The Black Panthers Come to Highlander

Join the Highlander Center for an open dialogue
with members of the Black Panther Party

"Civil Rights Lessons from the Past
for the Present and the Future"

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
at the Highlander Center Workshop Center
Breakfast will be served at 8:30 AM

Speakers will include:

Mr. David Hilliard

Former Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party and author of several books, Mr. Hilliard is currently Executive Director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation in Oakland, California.

Ms. Fredricka Newton

Ms. Newton is an author, social justice advocate, and Executive Director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation. A former Panther and staff member of the Black Panther Community School in Oakland, she was married to the late Dr. Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party.

For more information call 865-933-3443.
For directions to Highlander, click here.

The Black Panther Party was a progressive political organization that was part of the most powerful movement for social change in America. It is one of the only organizations in America that promoted an armed struggle for equality, justice and freedom for black people. The Party's ideals and activities were so radical, it was at one time assailed by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States."

The Black Panther Party was the manifestation of the vision of Huey P. Newton in October of 1966, in the wake of the a assassination of Malcolm X and the urban uprising in Watts, California, and at the height of the civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Party’s programs were based on its "Ten Point Platform," which demand that the needs of communities be met and that oppression of blacks be ended immediately. For more information abou the Black Panther Party, visit www.blackpanther.org.

While in Knoxville, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. Newton and Mr. Calhoun will participate in several events at the University of Tennessee. For more information, please visit www.utk.edu/news/article.php?id=4501.

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