The Pete O’Neal Story, Push for his Pardon and Return, with Steve Penn

Pete O’Neal, then leader of the KC Chapter of the Black Panthers, spoke at the All Souls Forum on 25 May 1969 on “Why Revolution?”  A short time later, he was charged with transporting a weapon across state lines.  Out on bond, O’Neal and his wife fled to Algeria and then Tanzania where he has remained in exile.  Steve Penn is a former columnist for the Kansas City Star and author of the book, Case for a Pardon, the Pete O’Neal Story.

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