Black History Month - Pt 1
Day 3
Pete O’Neal was chairman of the Kansas City
chapter of the Black Panther Party. On Oct 30, 1969 he was arrested for the
transporting of a gun across state lines (under a law implemented only two
weeks prior to his arrest). He fled to Algeria a year later and then to
Tanzania where he still lives in exile.
Together with his wife, Charlotte, he is the
co-founder of the United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC) in the
village of Imbaseni, near the northern city of Arusha, Tanzania. The UAACC is a
center focusing on healing the community by providing a diverse array of free
art, music, film and other classes to members of the community.
His life and exile in Tanzania is the subject of the documentary 'A Panther in Africa'
Part 1
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