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    The Black Panther was founded in October of 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Sedle .Black Panther Party for self defense of minority communities against the U.S Government ,they also fought for establishing revolutionary socialism mass organizing and community based programs. This program was the first organization of the military struggle for ethnic and class emancipation a party who had classified real economic, social and political equality across gender and color lines.…

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    The Black Panther Movement is regarded by many as being one of the most influential and well known civil rights movements in our country’s history. Originally started as a self-defense organization, the Black Panther Party, previously known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was created with the intent of protecting its constituents from unfair and unjust treatment. The name “Panther” was chosen because like the animal, the members wanted to strike out against aggressors. Like the…

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    The Black Panthers were an organization that fought for the rights for the black people. So many things stood in their way but they fought. Yes, they weren 't the only organization who changed the laws for the black man but they did help a great deal. The white man and police were so cruel to these poor people. Some events lead to violence, arrests and even murder. The police brutalized the panthers and even just the common black person. Many people think the panthers were all about violence but…

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    The Black Panther film demonstrated the importance of community building through community service. The director demonstrated the channeling anger of the black community so well in the film, there were both pros and cons of channeling these masses. Black Panthers are often in history described negatively as violent. In the film Stanley Nelson makes the case that the Black Panthers did more good than bad. The black panthers were functioning politically in a counterculture movement; it is…

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    institutional racism have forced African Americans to seek alternatives that would empower them to fulfill their highest potential. As a result, the Black Nationalist ideology emerged as a response to the economic exploitation and political abandonment endured by the people of African descent throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Though Black Nationalism developed in the United States it is not a unique phenomenon. In every part of the world, the belief that a people who share a…

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    Emory Douglas’s pieces titled Afro-American Solidarity with the Oppressed and Panther Sisters on Women’s Liberation are two pieces that show Douglas’s revolutionary art that were powerful symbols of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Black Panther Party for Self Defense was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966 to protect minority communities against the United States government. The BPP also used community based programs and mass organization to start revolutionary socialism. Both…

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    Dark Skin Research Paper

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    dress very differently and rock there afro. Also the black power movement began around that time and people started to embrace their African American side more. This started the black power movement which was later called the Black Panther movement. "When the Panthers came forward, the idea of trying to get some of our people back from the other side of capitalism came up, so some of us talked about needing to form a group like that. With the Panthers as a model, we can serve the people." Around…

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    Intersectionality Analysis

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    In light of the uniqueness of being a black woman in America Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “Intersectionality” in the late 1980s. Recently, as the keynote speaker at WOW – Women of the World festival 2016, Professor Crenshaw gave a brief summary of Intersectionality; it’s inception and definition. WOW’s, “mission is to champion gender equality, celebrating the achievements of women and girls everywhere and examining the obstacles that keep them from fulfilling their potential.”…

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    Blacks were beaten, pushed around ,and even killed in the 1960’s through the 1990’s. The blacks were fed up with this short of treatment and one group rose up to the white men and women of this country. They were called The black panthers. There were an organization that fought back to protect the black committees. The black panthers was an organization that was founded on October 15, 1966 in Oakland, California. They were led by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Their mission was to fight back…

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    protection for blacks and whites under the…

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