CHI Sunnyside E27: A Black Power Story Pt 1 - Making of a Panther
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Hosts: Nehez Meniooh & Giziribtah Debasah
Guest: Elmer Dixon, Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party’s Seattle Chapter
Happy Sunstick Day!
The Black Panther Party was a powerful movement of young people motivated by the love of themselves and their communities took responsibility for the protection and well-being of their neighborhoods. Though it’s been demonized by the American government and mass media it has influenced freedom movements around the world. Hear from Elmer Dixon, co-founder with his older brother Aaron Dixon of the first chapter of the Black Panther Party started outside of the state of California.
In part one of this two part series Mr. Dixon talks about how his predecessors and upbringing contributed to his revolutionary spirit and his contribution to the movement. He goes over stories with Emmit Till, Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), H. Rap Brown, Bobby Seale, and Bobby Hutton.
0:00 - 5:08 - Intro of Guest: Elmer Dixon
5:09 - 24:04 - Familial Influences
24:05 - 29:37 - A Family's Focus on Diversity & Multiculturalism
29:38 - 32:02 - Childhood Ambitions
32:03 - 35:04 - Seattle: Stokely Carmichael's Black Power Speech
35:05 - 46:57 - Getting Political Consciousness
46:58 - 48:36 - Meeting Bobby Seale
48:37 - 50:29 - Murder of Lil' Bobby Hutton
50:30 - 51:08 - Aaron & Elmer Dixon Start Chapter of Black Panther Party
51:09 - 52:35 - Bobby Hutton's Funeral
52:36 - 53:40 - Ready to Die for the Revolution...
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