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  • Jalil Muntaqim. Older Black man wearing white kufi and purple shirt and glasses.

    Hospitalized With COVID-19, Advocates Fight for Jalil Muntaqim’s Release From Prison

    At age 68, the former Black Panther has served nearly 50 years, but New York’s first Black attorney general won’t release him.
    N. Jamiyla Chisholm May 28, 2020 1:15PM EDT
    Albert Woodson. Older Black man with gray Afro holding up oar while in a canoe.

    'Solitary' Film to Tell Story of Angola 3's Albert Woodfox

    Mahershala Ali will executive produce, and perhaps star, in biopic of the Black man who spent 43 years in solitary confinement for a crime he says he didn’t commit.

    N. Jamiyla Chisholm Jun 5, 2019 1:52PM EDT
    Fred Hampton. Black-and-white photograph of Black man in black hat and jacket in front of white flag with black text and black and white building.

    Ryan Coogler to Produce Fred Hampton Biopic

    Daniel Kaluuya is in talks to play the Black Panther Party leader.

    Sameer Rao Feb 19, 2019 4:53PM EST
    A Black man in front of a backdrop of a forest landscape

    After Nearly 45 Years of Incarceration, Herman Bell Wins Parole

    Herman Bell, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was granted parole after serving nearly 45 years and having been previously denied seven times. 

    Jen Marlowe Mar 22, 2018 3:33PM EDT
    Black and white photograph of demonstrators attending a rally and hold signs that say things like "We March for Effective Civil Rights Now."

    New Book Breaks Down the History of African American and Latinx People Joining Forces to Fight Racism

    In “An African American and Latinx History of the United States,” historian Paul Ortiz illuminates how Black and Brown people built cross-border, multi-ethnic solidarity movements to resist imperialism, achieve civil rights and ultimately shape the course of history. 

    catherine lizette gonzalez Feb 2, 2018 2:53AM EST
    Black-and-white image of Black woman in black sweater behind grey microphone and stand in front of light grey wall

    New Biopic Will Explore Life of Former Black Panther Party Chair, Elaine Brown

    Brown—the only woman to ever chair the Black Panther Party—will executive produce the film based on her 1992 memoir, “A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story.”

    Sameer Rao Sep 25, 2017 12:35PM EDT
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