Seale discusses Panthers' Survival Programs
About This Item
KPIX Eyewitness news footage from July 31st, 1971 featuring a protest outside Bill's Liquor, an African-American owned liquor store on Grove Street in Oakland, over the owner's refusal to donate money to the Black Panther Party's community initiatives, or "Survival Programs." Contains an interview with Bobby Seale, who discusses the importance of the Party's Survival Programs against a backdrop of protesters carrying signs that say "Don't Support This Store," "Support The Store That Supports The Survival Programs," and "Don't Buy From The Greedy." Seale cites free clothing, free shoes, free medical clinics, free breakfast for children, the Intercommunal Youth Institute, free legal aid, and education for the community, among others, as examples of Survival Programs run by the Panthers that benefit the community. Remastered, edited and catalogued for the web by Shira Peltzman.
- Originally aired on
- KPIX-TV
- Date aired
- 7/31/1971
- Recording medium
- 16mm color, co-magnetic sound film
- 01:05
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Type of material
- archival newsfilm
- Identifier
- KPIX 105825
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- 5783