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American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton

From Pianist to Black Power Revolutionary

Season 1 Episode 1 | 2m 54s

Several people who knew him describe the evolution of Huey P. Newton, from classical pianist and philosopher to radical revolutionary and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, whose brazen armed occupation of the California Capitol in 1967 to protest gun control legislation became an iconic historical moment.

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American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton
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