Feature Story: A Black Panther in the great white north

October marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party in the U.S. It’s a milestone worth noting considering the Black Panther Party’s actions during the height of the civil rights movement. However, there is a significant but little known U of R connection to the Black Panthe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: External Relations, University of Regina
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: External Relations, University of Regina 2016
Subjects:
Black Panther Party
Fred Hampton
Dawn Flood
Campion College
Journal for the Study of Radicalism
Students’ Union
The Carillon
First Nations
Métis
Hampton
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10294/7357
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Summary:October marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party in the U.S. It’s a milestone worth noting considering the Black Panther Party’s actions during the height of the civil rights movement. However, there is a significant but little known U of R connection to the Black Panthers. It was the visit to campus in November of 1969, by the dynamic chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton. Staff no

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