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Huey Remixed 1989: Funeral with bullet holes.

On August 29, 1989, in Oakland (CA), USA, a photograph of Uhuru House demonstrators holding posters of Huey P. Newton in a rattan chair with bullet holes with the text “Long Live Huey P. Newton”, “Uhuru” and “Long Live The African Revolution!”, made by Roy H. Williams, was published in the Oakland Tribune.

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