Black Panther Party

Angela Davis discussed was the relevant of abolitionist of racism and imprisonment. It’s not the same racism we experienced years ago, its more intense. She used Donald Trump as a great example. I loved the way she made the analogy that the Republican Party created a sort of Frankenstein that they can no longer control. It is sad but the truthful part of it all is Donald trump is just saying all of the stuff they think and believe anyway. Dr. Angela Davis also mentioned her personal experience…

The black panthers used the media to their advantage and rapidly began to grow capturing the attention of thousands of Americans. As a result of the party's growth, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan began to make their way into the federal law enforcement advocating racist and violent abuse towards people of color. The leader at the time, President Hoover began to notice the advancement of the movement and feared "the rise of the black messiah", and the white allies who united to support the…

They identified providers of public services such as diners and bussing lines, then organized nonviolent acts mainly boycotts, rallies and other acts of civil disobedience. The logic for these acts were clear, these businesses were dependent on the black communities dollar, and politicians for their votes, they organized themselves as local level pressure groups. This gave ground to a new leader twenty-six year old minister Martin Luther King JR who advocated nonviolence as a rightful tool.…

Thurgood Marshall were black people who used their political power to inflict permanent change for people of color. Modjeska took part in writing the declaration on Clarendon Country component of “Separate but equal” Briggs vs. Elliot case. Huey Newton and the Black Panther Party for Self Defense utilized the second amendment, to arm and protect the black community from police brutality. John was one of the first lawmakers to urge a systematic study of the differing treatment blacks and whites…

Legacies and Black Feminism”, by author Angela Y. Davis. The authors background will be introduced with a basic biography followed by an in-depth analysis of the author’s educational background to give the author credibility to this topic. Mrs. Angel Yvonne Davis was born on the 26th day of January in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born in a time period in one of the most known segregated area in the south. She grew up in an area known as “Dynamite Hill” because of violent attacks on black…

It was a rough time to live in, especially with racism being as big of an issue as it was. The Black Panther Party was becoming more common, and more of a threat. James and his mother went to visit someone one day, and they were bringing food home for his siblings. On the way home, they had an interference on the street. James described it saying, “Two black men came up behind us and one of them grabbed Mommy’s purse.” (p.33) She was jumped, right in front of James, but there…

In Glenn Loury’s “Is He One of Us? Reflections on Identity and Authenticity,” Loury is addressing the Brown University Class of 2012 in its 2008 Opening Convocation. His objective for the speech is to encourages the students not to focus so much of their attention on their identity and others identity. He encourages them by sharing examples of the pitfalls he experienced and backs it up with excerpts from other notable essays. Even though Loury does not use much evidence in proving his point,…

My cultural identity developed through solid principles established on a foundation of positive values, and morals. I have fond remembrances for the traditions of worship, celebration, and clean living. This is what connected me to my family is how our family connected. What I gained from family gatherings was the importance of family unity and strength for family. My parents were very Afrocentric, my father would go to “Sankofa” meetings which I never understood the significance at that time,…

Black Nationalism is a political and social movement that originated in the 1850's. Black Nationalism was made most popular by Marcus Garvey in the 1920's among African Americans in the United States. Black Nationalism is defined as, "The belief that black people share a common destiny, and have had a common experience: slavery, oppression, colonialism, and exploitation." Racial unity is the most basic form of Black Nationalism. It is simply a feeling that black people, because of their…

The Black Panthers Party Rise and Local Influence It was the 1960’s in America and racial segregation was unbearable. Black people were being terrorize, brutalize and murder by the police in their communities. There were high depression levels of unemployment in the Black community, people of color lived in poverty where 40% of men that lived in the ghetto were paid less than 60 dollars per week. Making it impossible to support their families or bring up their children in dignity. Health care…