Toni at Random by Dana A Williams review – Toni Morrison’s editing years A fascinating account of the Nobel laureate’s pioneering work as an editor at Random House The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025
‘There was no place for me in American society’: an ex-Black Panther cub speaks out Ericka Abram reflects on her remarkable childhood as a 1970s revolutionary The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025
The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities International trade boomed with the city’s early adoption of technological and economic changes, but Black neighborhoods became ‘sacrifice zones’ The Guardian - US · Mar 22, 2025
Hollywood, a fake film & Huey P. Newton Showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois on the Apple TV+ series that explores one slice of the Black Panthers' history Salon · May 28, 2024
She led the Black Panthers. Now she’s a property developer – for Oakland’s poorest The activist Elaine Brown, former chair of the party, is leading an $80m affordable housing project in West Oakland The Guardian - US · Oct 30, 2023
How Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panthers changed the civil rights movement Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year the Black Panthers were formed. His new book is Saying It Loud. WEKU · Feb 8, 2023
Sisters of the revolution: the women of the Black Panther party A new photobook recalls the crucial but often overlooked role played by women in the Black Panther party. The photographer Stephen Shames and his co-author Ericka Huggins look back The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2022
The National Park Service expands its African-American history sites The National Park Service is trying to include more Black history into the story of America. Some of the proposed sites are painful, others are controversial. WEKU · Jun 26, 2022
Reagan’s moment of historical irony When armed Black Panthers showed up at the California State Capitol in 1967, they probably saved thousands of lives Salon · Jun 8, 2022
This week in history: Free Huey Newton The Illinois Black Panther Party held a “Free Huey Newton” rally in Chicago on May 1, 1969. Here’s how and why it went down. Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022
Activist Elaine Brown: ‘You must be willing to die for what you believe in’ Elaine Brown reveals how in 1974 she came to be the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party – and talks about revolution, resistance and activism today The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022