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Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland. Started to defend minority communities from the U.S, government.
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List of things they want. Included the power to control the destiny of there community. It called for housing, employment, and an end to robbery. They wanted all black people to be freed from jail.
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Politically charged murder trial. Accused of murdering a police officer. He was found guilty of manslaughter.
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the black panther party created a free breakfast program that provided more then 10,000 meals to children before they went to school
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John Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI declared the black panthers the greatest threat to internal security. Grits, not guns were the most dangerous part.
