Carter-Huggins Day Annual Commemoration
Date/Time
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Contact Information
UCLA’s Afrikan Student Union (ASU) and the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) will be hosting its annual commemoration for two murdered UCLA students, John Huggins, Jr. and Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter on Tuesday, Jan 18th. This marks the 53rd anniversary of this tragic event.
Tuesday, January 18th
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Special Guest, Virgil Roberts, UCLA Alum
Panel Discussion with Bruin Community and Student Activists
Spoken Word & Candlelight Vigil
Zoom Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98155835524?pwd=Z3hsMmllNVNVbVkrVTAvcVB0bExhZz09
Zoom ID: 981 5583 5524
Passcode: 060653
DID YOU KNOW?
On January 17, 1969, two UCLA High Potential Program students—Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Huggins, Jr.—were assassinated in 1201 Campbell Hall. The assassination took place after a student meeting to decide qualifications for the selection of the first director of the newly-formed Afro-American Studies Center. The assassinations were characterized in the press as being the result of an ongoing feud between two militant Black organizations—the Black Panther Party and the US organization, which supported different candidates for the director position. Three members of US were convicted of the murders.
Both Huggins and Carter were leaders of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Many speculate, however, that the assassination was instigated by the FBI’s COINTELPRO which, at the time, was engaged in a clandestine campaign to eliminate the Black Panther Party. Note: COINTELPRO is an acronym for a series of FBI counterintelligence programs designed to neutralize political “dissidents”. From 1956 to 1971, COINTELPRO broadly targeted radical political organizations.