Reading Notes for Cleaver (Link)
-born in Arkansas and moved to east LA when he was 12 years old
-imprisoned at age 22 for assault
-late 1960's, racism raged the streets of Oakland
-in 1968, Cleaver was involved in a huge shoot-out
-BBQ picnic for the Black Panther party
-Oakland police were against the party and picnic
-after the party, Oakland police arrested 16 members of the Black Panther Party
-Cleaver and the head police chief did not get along
-the cops murdered little bobby in the meeting they were in
-the cops would follow their cars around each day and night
-the never went in the streets at night unless they had two or more people
-one night Cleaver was stopped by cops, demanding him to the middle of the street
-all of a sudden the cops were shooting at him from all around
-Cleaver took off on foot and tried everything he could to get away
-he laid on the ground saying by to his family and the world as he thought he was going to die
-the cops murdered little bobby right next to Cleaver in that shoot-out
-Cleaver was later taken to jail and told he was not going to attend the BBQ
Hi Logan. I like your notes; they are very organized. After reading them I understood what the story was mostly about. It is sad that 'til this day in Oakland there is still a lot of gun violence. 50 years later and there is still a lot of violence in Oakland. I did not finish reading this story, but it seems that Cleaver was unfairly locked up in jail. I enjoyed learning more on this story, thanks to your notes. You did a great job.
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