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Title
Black Panthers Refuse to leave Desire Housing Project
Date Created and/or Issued
1970-11-18T08:00:00Z
Publication Information
Chapman University Digital Commons
Contributing Institution
Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
Collection
UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
Rights Information
copyrighted
UPI retains the copyright on all photographs. Permission to use photographs must be obtained from United Press International.
Description
New Orleans: Harold Holmes (C) speaking for the Black Panthers that have moved into a unit in the Desire Housing Project, said 11/18 the militants would stay in their quarters and resist 'by any means necessary, including revolutionary suicide' any attempt by the police to remove them. The group, which calls themselves the National Committee to Combat Fascism took over the apartment following a 9/15 shootout with police, that saw their headquarters riddled with bullets and 13 members arrested.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
http://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/upi_african_american/229
Subject
African Americans
History
United States
Prejudice
Desegregation
Civil rights movement
Black Panthers
African American Studies
United States History
Source
UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980

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