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Unforgettable Change: 1960s: Black Panther Party: A Black Power Alternative

Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, addresses a crowd of supporters in front of the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland. August 5, 1970. Roy Williams, photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. The Oakland Tribune Collection. Gift of ANG Newspapers.

In this photograph taken on August 5, 1970, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, addresses a roaring crowd of 10,000 supporters in front of the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland, following his release after three years in prison. Newton had been arrested in 1967 after a confrontation with the Oakland Police left Officer John Frey dead, Officer Herbert Heanes shot, and Newton himself wounded in the stomach.

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