In November 1970, university, state and local police shot 778 | Syndiegram

In November 1970, university, state and local police shot 778 Bullets into an off campus rental
house in Carbondale, IL. The residence was rented to a handful of university students, some were
assumed to be associated with the local Black Panther Party. Unlike other police raids of known
Black Panther residences across the country, the Carbondale Panthers shot back. Using archive
material, newspaper accounts, witness testimony and experts in the field, 778 Bullets recovers a
little known history of resistance and resilience of the human struggle for self-determination. The
dominant memory of the Black Panther Party would have us believe that the Panthers existed
only in major urban cities; this story documents a more rural presence of radical politics and the
struggle for civil rights.

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