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John Jerome Huggins Jr. [1] (February 11, 1945 – January 17, 1969) was an American activist. He was the leader in the Los Angeles chapter of the Black Panther Party who was killed by black nationalist US Organization members at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in January 1969. As part of COINTELPRO, the FBI sent forged ...
Bunchy Carter. Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter (October 12, 1942 – January 17, 1969) was an American activist. Carter is credited as a founding member of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party. Carter was shot and killed by a rival group, Ron Karenga's "Us", and is celebrated by his supporters as a martyr in the Black Power ...
Eventually, her husband John Huggins, became leader of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Black Panther Party. [3] [13] [5] While at home with her three week old daughter, her husband was assassinated on January 17, 1969, on the UCLA campus [14] due to a feud between the Black Panther Party and a Black Nationalist group, US Organization, that was ...
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.
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 ...
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The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. [8] [9] [10] The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major ...
Kathleen Cleaver. . . ( m. 1967; div. 1987) . Children. 2. Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. [1] [2] In 1968, Cleaver wrote Soul on Ice, a collection of essays that, at the time of its publication, was praised by The New ...