Host Celeste Headlee with Emory University lecturer Kathleen Cleaver, a former member of the Black Panther Party.

Host Celeste Headlee with Emory University lecturer Kathleen Cleaver, a former member of the Black Panther Party. / On Second Thought

This October marks 50 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party. Kathleen Cleaver joined the Black Panthers in 1967 after she left the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Atlanta. She’s now a lecturer at Emory University. Cleaver reflects on the party's legacy, and the work that still needs to be done for civil rights.

 

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