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Assata’s Chant and Other Histories is an anthology of Interviews, readings, Immersive storytelling and archive audio that tell stories of Black Revolutionary Assata Shakur and her comrades in the Black Liberation Movement Including Sundiata Acoli, The Panther 21, Fred Hampton Mutulu Shakur and more.

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Assata’s Chant and Other Histories is an anthology of Interviews, readings, Immersive storytelling and archive audio that tell stories of Black Revolutionary Assata Shakur and her comrades in the Black Liberation Movement Including Sundiata Acoli, The Panther 21, Fred Hampton Mutulu Shakur and more.

    Assata Shakur - The Tradition (2023)

    Assata Shakur - The Tradition (2023)

    We end series 1 with a reimagining of Assata's Shakur's Poem The Tradition.
    Assata is voiced by Sirena Riley
    This is a Nello and the People's Production. 
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    • 5 min
    Revolution is Illegal The Panther 21 Trial (Part 4)

    Revolution is Illegal The Panther 21 Trial (Part 4)

    A day after the Panther 21 organized this unprecedented hearing, which forced the judiciary to tacitly admit to its conspiracy to imprison poor people of color through bail, they were back in criminal court, standing trial for allegedly conspiring against the state.
     
    This is a Nello and the People's Production. 
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    • 17 min
    The Women of the Black Panther Party Mural (Side B)

    The Women of the Black Panther Party Mural (Side B)

    In this episode we pay a visit to the Women of the Black Panther Party Mural in West Oakland and talk with Curator Jilchristina Vest about the Mural.
     
    This is a Nello and the People's Production. 
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    • 12 min
    Altheia Jones - Lecointe

    Altheia Jones - Lecointe

    In this episode we look at the remarkable Altheia Jones -Lecointe the Trinidadian born former member of the British Black Panther Movement and her sister Beverly Jones.
     
    Music : Womb Love by Teshay Makeda
    Artwork by Elfreda Fayoka 
    This is a Nello and the People's Production. 
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    • 16 min
    Revolution is Illegal - The Panther 21 Trial (Part 3)

    Revolution is Illegal - The Panther 21 Trial (Part 3)

     Afeni Shakur showed up 15 minutes late in October of 69. The judge revokes her bail.
    "About noon on  the 1st of October 1970, the inmates of the Queens house of detention, Long Island city, Queens, Nyc, NY seized seven prison guards as hostages and took control of a six story building. 
    Among the demands of the prisoners were the presence of Zayd Shakur, Ny BPP deputy minister of information a jury of their peers for members of the NY panther 21 who are presently on trial in NYC and distribution of BPP literature throughout the prison, 
    The prisoners were led by six inmates including three members of the BPP, one of whom was identified and Lumumba Shakur, a member of the panther 21. "  - cointelpro surveillance document 
     
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    • 13 min
    Revolution is Illegal: The Panther 21 Trial (Part 2)

    Revolution is Illegal: The Panther 21 Trial (Part 2)

    With the help of Prof Orisanmi Burton & Lawyer Gerald Lefcourt, we continue the story of the Panther 21 trial. The 21 were busted on April 2nd 1969 in multiple pre-dawn raids carried out by the NYPD 

    • 17 min

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