Monday, June 1, 2009
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the Black Panthers “the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States.” In the following years, police and FBI agents arrested more than 2,000 members in raids on Panther offices.
They came to national prominence in May 1967 when they arrived armed at the California State legislature in Sacramento to protest a bill banning loaded guns in public places.
Use of the 'Cambridge Five' within the US
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