 --> 00:29:10.240 +a core of women called + +537 +00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:13.310 +for the Black Panther Party's official recognition + +538 +00:29:13.310 --> 00:29:15.980 +that increasing numbers of women were experiencing + +539 +00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:19.210 +the same law enforcement harassment as men. + +540 +00:29:19.210 --> 00:29:22.380 +They also argued that they were beginning to see themselves + +541 +00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:25.150 +in the same critical roles as women + +542 +00:29:25.150 --> 00:29:27.260 +in armed revolts on other continents, + +543 +00:29:27.260 --> 00:29:29.920 +such as Central America and Africa. + +544 +00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:32.640 +Yet those who would become mothers also had + +545 +00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:36.680 +to face another reality, minimal structural support + +546 +00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:40.850 +beneath the veneer of revolutionary ideology. + +547 +00:29:40.850 --> 00:29:43.400 +Even before numerous women became mothers, + +548 +00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.826 +they had to deal with the reality + +549 +00:29:44.826 --> 00:29:48.440 +that Black Panther Party revolutionary ideas + +550 +00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:52.676 +and practices were biologically alienating for them. + +551 +00:29:52.676 --> 00:29:56.630 +The Black Panther Party took pride in the fact + +552 +00:29:56.630 --> 00:29:58.075 +that the women were trained + +553 +00:29:58.075 --> 00:30:01.067 +using the exact same military approach + +554 +00:30:01.067 --> 00:30:03.630 +of drills, for example. + +555 +00:30:03.630 --> 00:30:06.300 +Women learned to assemble, shoot, + +556 +00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:08.620 +disassemble and clean weapons. + +557 +00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:10.630 +They performed combat maneuvers, + +558 +00:30:10.630 --> 00:30:14.313 +sandbagged homes and led drill sections themselves. + +559 +00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:18.330 +Even in interviews that I conducted + +560 +00:30:18.330 --> 00:30:21.110 +with about 30 or 40 women, + +561 +00:30:21.110 --> 00:30:23.710 +they also took pride in remembering all + +562 +00:30:23.710 --> 00:30:25.473 +of those things that they had done. + +563 +00:30:26.310 --> 00:30:28.820 +Simultaneously, however, the stress + +564 +00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:31.150 +and intensity associated with these activities + +565 +00:30:31.150 --> 00:30:33.510 +and the outside pressures of constant federal + +566 +00:30:33.510 --> 00:30:37.490 +and local law enforcement surveillance led + +567 +00:30:37.490 --> 00:30:39.330 +to numerous miscarriages + +568 +00:30:39.330 --> 00:30:41.990 +and other reproductive health problems. + +569 +00:30:41.990 --> 00:30:43.880 +Of course, this is the kind of information + +570 +00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.030 +that you won't find + +571 +00:30:45.030 --> 00:30:48.350 +in the newspapers in the Panther newspaper or in the books. + +572 +00:30:48.350 --> 00:30:51.428 +Instead, this information was revealed to me + +573 +00:30:51.428 --> 00:30:54.430 +during personal interviews that I had done. + +574 +00:30:54.430 --> 00:30:57.870 +And I really believe that they only shared that information + +575 +00:30:57.870 --> 00:31:01.103 +with me because I was a woman, a young woman. + +576 +00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:07.010 +The transition to planned parenthood was directly connected + +577 +00:31:07.010 --> 00:31:10.150 +to the realization that changes had to be made + +578 +00:31:10.150 --> 00:31:12.101 +if the party held its future, + +579 +00:31:12.101 --> 00:31:15.790 +held its future's best interest at heart. + +580 +00:31:15.790 --> 00:31:18.170 +Yet this change only seemed possible + +581 +00:31:18.170 --> 00:31:21.640 +once large numbers of individuals were relocated + +582 +00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:24.530 +to the national headquarters in Oakland. + +583 +00:31:24.530 --> 00:31:28.630 +During the years between 1972 and 1977, + +584 +00:31:28.630 --> 00:31:30.310 +the Black Panther Party was involved + +585 +00:31:30.310 --> 00:31:32.940 +in expanding its base in Oakland. + +586 +00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.520 +They expanded their services + +587 +00:31:34.520 --> 00:31:37.110 +from free breakfast for school children + +588 +00:31:37.110 --> 00:31:41.010 +and other afterschool and summer programs for children + +589 +00:31:41.010 --> 00:31:44.550 +to include services for senior citizens, teens + +590 +00:31:44.550 --> 00:31:46.860 +and other non-educational programs + +591 +00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:48.540 +for the wider Oakland community. + +592 +00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:50.900 +In the midst of these changes, + +593 +00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:53.890 +the predominantly female program coordinators + +594 +00:31:53.890 --> 00:31:55.170 +were also engaged + +595 +00:31:55.170 --> 00:31:59.180 +in restructuring the internal organizational structure + +596 +00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:03.330 +to accommodate the entire Black Panther Party workforce. + +597 +00:32:03.330 --> 00:32:06.580 +Huey Newton and other supporting party leadership + +598 +00:32:06.580 --> 00:32:09.450 +redirected the organization's energies + +599 +00:32:09.450 --> 00:32:13.453 +towards establishing a firm base within the local community. + +600 +00:32:14.290 --> 00:32:18.520 +To this end, Audrea Jones proposed + +601 +00:32:18.520 --> 00:32:21.500 +and instituted a planned parenthood policy + +602 +00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:24.280 +to compliment the structural changes, + +603 +00:32:24.280 --> 00:32:29.280 +such as the 1970 creation of a childcare facility in Oakland + +604 +00:32:29.370 --> 00:32:32.270 +for Black Panther Party members' children. + +605 +00:32:32.270 --> 00:32:34.690 +Jones was one of the most dynamic + +606 +00:32:34.690 --> 00:32:37.740 +and respected local leaders who had been transferred + +607 +00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:40.940 +to Oakland from the Boston, Massachusetts chapter + +608 +00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.130 +where she had begun one + +609 +00:32:42.130 --> 00:32:47.130 +of several successful national Black Panther sponsored + +610 +00:32:47.190 --> 00:32:49.170 +free community health clinics. + +611 +00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:51.800 +Her specialty was in healthcare, + +612 +00:32:51.800 --> 00:32:53.660 +the division within which she worked + +613 +00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:55.790 +when she moved to Oakland. + +614 +00:32:55.790 --> 00:32:59.350 +During August 1972, Jones proposed + +615 +00:32:59.350 --> 00:33:03.300 +that the party implement a planned parenthood policy. + +616 +00:33:03.300 --> 00:33:07.490 +The impact of financial centralization became central + +617 +00:33:07.490 --> 00:33:11.020 +to the experiences of those wishing to have children. + +618 +00:33:11.020 --> 00:33:13.593 +Beginning July 1972, + +619 +00:33:14.540 --> 00:33:17.220 +the Central Committee and party members had dialogued + +620 +00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:19.193 +about a birth control