In one of the "trials of the century" and with startling relevance to today, Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton faced the death penalty for shooting a white policeman in a fatal car stop in 1967 Oakland. While Newton and his maverick attorneys boldly indicted racism in the courts and the country, and a groundbreaking jury led by a historic Black foreman deliberated Newton's fate, the streets of Oakland and the nation were set to explode if the jury, as expected, convicted him of murder.
American Justice on Trial
The documentary examines the highly publicized murder trial of Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, during the tumultuous summer of 1968.
