The Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a change driven Black Nationalist and socialist organization that run in the United States in the period between 1966 and 1982. The movement had an only international chapter operating in Algeria in the period between 1969 and 1972, (Meghelli, 2009). The party was incepted on October 15, 1966, with its core activity of arming citizens' patrols to monitor the behavior of police officers and challenge police brutality in Oakland, California United States. The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party was originally referred to as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. In 1969, the party took the community social programs as the core activity of party …show more content…
This made a new generation of young blacks growing up in these cities face new conditions, new forms of poverty and racism unfamiliar to their parents, and thus sought to develop new forms of politics to respond to them. The Black Panther Party membership comprised of recent migrants whose families traveled north and west to run away from the southern racial regime. However, the new party was faced with new forms of segregation and repression, (Joseph, 2006).
The party members utilized the instant use of the power of an image, and in the burgeoning television environment of the 1960s. They used unabashed swag which was media catnip. The Panthers, decked out in shades, leather, and Afros which made them very famous. In addition, the party derived much great strength of the Black Panther Party from its ideals and its youthful vigor and enthusiasm. However, the party had a great weakness which was the party ideals and its youthful vigor and enthusiasm that sometimes can be very dangerous especially when you’re up against the United States
The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a change driven Black Nationalist and socialist organization that run in the United States in the period between 1966 and 1982. The movement had an only international chapter operating in Algeria in the period between 1969 and 1972, (Meghelli, 2009). The party was incepted on October 15, 1966, with its core activity of arming citizens' patrols to monitor the behavior of police officers and challenge police brutality in Oakland, California United States. The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party was originally referred to as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. In 1969, the party took the community social programs as the core activity of party …show more content…
This made a new generation of young blacks growing up in these cities face new conditions, new forms of poverty and racism unfamiliar to their parents, and thus sought to develop new forms of politics to respond to them. The Black Panther Party membership comprised of recent migrants whose families traveled north and west to run away from the southern racial regime. However, the new party was faced with new forms of segregation and repression, (Joseph, 2006).
The party members utilized the instant use of the power of an image, and in the burgeoning television environment of the 1960s. They used unabashed swag which was media catnip. The Panthers, decked out in shades, leather, and Afros which made them very famous. In addition, the party derived much great strength of the Black Panther Party from its ideals and its youthful vigor and enthusiasm. However, the party had a great weakness which was the party ideals and its youthful vigor and enthusiasm that sometimes can be very dangerous especially when you’re up against the United States