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50 Years Later: A Look Back at the Black Panther Party
Fifty years ago, in October of 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobbly Seale had a brilliant idea. Initially conceived as a way to protect the black community against the oppressive presence and indiscriminate violence of the police in Oakland, Calif., the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense evolved into a organization that advocated for revolutionary black…
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Lee Wesley Gibson, the Oldest Pullman Porter, Dies at 106
Lee Wesley Gibson, believed to have been the oldest living Pullman porter, died Saturday at his home, surrounded by family. He was 106 years old. “He had just celebrated his birthday five weeks earlier and he thanked everyone,” family friend Rosalind Stevenson told the Los Angeles Times. Gibson started working as a coach attendant with…