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This March 26, 1972 file photo shows the Rev. Jesse Jackson speaking to reporters at the Operation PUSH Soul Picnic in New York as Tom Todd, vice president of PUSH, from second left, Aretha Franklin and Louis Stokes.

The FBI monitored Aretha Franklin's role in the civil rights movement for years

The agency surveilled Franklin and those around her to gauge how deeply she was involved in organizations tied to Communism, the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement.

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  • Ayana Archie
Albert Woodfox was a former member of the Black Panthers who was put in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for over 43 years.

The Angola 3's Albert Woodfox, who survived decades of solitary confinement, dies

A wrongful murder conviction forced Woodfox to spend 43 years and 10 months in solitary confinement at Louisiana's Angola Prison. He has died at the age of 75.

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  • Shauneen Miranda
Sundiata Acoli, now 84, was convicted for the 1973 death of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster.

He's In Prison For Killing A Trooper. Now, Some Black Police Groups Want Him Released

Sundiata Acoli, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was convicted in the 1973 death of a New Jersey state trooper. His supporters say the 84-year-old has been a model prisoner.

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  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Host Celeste Headlee with Emory University lecturer Kathleen Cleaver, a former member of the Black Panther Party.

Legacy Of The Black Panther Party At 50

This October marks 50 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party. Kathleen Cleaver joined the Black Panthers in 1967 after she left the Student...

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