Remembering Dr. Huey P. Newton

Black Panther Party 40 th Anniversary Celebration

The University of New Mexico 16 – 21 February 2006

Date

Time

Event

Location

Thursday

16 February

Welcome to UNM

 

7:00 PM – Until

Welcome David Hilliard and Elaine Brown

Bobo Room

 

Friday

17 February

Celebrating the Life of Huey P. Newton

and the Literature of the Black Panther Party

 

10:00 – 11:30 AM

 

1:00 – 3:00 PM

 

7:00 – Until

Book Signing (David Hilliard and Fredrika Newton)

 

Open House – Huey; The Spirit Of The Panther (Biography)

 

Celebrating Huey P. Newton and the Founding of  the Black Panther Party

Benefit Gala for the Huey P. Newton Scholarship Fund – tickets $50.

Bookstore

 

AFAM

STDS

 

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Saturday

18 February

The Black Panthers Speak;

The  Origins of a Movement

 

10:00 – 11:30 AM

 

 

12:00 – 1:30 PM

 

 

1:30 – 3:00 PM

 

9:00 PM – Until

Panel Discussion – Origins of the Black Panther Party

(David Hilliard, Ericka Huggins, Elaine Brown, Fredrika Newton )

 

Panel Discussion – Women and the Black Panther Party

Fredrika Newton, Elaine Brown, and Ericka Huggins

 

Black Panthers to Hip Hop: Dorion Hilliard and James Calhoun

 

Performance:  (The Black Panther F.U.G.I.T.I.V.E.S. and Thomas Mapfumo)

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Keller Hall

 

Sunday

19 February

The Spirit Lives! The Legacy Of The Black Panther Party

 Photo Exhibition and Film Festival

 

11:30 AM – 1:00PM

 

 

1:30 - Movie Start

Ends at 3:35

 

3:40 - Movie Start

Ends at 5:45

 

5:50 - Movie Start

Ends at 7:55

 

8:00 – 9:00 PM

Black History Month Luncheon (Elaine Brown) Tickets $30 adults, $25 students, $20 youth.

 

Film Festival

Discussion: David Hilliard (Former Chief of Staff for the Black Panther Party)

Movie # 1 – Huey Newton’s Birthday Rally (1968)

 

Discussion: Billy (Che) Brooks ( Deputy Minister of Education/Chicago Chapter ) 

Movie # 2 – The Murder of Fred Hampton

 

Discussion: Speakers to be announced

Movie # 3 – Panther

 

Post- Movie Panel Discussion with Melvin and Mario Van Peebles 

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Closing Reception Sunday evening from 6:00 – 7:00 PM.

Tuesday

21 February

The Black Panther Party

and Coalition Building in the 1960’s

 

1:00 – 3:00 PM

 

 

 

Panel Discussion – A Cultural Revolution

David Hilliard (The Black Panther Party), Mark Rudd (SDS), Dennis Banks (American Indian Movement)

 

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