Black History Month: The Revolutionary Minds That Molded and Led The Black Panther Party

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Bobby Hutton

At 16-years-old, Hutton was one of the six original members of the Black Panther Party acting as treasurer. Five months after the party’s formation, Hutton and Seale led 24 panthers in a march on the state capitol in Sacramento to protest a new gun bill. As a result, Hutton and his fellow panthers were all arrested.

But on April 6, 1968, Hutton, along with Eldridge Cleaver and six other panther members, were ambushed by Oakland police. Hutton was shot more than twelve times despite having already surrendered and stripping down to his underwear to prove that he was unarmed. His funeral was attended bu over 2,000 people in Berkeley, Calif. on April 12, 1968.

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