Early Life
Bobby Hutton was one of seven children born in Jefferson County, Arkansas to John D. Hutton and Dolly Mae Mitchner-Hutton. When he was three years old, his family moved to Oakland, California after they were visited by nightriders intimidating and threatening blacks in the area.
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