On this day, 18 July 1969, Black Panthers held a conference in Oakland alongside the white anti-racist Young Patriots Organisation and Puerto Rican street gang-turned-radical group the Young Lords. The Young Patriots were a group of poor, mostly Appalachian migrants in Chicago, who wore Confederate flags but fought racism. Leading Black Panther Fred Hampton played a key role in building links with them and other white working class youth, until he was assassinated by police. This is a short history of the collaboration between the BPP and YPO: https://libcom.org/history/young-patriots-panthers-story-white-anti-racism And this is a speech delivered by one of the YPO at the conference: https://libcom.org/history/young-patriots-united-front-against-fascism-conference-1969 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1169552236563258/?type=3
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