In the midst of the Black Power movement of the 1960’s, the US government launched a campaign of terror against the Black Panther Party. In 1969, the NYPD raided the homes of multiple members. Twenty-one people (The Panther 21) were arrested, including Afeni Shakur. The young, expectant mother with no formal legal background, decided to act as her own counsel and represent herself during trial. Our very own Negro News Network reports on the astonishing trial of Afeni Shakur.
Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media
This episode features:
Afeni Shakur Mela Machinko
Special thanks to our voice actors:
Prosecutor Andrea O’Brien Vives
Trudy Black Patricia Wongeshi Kihoro
Baliff Nasheema Webster
Customer Noleca Radway
Advertisment VO Rodrick Morrow
Advertisment Ad-lib Sioban Anderson
Judge Jason Vives
Ralph White Charles Ouda
Drive-Thru Employee Janicia Francis
Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola
Senior Producer Janicia Francis
Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna
Production Coordinator Homero Radway
Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson
Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence
Audio Engineer Marcellino van Callias
Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas
Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro
Theme Song Freedom by Pharell Williams
Music featured in this episode include:
- Presidential by El Flaco Collective
- Metal Under Tension by Hampus Naeselius
- Things that make you go Hmm by Roy Young
- Slick City Cruising by John Runefelt
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