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Article: An insider's take on the Black Panthers; The group's former security head writes about life with Newton and the Black Panthers, but offers little reflection.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book review)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 19, 2006
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Byline: Seth Stern
Few groups in the 1960s counterculture enjoyed more cultural cachet - or a bigger cache of weapons - than the Black Panther Party.
Their threats of armed revolution and shootouts with police attracted a loyal fan base in both inner cities and Hollywood, while frightening white Middle America.
The Black Panthers have long since faded into little more than an occasional hip-hop music lyric, their former leader, Huey Newton, shot dead 17 years ago by an Oakland drug dealer.
Just in time for the Black Panthers' 40th anniversary next month, Flores A. Forbes, the group's former head of security, has come out with the ...