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Article: Women of Black Panther Party rekindle memories at Oakland Library event
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- Oakland Tribune
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- October 16, 2009
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The Black Panther Party's most captivating and charismatic leader
has been dead for 20 years, and the once-notorious black power group
splintered apart years earlier. But those who gathered Thursday at
the Oakland Library were transported back in time as women of the
Black Panther Party rekindled memories and showed that the social-
justice programs created four decades earlier still are very much
alive.
Thursday's program was offered as part of Black Panther History
Month. Numerous photos, books, buttons and poster art provided by
historian Billy X Jennings served as the backdrop.
Although the women of the Black Panther Party were often
overshadowed by Huey Newton and co-founder Bobby ...