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On October 30, 1969, Pete O'Neal, a young Black Panther in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. One year later, O'Neal fled the charge, and for over 30 years, he has lived in Tanzania as one of the last American exiles from an era when activists considered themselves at war with the U.S. government. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: Sept. 21, 2004 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

"I've had a longstanding interest in the 1960s. My parents were very active in the community ... while growing up in the 1980s, I always wondered how the 1960s became the 1980s, which was this period notable for being devoid of a lot of political content."
—Aaron Matthews

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BLACK PANTHERS TODAY

Hear from former Black Panthers Kathleen Cleaver, Yvonne King, Bobby Seale, Billy X. Jennings, Barbara Easley and Elbert Howard about what their work with the Panthers has evolved into today. Watch a clip of Pete O'Neal talking about the evolution of his once-revolutionary rhetoric. »

BLACK PANTHERS 1968

In 1968, photographers Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones exhibited their photos of a group of revolutionaries called the Black Panthers in San Francisco. Look through our gallery of photographs and listen to former Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver talk about what it was like in those days. »

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