April 19, 1969: 55 years ago, April 19 1969, a conference on revolutionary unionism, [...]

55 years ago, April 19 1969, a conference on revolutionary unionism, called for by the UAW Black Panther Caucus, was held at the Black church on 42nd St. and Grove (MLK) in Oakland to negotiate an alliance between the panthers and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers

April 20, 1969: 55 years ago, April 20 1969, hundreds of "straight and freaky people" in [...]

55 years ago, April 20 1969, hundreds of “straight and freaky people” in Berkeley showed up on Sunday afternoon to a vacant lot of university-owned land between Dwight and Haste to begin constructing People’s Park Dirt was shoveled, sod was laid down, and trees were planted with flower and vegetable …

April 28, 1969: 54 years ago, April 28 1969, a large Free Huey rally was held in San [...]

54 years ago, April 28 1969, a large Free Huey rally was held in San Francisco’s Fillmore ahead of Huey Newton’s bail hearing. 160 cops instigated a riot, attacking the crowd and filling the streets with tear gas after raiding the Black Panther Party office, arresting 16 Panthers

April 29, 1969: 55 years ago, April 28 1969, a large Free Huey rally was held in San [...]

55 years ago, April 28 1969, a large Free Huey rally was held in San Francisco’s Fillmore ahead of Huey Newton’s bail hearing. 160 cops instigated a riot, attacking the crowd and filling the streets with tear gas after raiding the Black Panther Party office, arresting 16 Panthers

May 1, 1969: 55 years ago, May 1 1969, 200 Stanford students associated with the April [...]

55 years ago, May 1 1969, 200 Stanford students associated with the April 3rd Movement occupied Encina Hall (which they renamed the “Huey P. Newton Institute for the Study of War, Racism, and Capitalism”), demanding an end to university involvement with war research The movement, which began with a 9-day …