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    When the black panther party started in 1966 they would patrol black neighborhood only to stop police brutality from happening. This group of 4 friends would create an empire that would grow to be known all over the nation. From helping black neighborhood to helping public figures like malcolm x get there point across the world about discrimination that used to plague our nation as a whole. The black panther party is important to our history because without them getting their point across the we…

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    The Civil Rights Movement, a turning point for African Americans during the 20th century, has had many fabled contributions. Among these is the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense , which did much to gain popularity as a Black Power association that worked to change American society through revolutionary tactics. Some tactics, focused on improving the black community through service, protection from police, and through politics. The party aligns itself more so with Malcolm X’s revolutionary…

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    the twentieth century, and if it had not been for revolutionary groups like the Black Panther Party, it may have also been something we would face today. Living for the City (2010), written by Donna J. Murch, discusses the “new forms of organization, grassroots mobilization, and political literacy” (p. 6) of the Black Panther Party. By implementing anti-segregation and educational public campaigns, the Black Panther Party became important for the development and empowerment of the African…

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    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…

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    major cities across the U.S, they ultimately failed to achieve the main goals detailed in the party’s original platform. Arguably, the legacy of the Black Panther Party was their ability to ‘militarize’ a large number of black Americans and spread the principles of violence and self-defense as counter-hegemonic tools. Many argue that the Black Panther Platform’s encouragement of physical resistance was necessary as protection from rampant police brutality, however, other critics claim that their…

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    Black Panther Party for Self Defense Some may think when they hear Black Panthers that this organization was nothing but an organized gang. Like everything in this world, you have your pros and cons. Despite some flaws, the Black Panthers were so much more than just an organized gang. They were a force to be reckoned with. So much so that the government considered them a threat and had to shut them down. The Black Panthers had a vision. They promoted unity within the community by…

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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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    what would be today the other co-founder of the Black Panther Party Huey Newton. The two met at a rally protesting the Kennedy administration blockade in Cuba. The two shortly became best friends…

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    organizations in the world are the black panthers. The black panther is a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization. The black panthers have two extremely hardcore leaders who go by the name Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Huey P. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on February 17, 1942. Huey was named after the former governor Huey P. Long. The Black Panthers organization was founded in Oakland, California. This particular organization was made do to the Black Power Movement…

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    In 1996, Bobby Seale alongside Huey Newton became one of two co-founders of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) in Oakland, California. The FBI presented the group as a terrorist or hate group, and made part of the mission of the organization to destroy the BPP, even though the BPP was nowhere near being as violent a threat. In his book Seize the Time, Seale wrote of the group’s victories and downfalls, including how the FBI exaggerated the nefariousness of the group and deceived the…

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