The National Park Service expands its African-American history sites

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On a cool spring day, Fredrika Newton — the widow of Black Panther co-founder, Huey P. Newton — stands next to a bronze bust of her late husband. It's situated in a wide, landscaped median in the west end of Oakland that the Panthers called home.

"The Black Panther Party is an American story, and that's the job of the National Park Service is to tell the American story," Newton says.

Once upon a time, former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover called the Panthers the "greatest threat to internal security."

A half-century later, as perspectives have mellowed, the Huey Newton statue could eventually become part of a National Historical Park. Other possible stops: the former Panther party headquarters, locations of the group's free medical clinics and free children's breakfast program, and the spot where Newton was murdered. All of it may one day be patrolled by a park ranger in a traditional NPS flat hat.