Elbert Howard
Elbert Howard | |
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Howard lecturing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in January 1970 | |
Born | (1938-01-05)January 5, 1938 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | July 23, 2018(2018-07-23) (aged 80) Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
Other names | Big Man |
Occupation(s) | Activist, author, lecturer |
Elbert Howard (January 5, 1938 – July 23, 2018),[1] better known as Big Man, was an American civil rights activist and author who was one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party.[2][3][4][5]
Black Panther
Howard spent several years in the United States Air Force in Europe. After receiving an honorable discharge from the Air Force, Howard moved to Oakland, California. While attending Merritt College, Howard met Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. In 1966, at the age of 28, he became one of the six original founding members of the Black Panther Party, along with Bobby Seale, Huey Newton, "L'il" Bobby Hutton, Reggie Forte, and Sherman Forte. Howard was an active member of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense from 1966 through 1974,[6] and acted as the Party's "Deputy Minister of Information", often functioning as a lead spokesperson for the party while other members were imprisoned.[7]
Post-party
After leaving the party in 1974, Howard returned to Tennessee. In Memphis, he served on the boards of directors of several African American progressive educational institutions.
In 2001, Howard self-published his memoir, Panther on the Prowl, covering the rise and fall of the Black Panthers.[8] In 2003, he was a coordinator for the All of Us or None Ex-Offender Program, and also was a member of the Millions for Reparations committee.
Later life
Until his death, Howard lived in Forestville, California[9] with his wife, Carole Hyams. They married in 2007.[10] He was a founder of the Police Accountability Clinic & Helpline of Sonoma County, and a board member of KWTF, a community radio station. Howard was a lifelong lover of jazz and hosted jazz and blues programs at several radio stations.
In 2016, he provided an oral history of his life in the freedom struggle for the national Civil Rights History Project, a joint undertaking of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture : Elbert Howard interview from the Library of Congress & NMAAHC
Howard died on July 23, 2018.[11]
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- Huey P. Newton
- Bobby Seale
- Elaine Brown
- Eldridge Cleaver
- Kathleen Cleaver
- Donald Cox
- Fred Hampton
- David Hilliard
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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 (2024)
- 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
- Category|Black Panther Party
References
- ^ Elbert Howard (2005) Panther on the Prowl
- ^ "July 23, 2018". Elbert -Big Man- Howard joined the ancestors today. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "Black Panther Party co-founder Elbert 'Big Man' Howard dies at age 80". The Province. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ Lise Pearlman (February 1, 2012) The Sky's the Limit: People v. Newton, The REAL trial of the 20th Century?Regent Press
- ^ Curtis J. Austin (March 1, 2008) Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party University of Arkansas Press
- ^ Curtis J. Austin (March 1, 2008) Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party University of Arkansas Press
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (July 26, 2018). "Elbert Howard, a Founder of the Black Panthers, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ^ Hunt, Emily (August 10, 2011). "As Big as Ever". North Bay Bohemian. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ As Big as Ever | News | North Bay Bohemian Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- ^ Rafkin, Louise (April 6, 2008). "Elbert "Big Man" Howard and Carole Hyams: Not-so-lost love". SFGate. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ "Black Panther Party co-founder Elbert 'Big Man' Howard dies". Regina Leader-Post. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.