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Published in SF BayView (USA) on April 19, 2006
by Larry Pinkney
The most telling gauge for determining the justness and humanity, or lack thereof, of any society including that of the United States of America, is the treatment accorded to those who are locked in its prisons.
Notwithstanding the reality that the prison […]
Published in SF BayView (USA) on April 5, 2006
A series by Larry Pinkney and Gerald Sanders
Introduction
Perhaps no single political organization in modern U.S. history still evokes more joy, pride, hope and debate in the hearts and minds of people than the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary, community based, national Black political […]
A commentary by Larry Pinkney was published in City Pages newspaper (Minnesota), March 29, 2006, Page 4.
Larry Pinkney’s letter to the editor (image below):
Dangerous Minds
As a person of color, a former university student, and a former university instructor, I found the treatment accorded Stephen Philion as reported in City Pages (The Wanted […]
Larry Pinkney’s letter to Billy X Jennings, in the Our Stories section of the Black Panther Party Legacy & Alumni – It’s About Time website. Published on about January 8, 2006.
Comrade brother Billy,
It was really fantastic hearing your voice on the phone this morning […]
Larry Pinkney’s November 28, 2005 letter to KPFA Program Council members (Berkeley, CA) was published in indybay.org on November 29, 2005.
Indybay.org article contents:
Former Black Panther Political Prisoner Larry Pinkney on Bill Mandel
by (Protest tonight at 6PM at KPFA)
Tuesday […]
Larry Pinkney was interviewed by host Bill Mandel on Thinking Out Loud
with Bill Mandel, KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley, CA (USA), on July 10, 2005
(listen)
Larry Pinkney’s self-authored submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocol, which resulted in his 1981 UN ruling victory, was cited 5 times in the book entitled The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its (First) Optional Protocol, by Johann Bair, © […]
Larry Pinkney appears in the lyrics of the song The Movement by poet/musician Blackman Preach (Cedric T. Bolton), performed by Anthony Galloway, Nick Hooks, and Trumanue Lindsey for the album The State of the Ghetto Address (Track 10), released April 12, 2004 on the BoPen Records label.
Excerpts from the lyrics:
“The little Bobbys, the Hueys and George Jacksons
[…]
Larry Pinkney’s self-authored submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocol, which resulted in his 1981 UN ruling victory, was cited in the chapter entitled Fair Trial of the book Leading Cases of the Human Rights Committee (First Edition), compiled by Raija Hanski and […]
Larry Pinkney’s 1981 United Nations ruling victory (self-authored case) was featured in the book entitled The Impact of the United Nations Human Rights Treaties on the Domestic Level, edited by Christof H. Heyns and Frans Viljoen (Professors of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria), published by Kluwer Law International (The Netherlands), 2002, ISBN […]
As indicated by the letter shown below, dated September 28, 2001, Larry Pinkney began in 2001, serving in an official capacity as a Human Rights Defender for IHRAAM (the International Human Rights Association of American Minorities), an International NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. In that capacity, he has directly assisted individuals […]
Larry Pinkney is highlighted on pages 500-504, 508, and 326 (photo) of the book, Saying No To Power, Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker, Copyright © 1999 by William Mandel (Introduction by Howard Zinn), published by Donald S. Ellis and distributed by Creative Arts Book Company, Berkeley (USA).
Selected excerpts from pages 500-504:
Further conflict […]
Documents about Larry Pinkney contained in the archives of Dr. Huey P. Newton at Stanford University, CA, were referred to in Americastudien / American Studies (the official journal of the German Association for American Studies), Vol. 44, No. 2, 1999, Page 234 (from the Chapter entitled “Picking up the gun”: Die Black Panther Party zwischen gewaltsamer Revolution […]
Larry Pinkney’s 1981 United Nations ruling victory (self-authored) was referenced under the section titled “Excessive Delay” in the Harvard Human Rights Journal, Volume 5, Spring 1992, Page 76, Published by Harvard Law School (Cambridge, MA):
Excerpt from page 76:
The reservations entered by the United States do not reach rulings concerning the Covenant’s provision on delay. […]
Larry Pinkney served as a Program Staff member with the Minneapolis branch of the NAACP and in July of 1991 resigned to pursue other endeavors. He received a letter from NAACP Minneapolis Branch President, Matthew Little, on July 24, 1991.
Contents of letter (image below):
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Minneapolis […]
Larry Pinkney was highlighted in a Wednesday, April 24, 1991 Daily Ledger Post Dispatch (CA, USA) article, Page 3:
Front page says:
Inside: Former Panther rallies students –see Page 3 (includes photo of Larry Pinkney speaking)
Photo of Larry Pinkney and students in audience
Photo caption: Former Black Panther leader Larry Pinkney told students […]
Larry Pinkney was interviewed (in studio) by host Chuy Varela (War Watch) on KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA (USA) on January 25, 1991
Topic: Organizing against the US war in Iraq
Listen: mp3 of audio cassette copy
Larry Pinkney is a veteran of the Black […]
Larry Pinkney received a letter from Jemadari Kamara of the Office of the Dean, College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts, in regard to his work as Jobs With Peace National Field Director/Organizer, on August 18, 1989 (image below):
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
AMHERST • BOSTON • WORCESTER
OFFICE OF THE DEAN
[…]
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