The Black Panther Party & SF State Strike

Zoom event

With Clarence Thomas and Judy Junita, Professor emeritus Laney College

The history of the Black Panther party and the San Francisco State Third World Strike were connected. This panel includes two strikers and members of the Black Panther party. They will discuss this history and how this was an important part of the struggle of the strike.

Clarence Thomas was formerly Secretary Treasurer of ILWU Local 10 & Publisher of Workers On the ILWU history including the Million Workers March
Judy Junita was in the Black Panthers at SF State, a poet and retired professor at Laney State College. She edited the BPP newspaper and worked in the Breakfast for Children program while finishing her BA at SF State. Five days after graduating, she became the youngest professor of the nation’s first black studies program.