policy. + +621 +00:33:20.230 --> 00:33:23.850 +Audrea Jones, an integral part of the party as staff + +622 +00:33:23.850 --> 00:33:27.410 +at the Oakland-based George Jackson Free Health Clinic + +623 +00:33:27.410 --> 00:33:31.270 +was author of a powerful document noting the need + +624 +00:33:31.270 --> 00:33:34.210 +for a shifting policy regarding birth control + +625 +00:33:34.210 --> 00:33:36.420 +and family planning. + +626 +00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:38.760 +Jones' ideological position is important + +627 +00:33:38.760 --> 00:33:40.920 +because it shows a marked shift + +628 +00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:44.130 +from the 1968 and '69 argument + +629 +00:33:44.130 --> 00:33:46.460 +that women should bear children for the revolution + +630 +00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:49.743 +and reject birth control because it was genocidal. + +631 +00:33:50.590 --> 00:33:53.200 +The document refers to the increase in births + +632 +00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:55.800 +within the party, in terms of the financial + +633 +00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:59.403 +and manpower strain it would place on the organization. + +634 +00:34:00.367 --> 00:34:02.557 +"Our experience has been one of groups + +635 +00:34:02.557 --> 00:34:04.057 +"of sisters becoming pregnant + +636 +00:34:04.057 --> 00:34:07.967 +"at approximately the same time," Jones begins. + +637 +00:34:07.967 --> 00:34:10.737 +"As a result, we have had bulk increases + +638 +00:34:10.737 --> 00:34:12.607 +"in financial expenses + +639 +00:34:12.607 --> 00:34:15.766 +"and bulk decreases in manpower during the pregnancies, + +640 +00:34:15.766 --> 00:34:19.697 +"and the childcare staffs are experiencing similar problems + +641 +00:34:19.697 --> 00:34:21.387 +"after the babies are born." + +642 +00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:24.950 +Not only did the children need financial assistance + +643 +00:34:24.950 --> 00:34:26.250 +for food and clothing + +644 +00:34:26.250 --> 00:34:29.980 +as well as shelter and healthcare provided by the party, + +645 +00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:32.930 +but more specifically, manpower was lost + +646 +00:34:32.930 --> 00:34:35.843 +for the survival programs and community outreach. + +647 +00:34:37.110 --> 00:34:39.270 +Essentially, while the mothers were pregnant, + +648 +00:34:39.270 --> 00:34:42.767 +they were not always able to remain active in the community, + +649 +00:34:42.767 --> 00:34:46.550 +a requirement for all Black Panther Party members. + +650 +00:34:46.550 --> 00:34:49.300 +This is evident in the Health Cadre Reports + +651 +00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:54.120 +for the period June 1972 through March 1973. + +652 +00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:57.570 +Under the section headings Cadre and Community + +653 +00:34:57.570 --> 00:35:01.070 +in these weekly reports, there was usually a reference + +654 +00:35:01.070 --> 00:35:03.170 +to the morale of the members + +655 +00:35:03.170 --> 00:35:05.660 +linked to whether they had the opportunity to work + +656 +00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:09.160 +outside the clinic conducting voter registration, + +657 +00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:13.990 +for instance, during the 1972-73 Bobby Seale + +658 +00:35:13.990 --> 00:35:16.153 +and Elaine Brown campaigns. + +659 +00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:19.260 +Indeed, there was a direct correlation + +660 +00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:22.700 +between high spirits and community involvement. + +661 +00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:25.170 +The converse was true regarding low morale + +662 +00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:26.803 +and low community involvement. + +663 +00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:29.860 +Most interesting was Jones' suggestion + +664 +00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:32.310 +that the Black Panther Party and the spirit + +665 +00:35:32.310 --> 00:35:35.610 +of true social equality not forced the woman + +666 +00:35:35.610 --> 00:35:39.410 +to bear the responsibility of birth control alone. + +667 +00:35:39.410 --> 00:35:40.660 +In Jones' opinion, + +668 +00:35:40.660 --> 00:35:43.667 +this was quote, "backward and unprogressive." + +669 +00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:48.470 +Yet she admitted that idea was present in the party. + +670 +00:35:48.470 --> 00:35:50.850 +In an attempt to alleviate these ideas, + +671 +00:35:50.850 --> 00:35:53.610 +Joan suggested that both women and men attend + +672 +00:35:53.610 --> 00:35:57.907 +Black Panther Party clinic-sponsored birth control classes. + +673 +00:35:57.907 --> 00:36:01.360 +These classes would not only consist of the pros and cons + +674 +00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:04.300 +of various birth control devices and methods + +675 +00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:06.920 +but also and more importantly, + +676 +00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:10.273 +the responsibility and necessity for us to do so. + +677 +00:36:11.517 --> 00:36:16.517 +Jones's issues were placed on the August 16th, 1972 agenda + +678 +00:36:16.930 --> 00:36:20.237 +of the Central Committee meeting and included quote, + +679 +00:36:20.237 --> 00:36:23.357 +"setting a policy of planned parenthood in the party, + +680 +00:36:23.357 --> 00:36:26.337 +"the establishment of a policy for expectant mothers + +681 +00:36:26.337 --> 00:36:27.827 +"and a designated period + +682 +00:36:27.827 --> 00:36:30.187 +"of recuperation after childbirth." + +683 +00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:34.160 +The party had established its goals for the upcoming years + +684 +00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:37.340 +and it was a practical, organizational necessity + +685 +00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.310 +to make decisions + +686 +00:36:38.310 --> 00:36:40.752 +that would keep Black Panther Party women healthy + +687 +00:36:40.752 --> 00:36:43.300 +and the party more efficient + +688 +00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:46.140 +in terms of manpower and finances. + +689 +00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:49.870 +Between April and July, there were five new babies. + +690 +00:36:49.870 --> 00:36:52.680 +And by December, there would be three more, + +691 +00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:56.630 +in addition to the 21 already at the childcare center, + +692 +00:36:56.630 --> 00:37:00.030 +the preschool component of the childcare center, + +693 +00:37:00.030 --> 00:37:05.030 +and 48 at the alternative elementary school they developed, + +694 +00:37:05.710 --> 00:37:08.530 +then known as the Intercommunal Youth Institute + +695 +00:37:08.530 --> 00:37:09.550 +but that would later go on + +696 +00:37:09.550 --> 00:37:11.650 +to be called the Oakland Community School. + +697 +00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:14.440 +This was a financial reality + +698 +00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:17.280 +for the financially strapped party. + +699 +00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.380 +The additional issue to be discussed + +700 +00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:22.380 +on the agenda was the relationship