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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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Found 1,046 records

Behind the Barrier of Silence

CollectionOut of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 1990 PublishersObserver

Report on Lexington Control Unit and interview excerpts from Silvia Baraldini, Susan Rosenberg, Alejandrina Torres. Virtual holding only.

Berkman v. United States, 250 U.S. 114 (1919)

CollectionU.S. Supreme Court — PP Cases Year1919 PublishersU.S. Supreme Court

Per curiam affirming Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman's Selective Service Act convictions.

Between the Sun and the Sea: Icarus at 12th and L

CollectionCrimethInc. Year2019 PublishersCrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective

Short reflective piece on a specific J20 defendant and moment from the inauguration-day arrests.

Black Arts Black Culture

CollectionVarious Black Liberation Movement Publications DateJanuary 1, 1972 PublishersJournal of Black Poetry Press

CONTENTS : THE CRISIS IN BLACK CULTURE Askia Muhammad Abu Bakr El Toure; ON THE "BOYCOTT" Ed Spriggs; INTERVIEW WITH MILFORD GRAVES Marvin X; ON SPIRITUALISM & THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT Ahmed Akinwole Ato Alhamisi. Two ''Case" Studies: ON THE "ESSENCE" MAGAZINE AFFAIR by Askia Muhammad Abu Bakr El Toure and NEWS FROM CLEVELAND by Norman Jordan.

Black August Card Template — Illustration by Kevin Rashid Johnson (2024)

CollectionAnarchist Black Cross — Philly DateAugust 25, 2024 PublishersPhiladelphia Anarchist Black Cross

Black August illustration by imprisoned artist Kevin 'Rashid' Johnson, laid out as a card to print and send to political prisoners during Black August letter-writing events.

Black Dialogue Magazine

CollectionVarious Black Liberation Movement Publications DateJanuary 1, 1969 PublishersBlack Dialogue Publications

Contents: DIALOGUE WITH AUM (interview and photos) by Edward Spriggs DREAMS by John Farris CONTENTS AND WHAT ABOUT LAURIE? (a review of "Uptight") by Nikki Giovanni ALL IN THE STREET by Ameer Baraka AFRO by Ruth Rambo McClain DANCE LIKE AN ADJECTIVE TO YOU by Will Halsey FOX SECTION by J . Harris, R . Hinton and D.Harris PASSED ON BLUES by Ted Joans HOW LONG...

Black Liberation Now

CollectionBill Epton PublishersFreedom Archives

Black Liberation on Trial: The Case of Huey Newton

CollectionHuey Newton DateJanuary 1, 1968 PublishersBay Area Committee to Defend Political Freedom

Summary of the events of Huey Newton's Trial. includes the prosecution's case, the defense's case, a descriptive list of the jurors involved, witnesses, and more.

Black News - V 4-5 - February 1979

CollectionVarious Black Liberation Movement Publications DateFebruary 1, 1979 PublishersEAST Organization

Editorial: Repression of Blacks; FBI Sued for $100 Million; and Who Really Killed Malcolm? Also- Cointelpro Continues; Assata Shakur; Political Prisoners in US; National Notes; Jitu Weusi on Cointelpro; P.O.W. Forum; Dhoruba Moore: P .O .D .W.; B.U.F.M.L.King March; Forum Exposes NCLC group; Letters to the Editor; Ethiopian Foreign Minister; I.R.S. Spys on B...

Black Politics Vol. 1 No. 9-10

CollectionBlack Power/Black Nation DateJanuary 1, 1968 PublishersBlack Politics

Statement of Purpose. Editorials: Mexican Student Uprising, Invasion of Czechoslovakia, Yes or No, or How to Cast a Non Vote, 1968 Elections, Vote Black Panther. Articles: Concentration Camps in America; Handguns; Inside the Poor People's Campaign, Part 2; Black Unity, Oakland Direct Action Committee; Quotes from Marcus Garvey; Black Capitalism--Salvation or...

Black Politics: A Journal of Liberation Vol. 1 No. 1

CollectionBlack Power/Black Nation DateJanuary 1, 1968 PublishersFreedom Archives

Articles: The Case of Huey P. Newton; Black Power and the Third World; Weapons for Self-Defense; The Great Conspirator's Conspiracy; John Brown and Taking Care of Business. Black Politics is an independent journal whose purpose is to provide a forum for vanguard theories and ideas that deal with currently critical issues.

Black Power!

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) DateJanuary 1, 1967 PublishersBlack Panther Party of Northern California

Black Power!

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) PublishersHouse of Umoja (Unity)

Black Power!

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) DateSeptember 1, 1967 PublishersBlack Panther Party of Northern California

This issue of the Black Power! newsletter opens with a report on the July 1967 rebellions in Detroit, MI and violence against protestors by the National Guard. Following articles report on the nationwide uprisings in and state violence against protestors and Black Power activists. A statement by H. Rap Brown (Jamil al Amin) urges readers to protest, arguing...

Black Power!

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) DateJanuary 1, 1968 PublishersBlack Panther Party of Northern California

This issue of the Black Power! Newsletter includes: an editorial in support of Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka); an account of recent state action against H. Rap Brown (Jamil A. Amin) including calls to action for readers to support his case; a statement on a grand jury indictment against white antiwar activists including Dr. Spock; an essay about French president...

Black Power! Vol. 1 No. 12

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) PublishersHouse of Umoja (Unity)

Black Power! Vol. 1 No. 13

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) PublishersHouse of Umoja (Unity)

Black Pride Newsletter I

CollectionPrison - Newspapers DateJanuary 1, 1976 PublishersBlack Culture Society

Contents: Tying It All Together (Black Pride Staff); The Black Worker: 1954 to Present part III-conclusion (Ben Murdock); A review: Black Zion (Karamoko Baye); Preview of a Change of Pace (Black Pride Staff).

Black Pride Newsletter II

CollectionPrison - Newspapers DateMarch 1, 1976 PublishersBlack Culture Society

Contents: News Briefs from the Pan-Afrikan / 3rd World; Some Notes, & c. (Karamoko); The Black Worker: 1619-1914 (Ben Murdock); 1976: Court Rules Pullman Porters Discriminated against for Years (Akinshiju C. Ola).

Black Pride Newsletter III

CollectionPrison - Newspapers DateApril 1, 1976 PublishersBlack Culture Society

Contents: News Briefs from Pan-Afrikan / 3rd World; Reflections and Notes (Karamoko); Six Years Later (Nancy Banks); The Bicentennial: A Prisoner's Perspective (Charles Beasley); The Black Worker: 1914-1954 part II (Ben Murdock).

Black Workers Council Organize to Fight!

CollectionBill Epton PublishersFreedom Archives

Bobby Hutton Memorial Service

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) DateApril 1, 1969 PublishersFreedom Archives

Service and rally at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, with speakers: Bobby Seale, Kathleen Cleaver, David Hilliard, Charles Garry, Masai Hewitt

Boston Racism Flyer

CollectionPrairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC) PublishersPrarie Fire Organizing Committee

The issue in Boston today is racism.

Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 (1969)

CollectionU.S. Supreme Court — PP Cases Year1969 PublishersU.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court striking down the Ohio criminal-syndicalism statute historically used against IWW, CP, and anarchists.

Breakthrough Insert

CollectionPrairie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC) PublishersPrarie Fire Organizing Committee

Flyer providing additional introductory information on the journal Breakthrough.