On 17 January 1969, Bunchy Carter and John Huggins, two members of the revolutionary Black Panther Party were murdered by members of the US Organization, a Black nationalist group which was being manipulated by the FBI as part of its COINTELPRO program with the intention of causing deadly division. This article contains details of the events: https://libcom.org/news/why-i-dont-do-kwaanza-bruce-dixon-23122014
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"Black Panthers Bunchy Carter and John Huggins, 1969." Historianspeaks, January 21, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/black-panthers-bunchy-carter-and-john-huggins-1969.
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