- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1966/1970
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Civil rights movements--United States
Black Panther Party
African American civil rights workers
Social reformers--Mississippi
Social reformers--United States
Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
United States--Race relations--History--20th century
Black militant organizations--California
Black militant organizations--United States
Black nationalism--California
Black nationalism--United States
Black power--California
Black power--United States
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Civil rights--California
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Societies, etc.
Associations, institutions, etc.--California
University of California, Berkeley. - Location:
- United States, California, Placer County, 39.06343, -120.71766
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036 - Medium:
- articles
reports
memorandums
letters (correspondence)
fliers (printed matter) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission on the Black Panther Party. The folder consists mostly of articles published in newspapers and magazines around the country about the Black Panther Party in California, members' trials, and other controversies. There is also a report of an investigation by the Sovereignty Commission into alleged Black Panther Party work in Port Gibson, Mississippi, a memo naming John Hewlett as a member of the party, a memorandum about the situation with various African Americans throughout the state and selections of the biography of Huey Newton written by Bobby Seale.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/sovcom/imagelisting.php?foldercheckbox%5B%5D=1016%7C13%7C72%7C%7C1
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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