Author Archive
Interview with Mary Williams
Archive Entry Date: 04/09/2020
Mary Williams, one of the first students at Panther-sponsored schools, recalls the power of her education there
Reflections of a Former Oakland Public School Parent
Archive Entry Date: Summer 1997
Former OCS teacher Jonina Abron discusses her daughter's experience with OUSD
Community School Children Display Talents in Spring Festival
Archive Entry Date: 04/30/79
The OCS Spring Festival included political commentary, a drill performance, and a student-choreographed dance
The Black Panthers’ School
Archive Entry Date: 03/08/1978
Though shadowed by criminal charges brought against the Party, the OCS still thrived
Panther Party School Gets Commendation
Archive Entry Date: 09/11/77
Huey P. Newton, Ericka Huggins, and Elaine Brown accepted a commendation from the state legislature
East Oakland Ghetto Blooms with Growth of Black Panther School
Archive Entry Date: 02/05/76
OCS educators taught how, not what, to think
Intercommunal Youth Institute Students Stage “A Children’s November”
Archive Entry Date: 11/30/74
Students offered a radical re-working of the Thanksgiving story at the IYI Thanksgiving play
New Curriculum Coordinator at Intercommunal Youth Institute
Archive Entry Date: 09/14/74
Dr. Bill Moore, History of Consciousness expert, joins the IYI faculty
Poetry: “I feel…I hurt…I cry…I educate… I recognize…”
Archive Entry Date: 06/15/74
Poems by IYI students showcase creativity and passion.
Political Education Class Studies African Liberation Movement
Archive Entry Date: 06/01/74
Dr. Bill Moore, History of Consciousness expert, joins the IYI faculty
Bobby Seale Dedicates New Youth Institute and Son of Man Temple to Community
Archive Entry Date: 10/27/73
Community members gather to celebrate the IYI's new space
Community Learning Center
Archive Entry Date: c. 1973
The Community Learning Center aimed to be a model for communal education
A Talk With the Students of the Huey P. Newton Intercommunal Youth Institute
Archive Entry Date: 05/08/71
Students of the newly founded IYI talk Panther ideology and history.
Huey P. Newton Intercommunal Youth Institute
Archive Entry Date: 03/27/1971
An eight-page newspaper spread on the IYI, with the message "our hope is placed on you"