Gayle “Asali” Dickson describes the importance that the Black Panther Party (BPP) placed on members educating themselves through extensive reading and how being part of the BPP felt like being part of a family, a family rooted in caring.
Gayle “Asali” Dickson talks about being the only female artist for the Black Panther Party newspaper when she was a member in Oakland, California, and how art was a pivotal means of educating, informing, and reaching the community.
Mary Curtis Ratcliff talks about some of her adventures as one of the pioneers of the video collective, Videofreex, which documented the counterculture in the United States from 1969 to 1978, covering protests, movements, and music festivals.
Billy X explains the historical reality of Afro-Americans leading up to the formation of the Black Panther Party, in 1966, in West Oakland (United States), including the opening up of employment opportunities in the west amid ongoing violence against Afro-Americans.
