Afeni Shakur Took on the State and Won
Pregnant and facing decades in prison, the mother of Tupac Shakur fought for her life—and triumphed—in the trial of the Panther 21.
Black Panthers
How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary
As one of the Angola 3, he was in isolation longer than any other American. Then he came home to face his future.
Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s
Notes from a Black Panther fundraiser on Park Avenue.
The Transformation of Johnny Spain
The early life of “the onetime Black Panther, protégé of George Jackson, and sole member of the San Quentin Six convicted of murder.”
The Secret History of Guns
On America’s relationship with the right to bear arms, from the Founding Fathers to the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan.
The Trial of Bobby Seale
An annotated transcript:
MR. SEALE: [The marshals are carrying him through the door to the lockup.] I still want an immediate trial. You can’t call it a mistrial. I’m put in jail for four years for nothing? I want my coat.
