Article: Legacy Tour offers prowl Black Panther sites.(Travel)

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The Boston Herald
Article date:
March 6, 2003
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Byline: Judith Wynn

Special to the Herald

OAKLAND, Calif. - The hip-hop movement is cultural; the Black Panthers were political, says David Hilliard, former chief-of-staff of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. "We didn't need any record company to validate us," Hilliard adds.

The Panthers were the most radical black power group of the Vietnam War era. Today, co-founder Hilliard is our guide on the Black Panthers Legacy Tour of historic sites in this northern California city.

Oakland - like its prestigious next door neighbor Berkeley - gets its share of sightseers from San Francisco, which lies 12 miles west on the other side of ...

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