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…
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…
violence, an example of which is the Black Panther Party. While many of the groups actions were horrible it was seen as a "just" response to the corrupt political system. The government in relation to this group took action against the Black Panther Party in a way that is reminiscent of how fictional character Kersey's solution to crime. The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary Black Nationalist and socialist organization, originally known as the Black Panther Party for…
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…
The Revolution The Black Panther Party stands for revolutionary unity with all people fighting against the forces of imperialism and racism. The party was determined to fight against the government concerning minority races based upon self-defense. They were tasked with establishing real social, political equality with no existence of racism. They were a group of people that dedicated their lives to a political program involving armed resistance to state authority. The party was deeply…
The Black Panther Movement is an important movement because their ideas spread a Marxist's idea of equality for all people no matter of race and gender. They took the idea of African American nonviolence tactical and deceased to an if you get to push you should push back. When people hear the word Black Panther they think of the dislike of authorizing and using violent. However, the Black Panther was more than that it was the FBI who put this idea in people's head. The Black Panther believed…
the problems faced by blacks in a Western world. Afrofuturism can be expressed through various art forms. One very innovative mode of expressing afrofuturism is through comics with black protagonists. The idea of a black character being the powerful protagonist in science fiction comics was formally rejected and seen as absurd by the Western world. However, advancements in cultural diversity and acceptance have made the realization of this concept a possibility. Black Panther is a sci-fi comic…
Their uniform organized the group. They wore sunglasses, black jackets, and afros, which was a full and fluffy hairstyle inspired by African Americans’ natural curls (Tortora & Marcketti, p. 551) . Kathleen cleaver is featured in an excerpt called Black Panther Style from The black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2016) explaining that as black people we wear our hair like this because we were born like this. She goes on to say that black people are now aware of their beauty. Kente cloth…
watching the film “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” I definitely learned more information about the Black Panthers and the roles that they played to protect blacks. Before watching any of this film prior I can say that I really didn’t know much about the Black Panthers. I know for a fact that my previous history teachers barely covered anything on the Black Panther Party. I remembered in these classes we may have briefly covered organizations that supported blacks, but I don’t…
‘Seize the time: the story of black panther’ is mainly against oppression and the party’s fight for equality. The author argues against the Fascist Power Structure that was designed to oppress colored people and poor Caucasian people. The role of the Black Panther Party was to focus on the Power Structure defined in 3 levels of oppression avaricious business men, demagogic politicians and fascist police forces. The US government, CIA, FBI, deemed the Black Panthers a Black Extremist…