Larry Pinkney
Political activist
Larry James Pinkney is an American political activist. A former member of the Black Panther Party, and the Republic of New Africa, he served nine years in prison in Canada and the U.S.[1] Pinkney also served as co-chair of the San Francisco Black Caucus in the early 1970s,[2] and later, as chairman of the Black National Independence Party.[3]
Pinkney was convicted of assault and burglary charges in the United States in 1973, accusations which he denied. Before sentencing, he fled to Europe and then to Canada, intending to apply for political asylum. In Vancouver, he was convicted in 1976 of attempted extortion and sentenced to a five-year prison term. While in prison, he filed a case with the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, which ruled that the Canadian government had violated Pinkney's rights through lengthy delays in providing court documents needed to file an appeal.[3][4] Pinkney served his full five-year sentence in a Canadian prison.[4] Pinkney has criticized the Democratic Party and praised President Donald Trump for his stance on free speech and policies that Pinkney believes are helping the African-American community.[5] He had been a frequent guest on The Alex Jones Show.[6]
External links
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: Larry James Pinkney v. Canada, Communication No. 27/1978, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/OP/1 at 12 (1984)
- Black Activist Writers Guild: Larry Pinkney Archives
References
- ^ Mandel, William (1999). Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker. Berkeley, California: Creative Arts Book Company. ISBN 9780887392863.
- ^ "A Caucus for the Community: The San Francisco Black Caucus Serves the People". The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service. Oakland, California: Black Panther Party. October 21, 1972. pp. 6, 12.
- ^ a b "Canada 'broke' rights pact". Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. December 16, 1981. pp. A11.
- ^ a b McQuaig, Linda (January 4, 1982). "British Columbia: One man's fight not to go home". Maclean's. Toronto. p. 27.
- ^ Pinkney, Larry (2017-03-06). "Trump may not be perfect-but he's a damn sight BETTER than these phony PC 'Democrats'&their allies who seek to smash free speech & dialogue". @reality_1. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ "Black Panther Party". World News.com. 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
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- Ten-Point Program
- Free Breakfast for Children
- The Black Panther (newspaper)
- Rainbow Coalition
- United Front Against Fascism
- Black Power, We're Goin' Survive America (1968)
- Black Panthers: A Report (1968)
- Black Panthers (1968)
- Mayday (1969)
- Interview with Bobby Seale (1969)
- Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1969)
- Finally Got the News (1970)
- The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
- Teach Our Children (1973)
- In the Event Anyone Disappears (1974)
- Charles Garry: Streetfighter in the Courtroom (1992)
- Panther (1995)
- All Power to the People (1996)
- Public Enemy (1999)
- A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
- Night Catches Us (2010)
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
- Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
- The Big Cigar (TBA)
- Soul on Ice (1968)
- Seize the Time (1970)
- Blood in My Eye (1972)
- Revolutionary Suicide (1973)
- A Taste of Power (1992)
- Black Against Empire (2013)
- 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
- COINTELPRO
- Intercommunalism
- Murder of Betty Van Patter
- New Haven Black Panther trials
- Panther 21
- Rice–Poindexter case
- Robert Templeton
- Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
- "Panther Power" (2000)
- Black power movement
- Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention
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