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Robert James Hutton (April 21, 1950 – April 6, 1968), also known as "Lil' Bobby", was the treasurer and first recruit to join the Black Panther Party. [1] Alongside Eldridge Cleaver and other Panthers, he was involved in a confrontation with Oakland police that wounded two officers. Hutton was killed by the police under disputed circumstances.
Elbert Howard, founding member of the party and first editor of its newspaper, The Black Panther. [31] Ericka Huggins, longtime party leader, professor of sociology. [14] John Huggins Los Angeles chapter leader. Killed in 1969. [18] Bobby Hutton, first party recruit, treasurer; killed by police in 1968. [32] George Jackson, author and prison ...
Conway was born in Baltimore. [1] In addition to his position in the Black Panther Party, Conway was also employed by the United States Postal Service.He was unaware that some of the founding members of the Baltimore chapter of the Party were actually undercover officers at the Baltimore Police Department who reported daily on his activities at the chapter.
Demonstration for Black Panther Bobby Seale in Amsterdam March 14, 1970. While serving his four-year sentence, Seale was tried in 1970 as part of the New Haven Black Panther trials. Several officers of the Panther organization had killed fellow Panther, Alex Rackley, who had confessed under torture to being a police informant. [30]
100 Unarmed African Americans Killed by Police in 2014 is a list of names cut from black paper by Ellen Bepp. [6] [7]The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution is a selection of contemporary photographic images of former Black Panther Party members by Bryan Shih.
October 18, 1969: A Panther is killed in a gunfight with police outside a Los Angeles restaurant. [94] Mid-to-late 1969: COINTELPRO activity increases. November 13, 1969: A Panther is killed in a gunfight with police in Chicago. [94] December 4, 1969: Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are killed by law enforcement in Chicago. [11]
Director Stanley Nelson said of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panthers were founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 and upon their founding had a relatively simple goal — stop police brutality.
Abu-Jamal was born Wesley Cook in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he grew up.He has a younger brother named William. They attended local public schools. In 1968, a high school teacher, a Kenyan man instructing a class on African cultures, encouraged the students to take African or Arabic names for classroom use; he gave Cook the name "Mumia". [10]