Spring 1970: The Oakland BPP engages in another ambush of police officers with guns and fragmentation bombs. Two officers are wounded. • May 1970: Huey Newton's conviction is overturned, but he remains incarcerated. • July 1970: Newton tells The New York Times that "we've never advocated violence". • August

he money to pay off debts from the sprinting project—you know how easy it is to go over budget; i also took a short trip to Oakland to consult with Huey Newton's older brother Melvin regarding a possible book and i flew to Germany for about 12 days to try to master the evolutionary logic of cancer-a tough ar