Heritage Trail Oral History Collection
Joan McCarty
Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
Joan McCarty shares how she joined the Party, transitioned into motherhood and how the Free Busing to Prison program became the Illinois Prisons Organization after the Illinois Chapter closed in 1974.
Collection: Heritage Trail Oral History Collection
Interviewee: Joan McCarty
Affiliation: Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
Interviewer: Leila Wills, Historical Preservation Society
Date Recorded: August 20, 2026
Duration: 19:59
Transcript: Transcript will be added after processing
Preferred Citation: Joan McCarty, oral history interview by Leila Wills, Aug. 20, 2026, Black Panther Party Heritage Trail in Illinois Oral History Collection, Historical Preservation Society ILBPP
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