Judas and the Black Messiah

<p>Today we're traveling back to 1960s/70s Chicago with 2021 Oscar winner Judas and the Black Messiah! Join us for a discussion of the Black Panther Party's breakfast program, the role played by women, the real organization that inspired "The Crowns", William O'Neal, and more!</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>William O'Neal:</p> <p>"Eyes on the Prize: Interview With William O'Neal," American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Available at https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-151-x34mk66290<br /> Transcripts of Eyes on the Prize Interviews available at http://digital.wustl.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=eop;cc=eop;rgn=main;view=text;idno=one5427.1047.125<br /> 600 F.2d 600, Iberia Hampton et al v. Edward V. Hanrahan et al, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Available at https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F2/600/600.F2d.600.77-1370.77-1210.77-1698.html<br /> Robert Blau, "Jan 18th 1990: Panther Informant William O'Neal's Death Ruled a Suicide," Chicago Tribune, available at https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-01-18-9001050412-story.html</p> <p>The Free Breakfast Program:</p> <p>Joshua Bloom and Waldo E Martin Jr, Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2016).<br /> PBS Independent Lens https://www.pbs.org/video/independent-lens-free-breakfast-program/<br /> Erin Blakemore, "How the Black Panthers’ Breakfast Program Both Inspired and Threatened the Government" History https://www.history.com/news/free-school-breakfast-black-panther-party<br /> "Nik Heynen, ""Bending the Bars of Empire from Every Ghetto for Survival: The Black Panther Party's Radical Antihunger Politics of Social Reproduction and Scale""<br /> Pages 406-422 | Received 01 Oct 2005, Accepted 01 Jul 2008, Published online: 01 May 2009 https://doi.org/10.1080/00045600802683767<br /> "</p> <p>The Crowns:</p> <p>Natalie Y. Moore and Lance Williams, The Almighty Black P. Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of an American Gang (Chicago Review Press: 2011