The Black Panthers And A Community Named Desire
Publisher |
WWNO
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Government
News
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Apr 19, 2018
Episode Duration |
00:04:45
On September 15 of 1970, rising tensions between the New Orleans Police and the Black Panther Party came to a head in a 20-minute shootout. The police arrived at the Desire public housing development armed in a war wagon to evict the Panthers. Malik Rahim was there. In this edition of NOLA Life Stories, Malik speaks about how he joined the Panthers and remembers the showdown in Desire.

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