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Daily Archives: February 19, 2010

My thoughts on ‘Showdown in Desire: The Black Panthers take a stand in New...

Black History Month Special: "Big Man," a founder of the Black Panther Party and the first editor of the Black Panther newspaper, reviews an excellent new book telling the story of the shootout in September 1970 between the Panthers and the New Orleans PD in the Desire public housing development through the words of the people who lived it.