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Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today

  • Written by Paul Ringel, Associate Professor of U.S. History, High Point University
imageMembers of the Black Panther Party outside the High Point property raided by policeSonny Hedgecock/High Point Enterprise, CC BY-SA

In the early hours of Feb. 10, 1971, police surrounded a property in High Point, North Carolina, where members of the Black Panther Party lived and worked. In the ensuing shootout, a Panther and a police officer were...

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