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BUNCHY CARTER & JOHN HUGGINS KILLINGS
Bunchy Carter & John Huggins Killings

On January 17, 1969, Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter and John Huggins — leaders of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party — were shot and killed during a meeting on the UCLA campus, following a dispute with members of Ron Karenga's US Organization over control of the university's Black Studies program.

While the immediate conflict was between the two Black organizations, later disclosures showed that the FBI's COINTELPRO program had deliberately stoked the Panther–US rivalry with forged letters and cartoons meant to provoke violence. The UCLA killings deepened both the factional bloodshed and the atmosphere of repression surrounding the party.