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'''Barbara Easley-Cox''' is a civil rights activist, best known for her involvement with the [[Black Panther Party]]. <ref>{{cite web|url= |
'''Barbara Easley-Cox''' is a [[civil rights activist]], best known for her involvement with the [[Black Panther Party]]. At the time of her first involvement, she was attending [[San Francisco State University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/barbara-easley|title=Barbara Easley|last=|first=|date=Decembe 15, 2016|website=National Archives|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>. |
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== Work in the Black Panther Party == |
== Work in the Black Panther Party == |
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Barbara Easley-Cox became involved with the Black Panther Party in 1967 during her college years. |
Barbara Easley-Cox became involved with the Black Panther Party in 1967 during her college years. Throughout her experience with the Party, she worked in the Oakland, California, Philadelphia, New York, and international chapters<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/Women_BPP/pdf/Barbarba_photos.pdf|title=Women Activists in Philadelphia: From Civil Rights to Black Power|last=Turner|first=Diane|publisher=TEMPLE: University Libraries|year=2013|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>. She participated in the [[Free Breakfast for Children|Free Breakfast for Children Program]], collected apparel for the Free Clothing Program, and aided in other survival programs hosted by the Party<ref name=":0" /><ref>Yvonne King, "BARBARA COX EASLEY - SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE - IS HONORED", n.d., at http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/Chapter_History/pdf/Philadelphia/BC_Servant_of_the_People.pdf, accessed February 2018</ref>. In June of 1970, Easley-Cox was accredited to work in the International section in order to seek and give support to other people of color around the world. |
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=== International === |
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Barbara Easley-Cox is a civil rights activist, best known for her involvement with the Black Panther Party. At the time of her first involvement, she was attending San Francisco State University[1].
Work in the Black Panther Party
Barbara Easley-Cox became involved with the Black Panther Party in 1967 during her college years. Throughout her experience with the Party, she worked in the Oakland, California, Philadelphia, New York, and international chapters[2]. She participated in the Free Breakfast for Children Program, collected apparel for the Free Clothing Program, and aided in other survival programs hosted by the Party[2][3]. In June of 1970, Easley-Cox was accredited to work in the International section in order to seek and give support to other people of color around the world.
International
Easley-Cox traveled around the world, spreading chapters and involvement of the Black Panther Party to Algeria[4] and Germany. In 1970, she began work with the party in Algiers, of North Africa. In While in Germany, she worked with soldiers of color until 1973[5].
Family
Barbara Easley-Cox married her husband, Donald L. Cox in 1970 while working in Algiers. While in Algiers, Easley-Cox was invited to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, where she gave birth alongside fellow woman of the Black Panther Party, Kathleen Cleaver[6].
References
- ^ "Barbara Easley". National Archives. Decembe 15, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b Turner, Diane (2013). Women Activists in Philadelphia: From Civil Rights to Black Power (PDF). TEMPLE: University Libraries.
- ^ Yvonne King, "BARBARA COX EASLEY - SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE - IS HONORED", n.d., at http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/Chapter_History/pdf/Philadelphia/BC_Servant_of_the_People.pdf, accessed February 2018
- ^ Marable, Manning; Agard-Jones, Vanessa (2008). Transnational Blackness: Navigating the Global Color Line. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 183. ISBN 9780230602687.
- ^ Yvonne King, "PHILADELPHIA PANTHERS REFLECT ON THE BPP", n.d., at http://168.144.128.209/Chapter_History/pdf/Philadelphia/Philadelphia_Panthers_Reflect_BPP.pdf
- ^ Wu, J. (2013). Radicals on the Road: Internationalism, Orientalism, and Feminism during the Vietnam Era. Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/stable/10.7591/j.ctt1xx5mm