between party members + +701 +00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:25.290 +and the outside community regarding dating, + +702 +00:37:25.290 --> 00:37:27.663 +sexuality and reproduction. + +703 +00:37:28.770 --> 00:37:32.570 +Jones suggested that outside dating policy be clarified + +704 +00:37:32.570 --> 00:37:35.950 +and that party members not be allowed to reproduce children + +705 +00:37:35.950 --> 00:37:38.390 +with non-party members. + +706 +00:37:38.390 --> 00:37:41.350 +For Jones, ideological training was necessary + +707 +00:37:41.350 --> 00:37:43.060 +for members to understand + +708 +00:37:43.060 --> 00:37:46.220 +the full responsibilities of parenthood. + +709 +00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:49.310 +Therefore, she suggested that planned parenthood be a part + +710 +00:37:49.310 --> 00:37:52.120 +of the political education discussions. + +711 +00:37:52.120 --> 00:37:55.100 +Furthermore, Jones believed the party would benefit + +712 +00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:59.140 +from collective decision-making regarding having children, + +713 +00:37:59.140 --> 00:38:01.180 +especially since the membership was young + +714 +00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:03.823 +in age and ideologically. + +715 +00:38:04.670 --> 00:38:07.750 +In essence, she proposed a four-step process. + +716 +00:38:07.750 --> 00:38:11.270 +One, a comrade sister and brother should first decide + +717 +00:38:11.270 --> 00:38:14.590 +between themselves that they wished to have a child. + +718 +00:38:14.590 --> 00:38:16.840 +This is usually not the case. + +719 +00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:20.940 +Many of the pregnancies in our party are not planned. + +720 +00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:24.960 +Two, discussions between them and the review committee, + +721 +00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:27.690 +which would consist of responsible members + +722 +00:38:27.690 --> 00:38:31.060 +and should include finance secretary, personnel + +723 +00:38:31.060 --> 00:38:32.683 +and the ministry of health. + +724 +00:38:33.690 --> 00:38:36.600 line:15% +Number three, based upon the discussions + +725 +00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:38.350 line:15% +and the objective conditions, + +726 +00:38:38.350 --> 00:38:40.930 line:15% +the review committee would then make recommendations + +727 +00:38:40.930 --> 00:38:43.406 line:15% +to the entire Central Committee, + +728 +00:38:43.406 --> 00:38:47.380 +the Central Committee being the body of, + +729 +00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:49.640 +the select body of members that made, + +730 +00:38:49.640 --> 00:38:52.203 +that determined policy for the whole organization. + +731 +00:38:53.170 --> 00:38:54.360 +And number four, + +732 +00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.710 +the Central Committee would then make a decision + +733 +00:38:56.710 --> 00:38:59.928 +as to the feasibility at that time. + +734 +00:38:59.928 --> 00:39:02.296 +These were all suggestions, + +735 +00:39:02.296 --> 00:39:04.300 +party women were never forced + +736 +00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.960 +not to have children. + +737 +00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:08.910 +Indeed, there's evidence that women made their own decisions + +738 +00:39:08.910 --> 00:39:10.760 +about whether they would have children + +739 +00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:13.223 +by practicing some form of birth control. + +740 +00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:16.780 +By January '74, however, + +741 +00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:19.190 +Black Panther Party members were told + +742 +00:39:19.190 --> 00:39:22.160 +in a directive from Huey P. Newton + +743 +00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:24.167 +that all members should practice quote, + +744 +00:39:24.167 --> 00:39:26.167 +"some form of birth control." + +745 +00:39:27.290 --> 00:39:29.170 +While this might have seemed the practical + +746 +00:39:29.170 --> 00:39:31.320 +and logical decision to make, + +747 +00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.710 +numerous women were battling + +748 +00:39:32.710 --> 00:39:35.820 +with their personal desires while simultaneously laboring + +749 +00:39:35.820 --> 00:39:37.360 +for the collective. + +750 +00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:39.980 +It was difficult for them to give up all the things + +751 +00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:42.800 +they had been socialized to expect. + +752 +00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:44.360 +Katherine Campbell, a member + +753 +00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:46.870 +of the San Francisco branch left the party + +754 +00:39:46.870 --> 00:39:49.660 +on several occasions in an attempt to spend more time + +755 +00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:54.050 +with her husband, who she had met in the party and daughter. + +756 +00:39:54.050 --> 00:39:56.590 +Her husband had left the party, but she would return + +757 +00:39:56.590 --> 00:39:57.690 +because of her commitment + +758 +00:39:57.690 --> 00:40:00.350 +to the party's community service goals, + +759 +00:40:00.350 --> 00:40:02.640 +her commitment to the Oakland Community School + +760 +00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:06.373 +and her deep regard for the party as a surrogate family. + +761 +00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:12.240 +Like a woman in 1974, who had decided to return to Detroit + +762 +00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:15.650 +and have her baby instead of remaining in the party, + +763 +00:40:15.650 --> 00:40:17.790 +Campbell had spent many years of her life + +764 +00:40:17.790 --> 00:40:20.640 +searching for what family meant to her. + +765 +00:40:20.640 --> 00:40:22.290 +And at this stage, she believed + +766 +00:40:22.290 --> 00:40:24.650 +that she could find a more personal meaning + +767 +00:40:24.650 --> 00:40:27.929 +by leaving the party to focus on nuclear family living + +768 +00:40:27.929 --> 00:40:32.110 +instead of the Black Panther Party's collective lifestyle. + +769 +00:40:32.110 --> 00:40:34.030 +When JoNina Abron arrived + +770 +00:40:34.030 --> 00:40:36.660 +at party headquarters in Oakland in February + +771 +00:40:36.660 --> 00:40:40.910 +or March of 1974, there was a Central Committee directive + +772 +00:40:40.910 --> 00:40:43.560 +ordering members to practice birth control. + +773 +00:40:43.560 --> 00:40:46.160 +This was in sharp contrast to the attitude + +774 +00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:48.930 +of party leadership and many male + +775 +00:40:48.930 --> 00:40:50.910 +and female rank and file members, + +776 +00:40:50.910 --> 00:40:55.250 +who in '69 and '70 discouraged any serious discussion + +777 +00:40:55.250 --> 00:40:56.450 +of birth control + +778 +00:40:56.450 --> 00:40:59.030 +and called for the reproduction of the young warriors + +779 +00:40:59.030 --> 00:41:00.630 +for the revolution. + +780 +00:41:00.630 --> 00:41:04.390 +No longer apparently was there the immediate possibility + +781 +00:41:04.390 --> 00:41:05.900 +of an impending revolution + +782 +00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:08.593 +for which children and young adults would be needed. + +783 +00:41:09.850 --> 00:41:14.000 +All women, however, did not subscribe to the