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Title:
Commemorator Newspaper Collection
Dates: 1991-2012
Collection number: MS 202
Creator:
The Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party
Creator:
Dickson, Melvin
Collection Size:
2 linear feet
(1 oversized box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The
Commemorator newspaper was a newspaper printed in South Berkeley from 1990-2013 by the Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party.
The newspaper collection consists of 54 issues of
Commemorator newspaper printed from 1990-2012.
Physical location: African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the
Commemorator Newspaper Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Commemorator newspaper collection, MS 202, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland, California.
Newspaper issues were collected and donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland by Melvin Dickson on December
30, 2016.
Processed by Sean Dickerson, January 25, 2017. Six issues (vol. 1 no. 1, vol. 1 no. 2, vol. 4 no. 2, vol. 9 no. 1, vol. 11.
no. 3, vol. 13 no. 1) were originally donated and formed part of the African American Museum & Library at Oakland Vertical
File Collection and are included here for digital access only.
Biography / Administrative History
The
Commemorator newspaper was a newspaper printed in South Berkeley from 1990-2013 by the Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party
and focused on promoting the goals of the Black Panther Party as outlined in its Ten Point Program. The newspaper served to
teach the history, goals, and principles of the Black Panther Party, as well as report community news mostly related to living
wage employment, violent crime, and adult literacy. In addition to the newspaper, programs of the Commemoration Committee
for the Black Panther Party included a Monthly Film Series highlighting demands for education, health care, housing, and jobs,
and the Bobby Hutton Literacy Program. The newspaper editorial staff included Melvin Dickson, Clifford Cody, and Leroy Dupree.
Scope and Content of Collection
The
Commemorator newspaper collection consists of 54 issues of
Commemorator newspaper printed from 1990-2012. The newspaper consists of reports on the activities of the Commemoration Committee for
the Black Panther Party, profiles and activities of former Black Panther Party members, community news and op-ed articles,
letters to the editor, photographs, and events listings.
Series I.
Commemorator Newspaper
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
African Americans--California--Newspapers.
Black Panther Party. Commemoration Committee
Black Panther Party—History--Sources.
Black Panther Party--Newspapers.
Social justice--California--Newspapers.