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American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton
From Pianist to Black Power Revolutionary
Several people who knew him describe the evolution of Huey P. Newton, from classical pianist and philosopher to radical revolutionary and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, whose brazen armed occupation of the California Capitol in 1967 to protest gun control legislation became an iconic historical moment.
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The untold story behind the murder trial of Black Panthers leader Huey Newton.