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Courtroom sketch of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, George W. Sams, Jr., Warren Kimbro, and Ericka Huggins, during the 1970 New Haven Black Panther trials. This is an alphabetical referenced list of members of the Black Panther Party, including those notable for being Panthers as well as former Panthers who became notable for other reasons. This ...
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.
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.
Gerth was spotted in Downtown Rockford by Rockford Police driving a stolen vehicle. Gerth reportedly ignored the police officers commands to get out the and reportedly threaten to hit the officers with the vehicle. Police Officer Todd Murr then shot and killed Gerth. The shooting was later ruled justified. [164] November 30, 2003 Nathaniel ...
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.
On the night of November 13, 1969, while Hampton was in California, Chicago police officers John J. Gilhooly and Frank G. Rappaport were killed in a gun battle with Panthers; one died the next day. [40] A total of nine police officers were shot. Spurgeon Winter Jr, a 19-year-old Panther, was killed by police.
Alex Rackley (June 2, 1949 – May 20, 1969) [1] was an American activist who was a member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in the late-1960s. In May 1969, Rackley was suspected by other Panthers of being a police informant.