February 22, 1974: 50 years ago, February 22 1974, rioting broke out in East Oakland at a [...]
50 years ago, February 22 1974, rioting broke out in East Oakland at a food giveaway organized by media magnate Randolph Hearst’s People In Need, a charitable organization he had created to satisfy a demand by the Symbionese Liberation Army, who had kidnapped his daughter Patty The SLA, a highly …
February 22, 1967: 56 years ago, Feb 21 1967, Betty Shabazz arrived in San Francisco for her [...]
56 years ago, Feb 21 1967, Betty Shabazz arrived in San Francisco for her first public speech since the murder of her husband Malcolm X. She was escorted by an armed phalanx of 14 men from two different new organizations, both called the Black Panther Party Shabazz had been invited …