BMA: Black Media Archive

This is a part of an interview with former slave Mrs. Laura Smalley of Hempstead, Texas (1941). Interview conducted by Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Faulk. This interview is part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection: Voices From the Days of Slavery (Former Slaves Tell Their Stories), available online.

This is a part of an interview with former slave Mrs. Laura Smalley of Hempstead, Texas (1941). Interview conducted by Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Faulk. This interview is part of the Library of Congress American Memory Collection: Voices From the Days of Slavery (Former Slaves Tell Their Stories), available online.

In the cartoon "Angel Puss" (1944) a little black boy is hired to kill a cat, but the feline escapes and proceeds to play tricks on the kid, pretending he's a ghost come back to haunt his "killer."

In the cartoon "Angel Puss" (1944) a little black boy is hired to kill a cat, but the feline escapes and proceeds to play tricks on the kid, pretending he's a ghost come back to haunt his "killer."

This PDF file is an FBI directive distributed by letter dated August 25, 1967. In the letter 23 field offices were advised by of a new Counterintelligence Program (COINTERPRO) designed to neutralize militant black nationalists and prevent violence on their part. Goals of this program are to prevent the coalition of militant black nationalist groups, prevent the rise of a leader who might unify and electrify these violence-prone elements, prevent these militants from gaining respectability and prevent the growth of thse groups among America's youth. COINTELPRO was broadly targeted against organizations that were (at the time) considered to have politically radical elements, including non-violent civil rights groups such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and African-American nationalist groups (including the Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam)

This PDF file is an FBI directive distributed by letter dated August 25, 1967. In the letter 23 field offices were advised by of a new Counterintelligence Program (COINTERPRO) designed to neutralize militant black nationalists and prevent violence on their part. Goals of this program are to prevent the coalition of militant black nationalist groups, prevent the rise of a leader who might unify and electrify these violence-prone elements, prevent these militants from gaining respectability and prevent the growth of thse groups among America's youth. COINTELPRO was broadly targeted against organizations that were (at the time) considered to have politically radical elements, including non-violent civil rights groups such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and African-American nationalist groups (including the Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam)

The conclusion of "HUEY", this documentary is filmed mostly at a rally of the Black Panther Party to free Huey P. Newton (1968) from jail. Directed by Agnes Varda, the film includes speakers, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Huey P. Newton.

The conclusion of "HUEY", this documentary is filmed mostly at a rally of the Black Panther Party to free Huey P. Newton (1968) from jail. Directed by Agnes Varda, the film includes speakers, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Huey P. Newton.

Also titled "HUEY", this documentary is filmed mostly at a rally of the Black Panther Party to free Huey P. Newton (1968) from jail. Directed by Agnes Varda, the film includes speakers, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Huey P. Newton.

Also titled "HUEY", this documentary is filmed mostly at a rally of the Black Panther Party to free Huey P. Newton (1968) from jail. Directed by Agnes Varda, the film includes speakers, Bobby Seale, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and Huey P. Newton.

In 1963, Malcolm X appeared on the television talk show "City Desk" broadcast in color in Chicago.

In 1963, Malcolm X appeared on the television talk show "City Desk" broadcast in color in Chicago.

Before he took the name Louis Farrakhan, or became leader of the NOI, Louis X was an accomplished calypso musician. This is a copy of his song, "A White Man's Heaven is a Black Man's Hell" (1960), recorded from the original 45rpm record.

Before he took the name Louis Farrakhan, or became leader of the NOI, Louis X was an accomplished calypso musician. This is a copy of his song, "A White Man's Heaven is a Black Man's Hell" (1960), recorded from the original 45rpm record.

In 1959, television commentator Mike Wallace, in conjunction with Louis Lomax, a Black journalist, aired the documentary, "The Hate That Hate Produced," on a local New York City station. The documentary misrepresents the message of the Nation of Islam, calling it a hate teaching. This is a segment from that program featuring clips of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.