Fani Tafia Willis was raised by a single father, John Clifford Floyd, who was a criminal defense lawyer and a leader of the Black Panther Party. The Inglewood, Calif.-born Willis would go along when her father went to court on Saturday mornings.
John Floyd and his wife Cheryl Dotson wave from the back of a convertible during a Little League motorcade in 1974, promoting Floyd's run as a Democratic Party candidate for the California State Assembly's 50th District.
John Floyd and his wife Cheryl Dotson pose for a studio portrait. Floyd taught at California State University, Los Angeles, was director of the Los Angeles Black Law Center, served as a political consultant for Tom Bradley, and managed the California campaign for Jessie Jackson's nomination as the Democratic Party presidential candidate in 1984.
John Clifford Floyd - Date of birth October 27, 1942.
A bank account for SNCC was opened February 26, 1968, with a deposit of $430.20. The account was at the Bank of Finance, 2651 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles. Account number 01-018-604 was in the name of Los Angeles SNCC, 1994 West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles. It was opened by John Floyd and Angela Y. Davis.
On May 17, 1968, John Clifford Floyd, Mark Anthony Simien, Charles Franklin Gordon, Jr., and Johnnie Edson Reines III, were arrested by the New Orleans Police Department in Louisiana when they attempted to jump their motel bill at a Negro motel and for possession of stolen property. These four members of Los Angeles SNCC had in their possession a list, of Los Angeles SNCC members which included the following:
Ronald Leroy Wilkins, Angela Davis, Bobby Hodges, Rene Harding, Frank Harding, Franklin Alexander, Mike Williams, Tut Hayes, Tommy Scott, Clarice Allen, Charles Franklin Gordon.
Documents and gun in the possession of John C. Floyd at the time of his arrest in New Orleans, La., May 17, 1968:
(1) 9 millimeter automatic, serial No. T149166, made in Belgium.
(2) A 27-page booklet by James Gorman titled “1967: High Tide of Black Resistance.” The opening paragraph is:
The Year 1967 marked an historic milestone in the struggle and the year that revolutionaries throughout the world began to understand more fully the Impact of the black movement. Our liberation will only come when there Is final destruction of this mad octopus-the capitalistic system of the United States with all of Its life-sucking tentacles of exploitation and racism that choke the people of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
(3) Two Department of State passport applications by Floyd.
(4) One metal automatic cartridge clip containing eight rounds of 9 mm. ammunition. One metal automatic cartridge clip containing seven rounds of .38 caliber automatic ammunition.
(5) A copy of the Crusader, a newsletter, Robert F. Williams, publisher-in exile.
(6) A 25-page pamphlet. entitled “Black Power Manifesto” from the National Conference on Black Power. This was submitted by Charles S. Stone, Washington, D.C.; Ron Karenga, Los Angeles, Calif., Dr. Nathan Wright, Newark, N.J.; and Omar Ahmed, Bronx, N.Y.
(7) A copy of the resolutions passed at the first. Conference of the National Black Anti-War Anti-Draft Union, held April 12-14, 1968, New York City. (Exhibit 9N-28.)
[His comrades were in possesion of a variety of documents on how to make explosives and blow up buildings.]
On May 20, 1968, information was received from a confidential source operating SNCC that another reorganization had taken place. Officers were:
Tommy Jacquette, western field representative for SNCC; John Clifford Floyd, president; Franklin Alexander, vice president; Barbara Rene Harding, program director and secretary; Ronald L. Wilkims, organizer; William Tut Hayes, Jr., spokesman; Angela Y. Davis, assistant treasurer; Stanley Alexander, office manager; Bobby Joyce Hodges, assistant treasurer; George David Hopkins, security officer; Mark Anthony Simien, security officer; Michael Robinson Seals, security officer; Frank C. Harding, security officer; Thomas D. Scott, photographer.
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