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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: 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...

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.

CCPO / Bay Area Prison Coalition — Convention Schedule (December 1972)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateDecember 1, 1972 PublishersCCPO / Bay Area Prison Coalition

December 1972 schedule for the joint CCPO and Bay Area Prison Coalition convention.

CCPO and BAPC — Call to the Convention (December 1972)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateDecember 2, 1972 PublishersCoordinating Council of Prisoner Organizations

Pamphlet announcing the December 2-3, 1972 Bay Area Prison Convention organized by the Coordinating Council of Prisoner Organizations, with registration details and agenda.

Communication on Human Rights On Behalf of Prisoners Held in the United States (1972)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 1972 AuthorsGeorgia Jackson; National Conference of Black Lawyers PublishersNational Conference of Black Lawyers

1972 petition to the United Nations from Georgia Jackson (mother of George and Jonathan Jackson) and the National Conference of Black Lawyers documenting human-rights violations against incarcerated people in the wake of George Jackson's killing.

Comrade George — An Investigation into the Official Story of His Assassination (1972)

CollectionPolitical Prisoners DateJanuary 1, 1972 PublishersRed Prison Movement

Red Prison Movement investigation challenging the official San Quentin narrative of George Jackson's August 21, 1971 killing, with detailed timeline analysis and a centerfold poster.

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (August 30, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateAugust 30, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: August...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (February 28, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateFebruary 28, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: Februar...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (January 25, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateJanuary 25, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: January...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (June 1, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateJune 1, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: June 1,...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (May 1, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateMay 1, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: May 1,...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Memorandum (November 27, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateNovember 27, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: Novembe...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Triple Jeopardy newspaper scan (April 1, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateApril 1, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: April 1...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Triple Jeopardy newspaper scan (February 1, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateFebruary 1, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: Februar...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Triple Jeopardy newspaper scan (January 1, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateJanuary 1, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: January...

FBI COINTELPRO — TWWA Triple Jeopardy newspaper scan (July 1, 1972)

CollectionFBI FOIA — COINTELPRO TWWA DateJuly 1, 1972 AuthorsFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) PublishersFBI / FOIA release

Internal FBI document from the COINTELPRO and post-COINTELPRO surveillance file on the Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA), the multiracial socialist-feminist organization that grew out of SNCC's Black Women's Liberation Committee and was active 1970-1980. Released under FOIA and mirrored from the Internet Archive item twwa_cointelpro. Document date: July 1,...

Jean Seberg — FBI File

CollectionFBI Vault — Surveillance Files Year1972 PublishersFBI Vault

FBI file on actress Jean Seberg, a BPP financial supporter. COINTELPRO smear campaign against Seberg for her support of the Panthers, including planting a false rumor that she was pregnant by a Panther — an emblematic COINTELPRO case.

Letter re parole of David Hilliard

CollectionBlack Panther Party (Northern California) DateSeptember 15, 1972 PublishersGarry, Dreyfus, McTernan & Brotsky

Letter to CA Adult Authority to parole David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of Black Panther Party.

Midnight Special Prisoners News

CollectionNational Lawyers Guild DateOctober 1, 1972 PublishersPrison Justice Committee; National Lawyers Guild

Focused on NY and NJ prisons.

The Black Liberation Struggle (Within the Current World Struggle)

CollectionBill Epton DateJanuary 1, 1972 PublishersBlack Liberation Press

A transcript which followed a talk by Bill Epton reflecting on the state of Black Liberation within the current context of the world and other struggles. This talk touched on a number of elements and topics, such as white racism, male chauvinism, Marxist- Leninist principles and the importance of the "Third World".

The Black Panther — Vol. 7 No. 19 (Jan 1, 1972)

CollectionThe Black Panther Newspaper DateJanuary 1, 1972 AuthorsBlack Panther Party PublishersBlack Panther Party / Marxists Internet Archive VolumeVol. 7 No. 19

Issue of The Black Panther, the newspaper of the Black Panther Party (Vol. 7 No. 19), published 1972-01-01. Part of the paper's 1971-1980 national run; digitized by the Marxists Internet Archive and linked here.

The Black Panther — Vol. 7 No. 20 (Jan 8, 1972)

CollectionThe Black Panther Newspaper DateJanuary 8, 1972 AuthorsBlack Panther Party PublishersBlack Panther Party / Marxists Internet Archive VolumeVol. 7 No. 20

Issue of The Black Panther, the newspaper of the Black Panther Party (Vol. 7 No. 20), published 1972-01-08. Part of the paper's 1971-1980 national run; digitized by the Marxists Internet Archive and linked here.

The Black Panther — Vol. 7 No. 22 (Jan 22, 1972)

CollectionThe Black Panther Newspaper DateJanuary 22, 1972 AuthorsBlack Panther Party PublishersBlack Panther Party / Marxists Internet Archive VolumeVol. 7 No. 22

Issue of The Black Panther, the newspaper of the Black Panther Party (Vol. 7 No. 22), published 1972-01-22. Part of the paper's 1971-1980 national run; digitized by the Marxists Internet Archive and linked here.