their rhetoric. The two were ordered to leave but when they refused, Bin Wahad was assaulted. Wahad was left with a concussion, a broken jaw and lacerations from the attack. The event led founding member of the original Black Panthers, Elbert "Big Man" Howard, to denounce the group as "reactionaries" and "thugs". Bibliography Books Essays References Books Magazines and newspapers Films Music Notes External links 1944 births Living people Writers from New York City American political writers American male non-fiction writers American prisoners and detainees Overturned convictions in the United States Members of the Black Panther Party Members of the Black Liberation Army Members of the Nation of Islam COINTELPRO targets Activists from New York City American people convicted of attempted murder African-American male writers 20th-century African-American writers