early policies. + +784 +00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:17.830 +Elaine Brown in a 1976 interview revealed + +785 +00:41:17.830 --> 00:41:19.970 +that she had always made the final decision + +786 +00:41:19.970 --> 00:41:21.987 +for her personal life. + +787 +00:41:21.987 --> 00:41:24.187 +"I never went along with that program. + +788 +00:41:24.187 --> 00:41:27.300 +"I always bought my own contraceptives." + +789 +00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:30.730 +Regarding the new attitude after 1974, + +790 +00:41:30.730 --> 00:41:34.358 +Brown recalls that quote, "Having or not having a child + +791 +00:41:34.358 --> 00:41:37.557 +"or having or not having an abortion was left + +792 +00:41:37.557 --> 00:41:39.397 +"as an individual decision." + +793 +00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:42.790 +JoNina Abron refers to another example + +794 +00:41:42.790 --> 00:41:44.640 +of a woman making her own decision + +795 +00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:46.383 +about reproduction rights. + +796 +00:41:47.317 --> 00:41:49.900 +Abron personally knew the woman member + +797 +00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:52.300 +from Detroit who had become pregnant + +798 +00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:54.860 +at the time that the directive was being circulated + +799 +00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:57.200 +among members of the Oakland branch. + +800 +00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:59.430 +Rather than abort her unborn child, + +801 +00:41:59.430 --> 00:42:02.410 +which was a suggestion that was made to the woman, + +802 +00:42:02.410 --> 00:42:05.460 +the unnamed woman decided that she would return to Detroit + +803 +00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.563 +to have her baby. + +804 +00:42:08.020 --> 00:42:09.810 +Deborah Johnson left the chapter, + +805 +00:42:09.810 --> 00:42:12.530 +because she could not simultaneously raise her child + +806 +00:42:12.530 --> 00:42:15.560 +and continue to work in the party full time. + +807 +00:42:15.560 --> 00:42:20.030 +And according to her: Before you were by yourself. + +808 +00:42:20.030 --> 00:42:21.580 +You could really sleep anywhere + +809 +00:42:21.580 --> 00:42:23.190 +and you could work all night, + +810 +00:42:23.190 --> 00:42:25.270 +but when you have the responsibility of children, + +811 +00:42:25.270 --> 00:42:26.780 +you can't do that. + +812 +00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:28.610 +There was no structure set up to work + +813 +00:42:28.610 --> 00:42:30.880 +within the party to continue to work + +814 +00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:34.270 +in the breakfast program, to continue to sell the newspaper. + +815 +00:42:34.270 --> 00:42:37.370 +It was the demand to do it all or nothing. + +816 +00:42:37.370 --> 00:42:39.030 +You would have to explain why you had + +817 +00:42:39.030 --> 00:42:41.080 +to go take your child to the doctor, + +818 +00:42:41.080 --> 00:42:42.830 +go through some struggle with that. + +819 +00:42:43.700 --> 00:42:46.767 +Therefore, after continuing her work, + +820 +00:42:46.767 --> 00:42:50.391 +she left the party because she, + +821 +00:42:50.391 --> 00:42:53.930 +again, did not want her mother to take full responsibility + +822 +00:42:53.930 --> 00:42:55.623 +for caring for that child. + +823 +00:42:56.550 --> 00:42:59.760 +Not only were there problems for those Panther members, + +824 +00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:03.480 +especially women who were in need of childcare facilities, + +825 +00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:07.400 +there were also reproductive problems for the women + +826 +00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:08.810 +as mentioned earlier. + +827 +00:43:08.810 --> 00:43:11.720 +And women throughout the country + +828 +00:43:11.720 --> 00:43:14.463 +in the various chapters experienced that same form + +829 +00:43:14.463 --> 00:43:17.453 +of intense pressure and physical rigor. + +830 +00:43:18.990 --> 00:43:23.090 +Although between 1970 and '73, there were childcare houses + +831 +00:43:23.090 --> 00:43:26.830 +or centers where both men and women worked, + +832 +00:43:26.830 --> 00:43:28.810 +it was not until 1973 + +833 +00:43:28.810 --> 00:43:31.030 +that Newton established a school in Oakland + +834 +00:43:31.030 --> 00:43:34.860 +for the Panther children and dormitories for the children. + +835 +00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:36.540 +According to Elaine Brown, + +836 +00:43:36.540 --> 00:43:38.660 +while most party members worked every day + +837 +00:43:38.660 --> 00:43:40.600 +at their varying tasks, + +838 +00:43:40.600 --> 00:43:44.410 +some were assigned to care for and teach our children. + +839 +00:43:44.410 --> 00:43:47.270 +That was an expression of a party ideal, + +840 +00:43:47.270 --> 00:43:49.900 +that the family was the collective. + +841 +00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:52.700 +Nothing belongs to the individual, + +842 +00:43:52.700 --> 00:43:57.700 +neither money, nor housing, nor men, women, children. + +843 +00:43:58.070 --> 00:44:01.794 +Everything was part of the whole, the collective. + +844 +00:44:01.794 --> 00:44:04.410 +Therefore individuals now had a structure + +845 +00:44:04.410 --> 00:44:06.893 +within which to incorporate their family. + +846 +00:44:08.810 --> 00:44:11.510 +However, not all women felt a sense of community + +847 +00:44:11.510 --> 00:44:14.560 +and family within the BPP structure. + +848 +00:44:14.560 --> 00:44:18.465 +As late as August 1977, Black Panther Party women + +849 +00:44:18.465 --> 00:44:20.530 +were involved in discussions + +850 +00:44:20.530 --> 00:44:22.820 +and reflections regarding their relationship + +851 +00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:25.770 +to party men and non-party men. + +852 +00:44:25.770 --> 00:44:27.120 +By this point, the number + +853 +00:44:27.120 --> 00:44:30.210 +of Black Panther chapters had dwindled + +854 +00:44:30.210 --> 00:44:32.160 +to approximately four + +855 +00:44:32.160 --> 00:44:35.400 +and the total membership was less than 200. + +856 +00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:39.880 +Additionally, at least 33% of those involved were close to + +857 +00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:43.380 +or had already entered their 30s in age. + +858 +00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:45.770 +The membership was asked to respond to the issue + +859 +00:44:45.770 --> 00:44:48.340 +of whether or not Panther women should be allowed + +860 +00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:50.670 +to date men outside the party. + +861 +00:44:50.670 --> 00:44:53.640 +Overwhelmingly, those who responded believed + +862 +00:44:53.640 --> 00:44:54.810 +that women should be allowed + +863 +00:44:54.810 --> 00:44:56.660 +to date men outside the party + +864 +00:44:56.660 --> 00:44:59.450 +if these men were organizational supporters + +865 +00:44:59.450 --> 00:45:02.750 +and if they did not represent a threat of any kind + +866 +00:45:02.750 --> 00:45:06.395 +to the woman's continued involvement with the party. + +867 +00:45:06.395 --> 00:45:08.660 +This concern about not allowing women + +868 +00:45:08.660 --> 00:45:11.359 +to date men outside the party hearkened back + +869 +00:45:11.359 --> 00:45:14.140 +to those earliest days when Bobby Seale + +870 +00:45:14.140 --> 00:45:18.101 +and Eldridge Cleaver had linked