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Article: Remembering Real Black Panther Party

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July 5, 1997
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Remembering Real Black Panther Party

The release of former Black Panther Party leader Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt from prison has momentarily rescued the Panther Party from historical oblivion. Society's rebels often become the stuff of books, paintings, plays and films. The problems is that they are either dedication, or idolatrized. This can easily happen with the Panthers. Their story is loaded with adventure and political activism, demagoguery and dedication, idealism and stupidity. I witnessed all of it during the three years the Panther star burned brightest.

I first met Panther founder Huey Newton in August, 1967, when he came to Los Angeles to speak. It was his first major speech ...

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