‘Free Huey or the Sky’s the Limit’: The Black Panther Party and the Campaign to Free Huey P. Newton
In October 1967, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Huey P. Newton was arrested and charged with the murder of a police officer. His organization, which was on the point of collapse, rallied around him, courtesy of a major campaign that ran through his trial and his two year...
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European Association for American Studies
2019-03-01
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ejas/14273 |