This thesis explores the history and memory of the Black Panther Party’s Algerian exile. Despite the fact that Algerians and Americans both frequently invoke the transnational connection between the Black Panther Party and post-revolutionary Algeria in service of other purposes, few historical studies have sought out to document the lives of the exiles and their relationship with Algeria, state and society. The overall image that emerges from Algerian historiography is positive; Algerians recognized commonalities between themselves and the Black Panther Party in terms of experiences and ideology and therefore provided support. Archival documents suggest the opposite: that the time members of the Black Panther Party spent in Algiers was wrought with tension and hostility between them and their Algerian hosts. This thesis compares archival sources with American and Algerian oral histories and contrasts American and Algerian social memory on the topic. This contrast serves the argument that Algerians and Americans remember this piece of history superficially, highlighting components and ignoring others to ensure fit in larger historiographical narrative. This study, part of a growing body of research on contemporary transnational history, uses largely untapped archival sources to contribute to understanding of American and Algerian history.