"Free Huey" Campaign (17 sept 1968 año – 15 mayo 1970 año)

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BPP Leader Huey P Newton is accused and convicted of the 1967 murder and kidnapping of a Oakland Police Officer. This leads to mass uproar and a "Free Huey and All Political Prisoners Campaign" that galvanized the nation and gave the BPP new publicity. In 1970 there was a retrial and the California Appellate Court reversed the conviction.

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