Kathleen Cleaver speaking at Reverend C.K. Steele's church during her visit to Tallahassee, Florida.

Title

• Kathleen Cleaver speaking at Reverend C.K. Steele's church during her visit to Tallahassee, Florida.

Image Number

• JB00191

Year

• 1971

Date Note

• Photographed on November 26, 1971.

Series Title

• General: John Buckley collection.
• Specific: John Buckley collection Series/Collection number: N2008- 14, Photographic collection, 1969-1976 ; Box 1, M00019-C

Biography Note

• Kathleen Neal Cleaver was born on May 13, 1945 in Dallas, Texas. In November 1967 she moved to San Francisco to join the Black Panther Party and became the communications secretary and the first female member of the Party's decision-making body. She also served as the spokesperson and press secretary. Married Eldridge Cleaver on December 27, 1967. In 1971, Huey Newton, a fellow party member, and Eldridge had a disagreement; this led to the expulsion of the International Branch of the Black Panther Party. The Cleavers formed a new organization called the Revolutionary People's Communication Network.



Biography Note

• Photographer John Buckley grew up in Newport, Rhode Island and lived with his family for a time in Canada before moving to Panama City in the early 1950s. It was in Florida schools that he became acutely aware of racism and segregation in the Deep South. These experiences would have a lasting effect on his later life as an activist and photographer. He attended Florida State University from 1963 until 1967 and graduated with a degree in physics. While at FSU, he became deeply involved in political and social movements. In addition to taking pictures, he helped organize workers' strikes in Tallahassee and worked as a platform speaker and photographer for civil rights demonstrations, anti-war rallies, anti-nuclear demonstrations, and women's rights demonstrations. He passed away on December 7, 2008.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Buckley, John, d. 2008.

Physical Description

• 1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Subject Term

• Civil rights movements--Florida--Tallahassee
• African Americans--Civil rights
• Political activists
• Associations, institutions, etc--Florida--Tallahassee
• African Americans--Societies, etc
• Speeches, addresses, etc
• African American civil rights workers--Florida--Tallahassee
• Church decoration and ornament
• Civil rights leaders
• Altars

Geographic Term

• Leon County (Fla.)
• Tallahassee (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Cleaver, Kathleen--Political activity.

Subject Corporate

• Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (Tallahassee, Fla.)
• Revolutionary Peoples' Communications Network.
• Black Panther Party.

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