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Welcome to the NPPC Archive. This Archive is a searchable index of the National Political Prisoner Coalition’s records: prisoner profiles, case files, movement periodicals, court documents, and oral histories. It collects, in one place, the materials that document the history of U.S. political imprisonment from the late nineteenth century to the present.

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Afeni Shakur: Joining Black Panther Party

CollectionPanther 21 PublishersFreedom Archives

Afeni Shakur recollects the first time meeting Bobby Seal in New York City who was speaking out against the police and acknowledges that what attracted her to the Black Panther Party in the beginning was romanization of liberation struggle.

Afeni Shakur: Lessons from Panther 21 Trail

CollectionPanther 21 DateJanuary 27, 1972 PublishersFreedom Archives

Afeni Shakur draws lessons from the Panther 21 trail and encourages people to support political prisoners by attending court sessions as witnesses.

Afeni Shakur: Racial Solidarity in Prisons

CollectionPanther 21 DateJanuary 27, 1972 PublishersFreedom Archives

Afeni Shakur speaks about the importance of being in solidarity with political prisoners, Sam Melville at Attica prison, how Attica uprising is a prime example on how racial solidarity can be effective and how even prison guards can be supportive of incarcerated revolutionaries.

Afeni Shakur: Solidarity during Panther 21 Trail

CollectionPanther 21 DateJanuary 27, 1972 PublishersFreedom Archives

Afeni Shakur speaks about the constant support the 21 Panthers received from people who showed up every day to the trails, including school children, and how this has affected the jury positively. In addition, she addresses the complex relation between political prisoners and guards and how some guards showed gestures of solidarity by, for instance, fasting...