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Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images

Black Panthers

1968

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A documentary short with the title Black Panthers. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary focuses on protests in Oakland, California following the arrest of Black Panther co-founder Huey Newton. There is also brief footage of the location where Bobby Hutton was killed.

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Catalog reference: 2017.55.58.1a

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