Dr. Alvin Pam Interview Episode 27

I speak with author Dr. Alvin Pam about his book, When Black Panthers Prowled Amerika. Set in the turbulent 60's amid the civil rights movement, Nef is an intrepid young black reporter who is covering the story of the Black Panther party in Oakland and its two disparate leaders, Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver. Falling in love with Newton and seeing the party from all sides, Nef starts to question the future of the Black Panthers and Newton's true intentions. Part autobiographical Pam and I discuss his own civil rights activism and what made him want to write this book.