Elbert “Big Man” Howard
History of Big Man
Charles Garry, Dick Hallgren, Charles Bursey, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, and Terry Cotton. Oakland Courthouse, 1969
Big Man with Jean Genet at Yale, New Haven, May Day 1970. Genet is a famous French author and playwright, who came to speak at the May Day rally in support of Chairman Bobby Seale who was imprisoned on capital charges. Big Man was the one chosen to read Genet's speech in English.
Big Man holds a press conference in front of the Washington DC Panther Party office about the Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, 1970. Photo courtesy of Stephen Shames
Big Man in Japan, 1969, International Spokesman BPP
The 6 Original founding members of the BPP, in Big Man's back yard, Oakland CA, 1966
Elbert "Big Man" Howard, D.C. Cox, and June Hilliard in front of the BPP headquarters Berkeley, CA 1970. Photo courtesy of Ilka Hartmann
Big Man and Ron Dellums, candidate for Mayor of Oakland (he won), L'il Bobby Hutton Day, Oakland CA, 2006
Big Man's Book Signing at 2005 Little Bobby Hutton Day event, West Oakland Library