Cleaver seeks return amid Panther crisis after Chicago shootout
Eldridge Cleaver contacts U S officials in Algiers seeking a passport or identity certificate to travel to the United States where he faces a fugitive warrant. Panthers suffer a Chicago LA raid and leadership losses as police clashes continue, leaving several dead and many arrested.
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John S. Lang
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Washington
Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver
United States
Armed Revolutionary Party
Chicago
Cleaver
U.S
Algiers
Rturn
America
Stokeley Carmichael
Dave Hilliard
Panther
Nixon
California
Panthers
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Charles Garry
San Francisco
Black Panther Party
Poppycock
Garry
Nixon Administration
Illinois
Fred Hampton
National Urban League
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hampton
Panthers Upend Leadership as Violence Surges Across Cities
The article details repeated Panther confrontations with police from 1968 to 1969, listing shootings in Chicago, Oakland, Milwaukee, New York, Kansas City, Denver and New Haven. It notes bullet-marked walls at Hamp ton home, a crackdown on Panthers, and indictments for a nationwide conspiracy with Panther membership estimates under 1,000. It also cites ideological rhetoric and a critique from the Young Socialist Alliance.
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Chicago Panther
Kansas City
Milwaukee
New York
New Haven
Conn
Panthers
Los Angeles
Denver
San Francisco
Panther
Young Socialist Alliance
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