Black panther

campaign symbol was a panther and what the panther stood for was determination, freedom, and courage. And that was how the B.P.’s got their name. Nonetheless, Newton, the main visionary of the group, formulated the B.P.’s Ten-Point Platform and Program which basically expressed the major needs and wants of the Party, as well as for the black community. The Ten-Point Platform and Program that the B.P.’s adhered to and observed, each point stated in a sense what the party “wanted” for blacks, and…

abuse of Black people became part of every day life for many Blacks across the country. Although the Civil Rights movement was mainly a Southern phenomenon, the non-violent ideology and integrationist focus of the movement became according to historians Floyd W. Hayes and Francis A. C. Kiene as "sources of increasing frustration and disillusionment for many Blacks in Northern and Western cities (Hayes and Kiene 159) ." As the Civil Rights Movement approached the end of the 1960's northern Blacks…

community itself (Black Power, 7). This in itself makes it easier for the whites…

change during the second half of the movement. Their goals became more de facto or against practices that laws cannot fix, wanting an end to poverty better education and racism. The tactics used became more militant and support was primarily in the black…

variety of obstacles that have hindered their healthy lifestyles. The Florida panther has been especially affected by these obstacles. In the November 1997 issue of National Parks, Yvette La Pierre’s description of the Florida panther in her article entitled “On the edge: Florida panthers, which once roamed the southeastern states, have been reduced to one population” is sad because it reveals that the Florida panther population has been greatly harmed as a result of pollutants, habitat loss,…

happened when me and Justine were exiting the house and got in the elevator. The elevator went down, and we saw this pink superhero. Well..she was obviously pink, I already said that, and she was wearing a Pink headpiece. She looked like the Pink Panther in a race. Talking about cats.. She was with another superhero...dressed like a one. I decided to call her Kitty Cat. Something purple caught my eye. I felt something in my shirt. I scratched it. Anyways..the pink girl bumped against me, kissed…

Angela Davis: An Autobiography Better known as a prominent figure in the Black Panther Party, Angela Davis is a well known radical leftist and a member of the Communist Party USA. She was a professor at UCLA, which then California Governor Ronald Regan urged the Board of Regents of the University of California to fire her for her Communist affiliations. However, she fought them in court and it was ruled the Regents could not fire Davis solely because of her affiliations with the Communist Party.…

by Hardy. The domestic abuse allegations were not the only run ins with the law in Hardy’s career. Hardy was also arrested for possession of drugs on multiple occasions. Hardy was apparently more trouble than he was worth, so he was cut by the Panthers and then the Cowboys.…

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.…

Explained “How we stop the Black Panthers? Ronald Reagan cooked up an answer.” This is the first line from the Kanye West song Crack Music - from his Grammy winning album Late Registration. When most think of the Black Panther Party to which West is referring, they think of a radical, militant, anti-police, black civil rights organization. However, the Party was much more. In 1966, the Party released their Ten-Point Program. In this document they demanded full employment for Black Americans,…