a woman's drawing power + +871 +00:45:18.101 --> 00:45:23.101 +and physical appearance to their roles in the organization. + +872 +00:45:23.750 --> 00:45:27.730 +Unfortunately, almost 10 years later, after both Seale + +873 +00:45:27.730 --> 00:45:30.600 +and Cleaver had been expelled, the maintenance + +874 +00:45:30.600 --> 00:45:34.420 +of this dating policy was continuing to generate tensions + +875 +00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:36.880 +for some BPP membership. + +876 +00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:40.843 +The policy suggests that even after such a long time + +877 +00:45:40.843 --> 00:45:44.140 +women were not trusted to be able to think for themselves + +878 +00:45:44.140 --> 00:45:48.060 +and resist being drawn away from their party work. + +879 +00:45:48.060 --> 00:45:49.860 +Letters from the men on the question + +880 +00:45:49.860 --> 00:45:52.190 +of outside dating were basic notes + +881 +00:45:52.190 --> 00:45:53.890 +of support that they agreed + +882 +00:45:53.890 --> 00:45:55.990 +that women should be allowed the same privilege + +883 +00:45:55.990 --> 00:45:58.520 +of seeking outside companionship. + +884 +00:45:58.520 --> 00:45:59.780 +On the other hand, + +885 +00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:02.600 +the women were more analytical and expressive + +886 +00:46:02.600 --> 00:46:06.590 +and tapped into the emotional impact of their isolation. + +887 +00:46:06.590 --> 00:46:07.700 +One member who felt + +888 +00:46:07.700 --> 00:46:12.100 +she had had too many negative interactions with male members + +889 +00:46:12.100 --> 00:46:15.191 +who only wanted to have sex with her and nothing more + +890 +00:46:15.191 --> 00:46:19.100 +spoke of her regular consideration of lesbianism + +891 +00:46:19.100 --> 00:46:21.550 +because of her need to simply feel loved + +892 +00:46:21.550 --> 00:46:23.793 +and be treated nicely by someone. + +893 +00:46:24.810 --> 00:46:29.810 +She also spoke of community members seeing her, should I? + +894 +00:46:30.270 --> 00:46:31.103 +Okay. + +895 +00:46:31.103 --> 00:46:33.810 +She also spoke of community members seeing her + +896 +00:46:33.810 --> 00:46:38.810 +as nothing more than an automaton, an asexual workaholic. + +897 +00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:42.390 +One letter to Newton from the newspaper's editor + +898 +00:46:42.390 --> 00:46:45.390 +reflected the feelings of many women's correspondence. + +899 +00:46:45.390 --> 00:46:46.830 +And so for that reason, + +900 +00:46:46.830 --> 00:46:49.672 +I'd like to quote extensively from this. + +901 +00:46:49.672 --> 00:46:50.640 +And JoNina Abron, + +902 +00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:52.352 +the woman from the Detroit chapter + +903 +00:46:52.352 --> 00:46:55.923 +who moved to Oakland in 1974 is the author of this. + +904 +00:46:57.470 --> 00:46:59.730 +Throughout the 29 years of my life, + +905 +00:46:59.730 --> 00:47:01.930 +I have experienced the dual pain + +906 +00:47:01.930 --> 00:47:04.400 +of being a Black woman in America. + +907 +00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:07.700 +When I joined the party five years ago, I was thrilled + +908 +00:47:07.700 --> 00:47:10.300 +about becoming part of an organization that believes + +909 +00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:12.790 +in the equality of men and women. + +910 +00:47:12.790 --> 00:47:15.130 +However, I have since learned that my comrades + +911 +00:47:15.130 --> 00:47:19.490 +and I have yet to overcome many of our backward ideas. + +912 +00:47:19.490 --> 00:47:21.500 +I believe there are some women in the party + +913 +00:47:21.500 --> 00:47:22.950 +who have the political strength + +914 +00:47:22.950 --> 00:47:25.240 +to maintain principled relationships + +915 +00:47:25.240 --> 00:47:28.180 +with men who do not belong to the party, + +916 +00:47:28.180 --> 00:47:30.380 +men, who although they may not necessarily + +917 +00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:33.670 +be potential party members are making a contribution + +918 +00:47:33.670 --> 00:47:35.230 +to the community. + +919 +00:47:35.230 --> 00:47:37.310 +Obviously just as the comrade brothers + +920 +00:47:37.310 --> 00:47:40.099 +in the party may find themselves sexually attracted + +921 +00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:42.870 +to women who are not in the party, + +922 +00:47:42.870 --> 00:47:45.320 +so do we women encounter men + +923 +00:47:45.320 --> 00:47:47.830 +in the community who attract us. + +924 +00:47:47.830 --> 00:47:51.160 +I do not deny that this is a chauvinist society. + +925 +00:47:51.160 --> 00:47:53.022 +Because I am an aggressive person, + +926 +00:47:53.022 --> 00:47:56.520 +I have suffered from male chauvinism all my life, + +927 +00:47:56.520 --> 00:47:59.110 +perhaps more so than less aggressive women + +928 +00:47:59.110 --> 00:48:03.030 +who nevertheless suffer just as I have and do. + +929 +00:48:03.030 --> 00:48:06.340 +I feel that both men and women party members + +930 +00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:08.490 +who elect to have sexual relationships + +931 +00:48:08.490 --> 00:48:12.910 +outside our party should do so with people who have ideals + +932 +00:48:12.910 --> 00:48:15.010 +and goals common to ours. + +933 +00:48:15.010 --> 00:48:16.030 +If they do not, + +934 +00:48:16.030 --> 00:48:19.270 +then the relationship is not only nonproductive. + +935 +00:48:19.270 --> 00:48:21.650 +It may, in the case of the comrade sister, + +936 +00:48:21.650 --> 00:48:23.930 +draw her away from the party + +937 +00:48:23.930 --> 00:48:26.652 +if she lacks political strength. + +938 +00:48:26.652 --> 00:48:30.460 +In the interests of the party, I believe that a body + +939 +00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:34.300 +of comrades should be designated to provide direction to men + +940 +00:48:34.300 --> 00:48:36.780 +and women party members who choose + +941 +00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:39.260 +to have relationships outside the party. + +942 +00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:41.670 +This way we maintain structure + +943 +00:48:41.670 --> 00:48:44.820 +as we do in all areas of our party. + +944 +00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:47.250 +My concern about male-female relationships + +945 +00:48:47.250 --> 00:48:49.760 +extends beyond the sexual aspect. + +946 +00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:51.750 +Ultimately, it will take a new + +947 +00:48:51.750 --> 00:48:55.500 +and humane society to alter the ways in which men + +948 +00:48:55.500 --> 00:48:58.470 +and women in America treat each other. + +949 +00:48:58.470 --> 00:49:01.490 +Within our party, it bothers me that there are a couple + +950 +00:49:01.490 --> 00:49:05.640 +of comrade brothers who still view women as sexual objects. + +951 +00:49:05.640 --> 00:49:06.760 +We should have no men + +952 +00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:09.290 +in the Black Panther Party who feel this way + +953 +00:49:09.290 --> 00:49:11.170 +or women for that matter. + +954 +00:49:11.170 --> 00:49:13.650 +It bothers me that there are a few brothers + +955 +00:49:13.650 --> 00:49:16.493 +who seem unable to carry a conversation with me + +956 +00:49:16.493 --> 00:49:18.860 +once I explain that I am not interested + +957 +00:49:18.860 --> 00:49:20.750 +in going to bed with them. + +958 +00:49:20.750 --> 00:49:22.790 +It makes me feel that, + +959 +00:49:22.790 --> 00:49:25.550 +it makes me feel that they feel I have no value + +960 +00:49:25.550 --> 00:49:26.683 +behind my body. + +961 +00:49:28.790 --> 00:49:31.170 +I realize that I made a ridiculous statement above, + +962 +00:49:31.170 --> 00:49:34.240 +when I said that my concern extends beyond the sexual aspect + +963 +00:49:34.240 --> 00:49:36.220 +of male-female relationships. + +964 +00:49:36.220 --> 00:49:39.294 +It is because of backwards ideas about the role + +965 +00:49:39.294 --> 00:49:43.730 +of men and the role of women that this whole problem exists. + +966 +00:49:43.730 --> 00:49:46.030 +I would like to see the party seriously begin + +967 +00:49:46.030 --> 00:49:48.180 +to deal with this issue. + +968 +00:49:48.180 --> 00:49:49.510 +While we have a number of women + +969 +00:49:49.510 --> 00:49:51.660 +in leadership positions in our party, + +970 +00:49:51.660 --> 00:49:53.240 +they are respected by the men + +971 +00:49:53.240 --> 00:49:55.420 +because they are in leadership. + +972 +00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:58.990 +I have seen time after time instances in which brothers, + +973 +00:49:58.990 --> 00:50:02.683 +not in the leadership, promptly carry out suggestions + +974 +00:50:02.683 --> 00:50:05.660 +made by women central body members + +975 +00:50:05.660 --> 00:50:09.360 +and ignore and often insult women + +976 +00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:13.020 +not on the central body who made the same suggestion. + +977 +00:50:13.020 --> 00:50:14.560 +This appalls me. + +978 +00:50:14.560 --> 00:50:16.240 +I do not hesitate to admit + +979 +00:50:16.240 --> 00:50:18.890 +that women are guilty of the same type of attitude + +980 +00:50:18.890 --> 00:50:22.040 +toward men who are not in the leadership. + +981 +00:50:22.040 --> 00:50:25.710 +The bottom line is that chauvinism exists in our party + +982 +00:50:25.710 --> 00:50:27.760 +to the extent that it does, + +983 +00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:29.873 +because we women tolerate it. + +984 +00:50:33.470 --> 00:50:36.010 +I'd actually like to leave you + +985 +00:50:36.010 --> 00:50:40.990 +with that chunk of quote from JoNina Abron, + +986 +00:50:40.990 --> 00:50:44.470 +and at this point not give you my opinion on it, + +987 +00:50:44.470 --> 00:50:47.000 +because I'd actually like to get some feedback + +988 +00:50:47.000 --> 00:50:48.600 +from you afterwards. + +989 +00:50:48.600 --> 00:50:52.200 +But essentially to close, + +990 +00:50:52.200 --> 00:50:55.720 +I think that as Black Panther Party women matured, + +991 +00:50:55.720 --> 00:50:58.800 +they had the presence of mind to understand + +992 +00:50:58.800 --> 00:51:02.780 +that a lot of the dilemmas that they faced were + +993 +00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:07.780 +in some instances linked to their position + +994 +00:51:08.570 --> 00:51:10.910 +in the party because they were a member. + +995 +00:51:10.910 --> 00:51:12.990 +But I think they also began to realize + +996 +00:51:12.990 --> 00:51:14.620 +that there were certain issues + +997 +00:51:14.620 --> 00:51:18.000 +that were separate and distinct from the things + +998 +00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:20.823 +that Black Panther Party men had to deal with. + +999 +00:51:22.420 --> 00:51:25.320 +Being female and being a mother placed them in a category + +1000 +00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:26.770 +that was unique. + +1001 +00:51:26.770 --> 00:51:29.340 +They neither used these distinctions as crutches + +1002 +00:51:29.340 --> 00:51:32.053 +nor as the opportunity to practice one-upsmanship. + +1003 +00:51:32.950 --> 00:51:36.525 line:15% +Instead, select female organizational planners made sure + +1004 +00:51:36.525 --> 00:51:39.900 line:15% +that the party addressed the needs of its women + +1005 +00:51:39.900 --> 00:51:41.970 line:15% +and children to the necessary degree + +1006 +00:51:41.970 --> 00:51:44.443 line:15% +to keep the group functionally efficient. + +1007 +00:51:46.570 --> 00:51:49.310 +There's so much more that I could say about the topic, + +1008 +00:51:49.310 --> 00:51:53.250 +but today my intention was just to provide some information + +1009 +00:51:53.250 --> 00:51:54.970 +that could serve as food for thought, + +1010 +00:51:54.970 --> 00:51:58.070 +particularly for the individuals, + +1011 +00:51:58.070 --> 00:52:01.350 +women and men who are involved in organizations + +1012 +00:52:01.350 --> 00:52:02.995 +that force you to make decisions + +1013 +00:52:02.995 --> 00:52:07.800 +for the common good but that have an impact on the lives + +1014 +00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:12.110 +of a greater proportion of one group of members + +1015 +00:52:12.110 --> 00:52:13.053 +than the other. + +1016 +00:52:14.040 --> 00:52:17.410 +Black Panther Party women's history also reveals + +1017 +00:52:17.410 --> 00:52:22.120 +that at the times when one's needs are not being met, + +1018 +00:52:22.120 --> 00:52:24.123 +tough decisions have to be made. + +1019 +00:52:25.186 --> 00:52:29.390 +In numerous cases, women who did not feel structurally + +1020 +00:52:29.390 --> 00:52:32.630 +or emotionally supported left the group. + +1021 +00:52:32.630 --> 00:52:34.930 +Others remained and fought within the structure + +1022 +00:52:34.930 --> 00:52:36.463 +until their needs were met. + +1023 +00:52:37.370 --> 00:52:39.590 +I think the most important thing to remember is, + +1024 +00:52:39.590 --> 00:52:42.950 +Ericka Huggins said in the clip from the video is + +1025 +00:52:42.950 --> 00:52:47.210 +that all these Black Panther Party members were human + +1026 +00:52:47.210 --> 00:52:49.930 +whether they were male or female, + +1027 +00:52:49.930 --> 00:52:54.150 +and the choices that they made were intensely as personal + +1028 +00:52:54.150 --> 00:52:57.830 +as they were, excuse me, as they were public. + +1029 +00:52:57.830 --> 00:53:00.440 +And I think the one thing that's clear is + +1030 +00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:04.044 +that there's really no easy way to disassociate + +1031 +00:53:04.044 --> 00:53:05.900 +the private from the public + +1032 +00:53:05.900 --> 00:53:08.060 +and the personal from the political. + +1033 +00:53:08.060 --> 00:53:09.630 +So I'd like to thank you + +1034 +00:53:09.630 --> 00:53:11.190 +for your time and attention + +1035 +00:53:11.190 --> 00:53:14.209 +and also open up for questions. + +1036 +00:53:14.209 --> 00:53:17.209 +(audience applauds) + +1037 +00:53:28.310 --> 00:53:31.220 +During the earliest years, + +1038 +00:53:31.220 --> 00:53:33.913 +the babies for the revolution phase, + +1039 +00:53:35.590 --> 00:53:37.080 +that's also the period when + +1040 +00:53:37.080 --> 00:53:40.050 +because of all the outside law enforcement pressure, + +1041 +00:53:40.050 --> 00:53:44.910 +there were lots of purges that were going on internally. + +1042 +00:53:44.910 --> 00:53:49.910 +And a lot of men were expelled from the party, + +1043 +00:53:52.490 --> 00:53:55.460 +because they were considered to be, you know, + +1044 +00:53:55.460 --> 00:53:58.080 +agent provocateurs causing dissension. + +1045 +00:53:58.080 --> 00:54:01.410 +And it was revealed in later testimony + +1046 +00:54:01.410 --> 00:54:04.208 +that some of them were actually undercover policemen. + +1047 +00:54:04.208 --> 00:54:08.732 +But a number of women were expelled + +1048 +00:54:08.732 --> 00:54:12.950 +for the same reason that they were praised, + +1049 +00:54:12.950 --> 00:54:14.060 +they were lauded and praised, + +1050 +00:54:14.060 --> 