The Black Panthers were an astonishing group. The men and women who were in the party fought for what they believed in and their rights as human beings whether or not …show more content…
“Huey Newton was not inspired by the civil rights movement, nor were most other black college students in the San Francisco area. The college students in San Francisco who were inspired by the movement were the white ones (Haskins, 9)” According to Bobby Seale, the civil rights didn’t influence them to start the party it was the fact that quiet, innocent and peaceful people were getting murdered and abused by the police (1). After the brutal march that’s when they decided to make the Black Panther party(2). When the Black Panthers said their slogan “Power to the people” they meant of all kinds not just blacks (3). Said by Jo-Ann Morgan, the Black Panther party pledged... “All Power to the people (92).” “Oakland’s Black Panthers wear Guns, talk Revolution. (5)” They found motivation for self-defense all the way back to Robert F. Williams (3). Also, Emmett Tills murder had an influence on the Black Panther party (10). David Hilliard and Donald Weise says “The Black Panther Party bases its ideology and philosophy on a concrete analysis of concrete conditions, using dialectical materialism as our analytical method (200).” As stated by Harvey Young, The Black Panther symbol was from the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, “Black Power” (10). As you can see, The Black Panthers had many intelligent people who influenced them, it wasn’t the Civil Rights Movement itself. The panthers made a Ten-Point platform that …show more content…
According to Helen Stoilas, The Black Panthers empowered African American communities (1). Stated by Harvey Young, the party was known for spotlighting racism and actually doing something about it (11). As Jo-Ann Morgen mentions, the Black Panthers worked in the Anti-poverty center (4). Even though Funds were scarce for the panthers, they still did their best to help out the community (5). As stated by Jo-Ann Morgen, the two leaders went to college together at the Merrit Junior College in Oakland, California (2). Harvey Young Illustrates that the leaders were in their late twenties (14). As David Hilliard and Donald Weise reports, Huey P. Newton was a so called “Bad Boy” or “Rebel” before the Panther party started (25). Also, to become a better burglar, Huey P. Newton studied law (25). Huey P. Newton said, “We realized at a very early point in our development that revolution is a process. It is not a particular action, nor is it a conclusion. It is a process (Hilliard & Weise, 202). Henry Hampton and Steve Fayer writes, Huey Newton was in jail giving directions to the panthers by tape recordings when he got charges pressed against him (514). Jim Haskins notes, when Huey Newton was out of jail, he was on parole and couldn’t go out of town with his troops (4). Later on, the judge didn’t tell the jury Newton’s argument so