Moving forward: 50 years after fatal clashes, Black Panthers and Organization US sign ‘peace treaty’
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 23, 2022
Saturday evening at the WorldBeat Center in Balboa Park, old wounds started healing.
The leaders of two prominent Black-empowerment groups signed a reconciliation agreement forgiving each other for a rivalry that turned deadly more than 50 years ago amid secret manipulations by FBI agents trying to disrupt the civil-rights movement.
“It’s a peace treaty of sorts, a blueprint for moving forward,” said Henry Wallace, one of the signatories and a longtime member of the Black Panther Party in San Diego. “We are recommitting ourselves to work together for the ongoing liberation of . . .