00:54:16.370 +because they could attract men to the party, + +1051 +00:54:16.370 --> 00:54:17.547 +make babies for the revolution. + +1052 +00:54:17.547 --> 00:54:21.310 +And that became a tool that was used against them, + +1053 +00:54:21.310 --> 00:54:24.320 +because the argument would be that, oh, you can tell + +1054 +00:54:24.320 --> 00:54:26.680 +that this person, this woman is an agent provocateur + +1055 +00:54:26.680 --> 00:54:28.930 +because since she's joined the party + +1056 +00:54:28.930 --> 00:54:31.510 +all she's wanting to do is sleep with this leader + +1057 +00:54:31.510 --> 00:54:34.133 +and that leader and the next person. + +1058 +00:54:37.110 --> 00:54:40.600 +But I would have to say that during the earliest years, + +1059 +00:54:40.600 --> 00:54:45.140 +the decisions to leave were very personal + +1060 +00:54:45.140 --> 00:54:48.410 +in terms of childcare and wondering how they would care + +1061 +00:54:48.410 --> 00:54:50.660 +for the children once the children were born. + +1062 +00:54:51.680 --> 00:54:54.190 +During the later years, there were still a lot + +1063 +00:54:54.190 --> 00:54:57.593 +of intraorganizational dissension going on, + +1064 +00:54:59.150 --> 00:55:04.150 +particularly in 1977, when Huey Newton returned from Cuba, + +1065 +00:55:05.610 --> 00:55:09.810 +he had been in Cuban exile from 1974 to '77 + +1066 +00:55:09.810 --> 00:55:13.528 +related to charges that he had pistol-whipped his tailor + +1067 +00:55:13.528 --> 00:55:15.780 +and also that he had murdered, + +1068 +00:55:15.780 --> 00:55:19.560 +he had shot and murdered a 14-year-old prostitute + +1069 +00:55:19.560 --> 00:55:20.740 +in Oakland. + +1070 +00:55:20.740 --> 00:55:23.350 +So when he returned, + +1071 +00:55:23.350 --> 00:55:26.320 +according to Elaine Brown's autobiography + +1072 +00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:28.963 +and some other interviews that I had done, + +1073 +00:55:30.110 --> 00:55:35.110 +apparently a group of men who were considered the squad + +1074 +00:55:36.990 --> 00:55:40.440 +or the brothers, sort of the strong-armers + +1075 +00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:44.260 +in the party that supported Newton felt + +1076 +00:55:44.260 --> 00:55:46.410 +that they finally had the opportunity to get rid + +1077 +00:55:46.410 --> 00:55:49.380 +of all of these women who had been placed + +1078 +00:55:49.380 --> 00:55:50.802 +in these leadership positions + +1079 +00:55:50.802 --> 00:55:55.802 +when Elaine Brown took over in '74 after Huey Newton left. + +1080 +00:55:57.580 --> 00:56:02.470 +And there are several reported cases of women being beaten + +1081 +00:56:04.665 --> 00:56:08.627 +and raped actually and deciding to leave. + +1082 +00:56:09.612 --> 00:56:12.880 +So that's not so much that, + +1083 +00:56:12.880 --> 00:56:14.340 +I mean, to answer your question, + +1084 +00:56:14.340 --> 00:56:19.270 +it's not so much that these beatings and such had + +1085 +00:56:19.270 --> 00:56:22.880 +and these expulsions had a direct impact + +1086 +00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:26.280 +on whether they could or couldn't have a child, + +1087 +00:56:26.280 --> 00:56:31.140 +but rather it's sort of the larger context, right? + +1088 +00:56:31.140 --> 00:56:34.520 +And especially with instances of rape, you know, + +1089 +00:56:34.520 --> 00:56:36.540 +and I'm saying this, I don't mean to say + +1090 +00:56:36.540 --> 00:56:38.700 +that every day there was a rape, + +1091 +00:56:38.700 --> 00:56:41.427 +but even if there was one rape, you know, + +1092 +00:56:41.427 --> 00:56:45.370 +that calls to question the nature of this organization + +1093 +00:56:45.370 --> 00:56:47.530 +that's supposed to, you know, + +1094 +00:56:47.530 --> 00:56:51.223 +practice equality between men and women. + +1095 +00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:05.400 +Initially I think the assumption might be + +1096 +00:57:05.400 --> 00:57:08.490 +that there was no relationship between the two, + +1097 +00:57:08.490 --> 00:57:12.376 +but on the contrary, there was a large interaction + +1098 +00:57:12.376 --> 00:57:17.050 +between the two groups, but especially here in the Bay Area. + +1099 +00:57:17.050 --> 00:57:22.050 +And what I found is that a number + +1100 +00:57:23.200 --> 00:57:25.763 +of Black Panther Party women, + +1101 +00:57:26.870 --> 00:57:28.450 +for example JoNina Abron, + +1102 +00:57:28.450 --> 00:57:31.050 +who was a newspaper editor + +1103 +00:57:31.050 --> 00:57:35.600 +as well as a couple other members would attend events + +1104 +00:57:35.600 --> 00:57:40.120 +that were billed as feminist events. + +1105 +00:57:40.120 --> 00:57:43.265 +And they would, the Black Panther Party would advertise + +1106 +00:57:43.265 --> 00:57:45.210 +these upcoming events. + +1107 +00:57:45.210 --> 00:57:47.940 +And they would also include stories, + +1108 +00:57:47.940 --> 00:57:52.360 +follow-up stories on the events in their newspaper. + +1109 +00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:57.270 +One thing that comes to mind also is a lot + +1110 +00:57:57.270 --> 00:58:00.040 +of organizing that happened around political prisoners + +1111 +00:58:00.040 --> 00:58:01.010 +during the time, + +1112 +00:58:01.010 --> 00:58:03.404 +and Ericka Huggins, the same woman on the video + +1113 +00:58:03.404 --> 00:58:07.110 +was in prison in New Haven + +1114 +00:58:07.110 --> 00:58:11.417 +between 1969 and 1971 charged for the murder + +1115 +00:58:13.380 --> 00:58:18.360 +of one Black Panther Party member in the New Haven chapter. + +1116 +00:58:18.360 --> 00:58:23.360 +And the National Welfare Rights Organization + +1117 +00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:30.000 +as well as a number of grassroots feminist organizations + +1118 +00:58:32.050 --> 00:58:37.050 +staunchly supported Ericka Huggins' case, + +1119 +00:58:37.200 --> 00:58:40.130 +not because she was a Black Panther + +1120 +00:58:40.130 --> 00:58:42.090 +but because she was a woman. + +1121 +00:58:42.090 --> 00:58:44.650 +And she was arrested at the same time + +1122 +00:58:44.650 --> 00:58:47.170 +with about eight other women, + +1123 +00:58:47.170 --> 00:58:50.120 +I think about eight other women from the New Haven chapter, + +1124 +00:58:51.080 --> 00:58:54.200 +a couple of whom had been pregnant when they were arrested. + +1125 +00:58:54.200 --> 00:58:56.840 +So they had delivered the babies in prison, + +1126 +00:58:56.840 --> 00:58:59.010 +and they had their babies removed from them. + +1127 +00:58:59.010 --> 00:59:01.780 +So around the issue of motherhood + +1128 +00:59:01.780 --> 00:59:05.790 +and incarceration is where they found that point + +1129 +00:59:05.790 --> 00:59:06.760 +of entry to agree. + +1130 +00:59:06.760 --> 00:59:08.313 +And actually one group, + +1131 +00:59:09.510 --> 00:59:11.960 +I can't remember the name of it right now, + +1132 +00:59:11.960 --> 00:59:16.960 +but they almost refused to join that particular movement + +1133 +00:59:18.950 --> 00:59:22.840 +because in their mind the Black Panther Party was filled + +1134 +00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:26.780 +with a bunch of egotistical macho individuals. + +1135 +00:59:26.780 --> 00:59:30.960 +And they assumed that if they became involved + +1136 +00:59:30.960 --> 00:59:34.810 +in this arm + +1137 +00:59:34.810 --> 00:59:37.300 +of Black Panther Party's organizing + +1138 +00:59:37.300 --> 00:59:38.720 +that the Black Panther Party would try + +1139 +00:59:38.720 --> 00:59:42.290 +to take over their organization. + +1140 +00:59:42.290 --> 00:59:44.840 +So there are also examples + +1141 +00:59:44.840 --> 00:59:47.530 +of women who joined the Black Panther Party + +1142 +00:59:47.530 --> 00:59:49.850 +in the search for their identity. + +1143 +00:59:49.850 --> 00:59:53.360 +And after having about a year or so experience + +1144 +00:59:53.360 --> 00:59:56.210 +with the Panthers and keeping their eyes + +1145 +00:59:56.210 --> 00:59:59.530 +and ears open to the larger feminist movement + +1146 +00:59:59.530 --> 01:00:03.290 +decided that they would prefer to be + +1147 +01:00:03.290 --> 01:00:06.502 +in the feminist movement than in the Black Panther Party. + +1148 +01:00:06.502 --> 01:00:08.250 +So there's a wide perspective, + +1149 +01:00:08.250 --> 01:00:11.010 +but they definitely had interactions. + +1150 +01:00:11.010 --> 01:00:12.810 +I think one thing that's really interesting is + +1151 +01:00:12.810 --> 01:00:15.900 +when I interviewed a lot of these women + +1152 +01:00:15.900 --> 01:00:17.870 +and I asked them + +1153 +01:00:17.870 --> 01:00:21.230 +if they considered themselves feminists at the time, + +1154 +01:00:21.230 --> 01:00:22.600 +they were almost offended + +1155 +01:00:23.510 --> 01:00:28.510 +that I would even imply such a thing, because it's, + +1156 +01:00:29.020 --> 01:00:31.770 +I think you remember from JoNina Abron's quote. + +1157 +01:00:31.770 --> 01:00:35.047 +She said, you know, "I'm a Black woman, + +1158 +01:00:35.047 --> 01:00:38.187 +"and I consider myself a Panther member + +1159 +01:00:38.187 --> 01:00:40.180 +"before I consider myself a woman." + +1160 +01:00:40.180 --> 01:00:42.583 +So there was always that tension. + +1161 +01:00:53.705 --> 01:00:58.340 +Yes, about 90% + +1162 +01:00:58.340 --> 01:01:01.380 +of them are still involved + +1163 +01:01:01.380 --> 01:01:05.120 +in community organizing and community activism + +1164 +01:01:05.120 --> 01:01:08.618 +in some shape or form, might be even higher than that. + +1165 +01:01:08.618 --> 01:01:11.753 +The common theme that drew them + +1166 +01:01:11.753 --> 01:01:16.540 +to the organization in 1968 in large numbers, + +1167 +01:01:16.540 --> 01:01:19.151 +because they joined as early as 1967, + +1168 +01:01:19.151 --> 01:01:23.440 +but they rallied to the organization in 1968 + +1169 +01:01:23.440 --> 01:01:27.860 +because of the increased community work + +1170 +01:01:27.860 --> 01:01:29.780 +that was being done. + +1171 +01:01:29.780 --> 01:01:31.270 +After the organization had moved + +1172 +01:01:31.270 --> 01:01:36.160 +beyond the armed police patrols of the communities, + +1173 +01:01:36.160 --> 01:01:38.360 +which a couple of women had been involved in, + +1174 +01:01:38.360 --> 01:01:41.540 +that's when the women really became involved. + +1175 +01:01:41.540 --> 01:01:44.313 +And to link my response to your question + +1176 +01:01:44.313 --> 01:01:48.140 +with what Vera had asked me about violence, + +1177 +01:01:48.140 --> 01:01:50.330 +intraorganizational violence, + +1178 +01:01:50.330 --> 01:01:55.330 +a lot of women endured years of that kind of abuse, + +1179 +01:01:58.440 --> 01:02:01.720 +because they were committed to the goals + +1180 +01:02:01.720 --> 01:02:05.650 +of the Oakland Community School, more specifically, + +1181 +01:02:05.650 --> 01:02:08.723 +and the education that the children received. + +1182 +01:02:10.001 --> 01:02:12.306 +Thank you very much. +Thank you. + +1183 +01:02:12.306 --> 01:02:17.306 +Thank you. +(audience applauds) + +1184 +01:02:42.436 --> 01:02:46.019 +(majestic orchestra music) + diff --git a/spec/fixtures/multimedia/complete_file_manifest.csv b/spec/fixtures/multimedia/complete_file_manifest.csv 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b/spec/lib/pre_assembly/digital_object_spec.rb @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }, @@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.tif', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/tiff', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: false, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: false } }] } }, @@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }, @@ -222,6 +225,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.tif', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/tiff', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: false, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: false } }] } }], @@ -253,6 +257,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: '00/image1.tif', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/tiff', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: false, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: false } }] } }, @@ -266,6 +271,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: '00/image2.tif', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/tiff', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: false, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: false } }] } }, @@ -279,6 +285,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: '05/image1.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }], @@ -311,6 +318,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }, @@ -324,6 +332,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }], @@ -355,6 +364,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }, @@ -368,6 +378,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }], @@ -399,6 +410,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }, @@ -412,6 +424,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }], @@ -443,6 +456,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }, @@ -456,6 +470,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }] } }], @@ -487,6 +502,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }, @@ -496,6 +512,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image1.tif', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/tiff', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '1111' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: false, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: false } }] } }, @@ -509,6 +526,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.jp2', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/jp2', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: false, shelve: true } }, @@ -518,6 +536,7 @@ def add_object_files(extension:, num: 2, rel_path: '') filename: 'image2.tif', version: 1, hasMimeType: 'image/tiff', + use: nil, hasMessageDigests: [{ type: 'md5', digest: '2222' }], access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, administrative: { publish: false, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: false } }] } }], diff --git a/spec/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest_spec.rb index dbba3e8b1..9e7343ef7 100644 --- a/spec/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest_spec.rb +++ b/spec/lib/pre_assembly/file_manifest_spec.rb @@ -230,6 +230,21 @@ administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: true } } ] } + }, { + type: 'https://cocina.sul.stanford.edu/models/resources/file', + externalIdentifier: 'bc234fg5678_4', + label: 'Caption file', version: 1, + structural: { + contains: [ + { type: 'https://cocina.sul.stanford.edu/models/file', + externalIdentifier: 'https://cocina.sul.stanford.edu/file/9', label: 'aa111aa1111.vtt', filename: 'aa111aa1111.vtt', version: 1, + hasMessageDigests: [], + hasMimeType: 'text/vtt', + use: 'caption', + access: { view: 'world', download: 'none', controlledDigitalLending: false }, + administrative: { publish: true, sdrPreserve: true, shelve: true } } + ] + } } ], hasMemberOrders: [], isMemberOf: [] }