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Looking Back at the Black Panther Movement

In the 1960s, the Black Panther Party formed based on the idea of armed self-defense. At the time, FBI officials and media reports portrayed the Panthers as dangerous militants. Now, a new Santa Monica, Calif., exhibit of photographs from the 1960s examines the Panthers' image then and now. Senior editor Phillip Martin reports.

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