Carolina Panthers

Prince Jones was Ta-Nehisi Coates’ good friend from Howard University who was violently killed by an undercover police officer that confused him for someone he was supposed to be tailing and then proceeded to lie to cover it up. Jones’ came from a good family that had not always had money because his mother came from a family of sharecroppers and worked hard through a life of poverty to become a prominent radiologist. This section about Prince really struck a cord because of the continual…

political educator mentions that the characteristics, are those organizers that bring up the whole point of a movement and what they expect in the outcome. A good example is Huey P. Newton, also know as one of the co-founders of The Black Panthers party. The Black Panthers established in Oakland October 15, in order to combat the treatment of the community by the police officers. Newton’s role as an political educator, involved him to obtain knowledge of the situation even before he started the…

“Black love is black wealth’ is a quote from illustrious poet Nikki Giovanni in her poem “Nikki Rosa”. In this poem she orates the circumstances of her childhood and how the portrayal of her memories may be interpreted as tragic, even though she was indeed happy. She explains the love within a family and community can dull the sting of poverty, likewise the Black Power Movement thrived on solidarity within the community. Living in the post- Civil Rights era, one may wonder if the oppression of…

1. The changing environment for business affects Google’s ability to communicate in this situation because the lines have become increasingly blurred. The internet provides businesses with platforms by which to communicate with customers in ways that were unheard of before so companies like Google have become more involved politically than they were before. The actions that Google took in this case in choosing to cooperate with the Chinese government might have communicated a politically charged…

“The Legacy of the Black Panther Party”, a journal article written by JoNina Abron in 1986, discusses what she feels is the ongoing legacy of the Black Panther Party. First she discusses why the Black Panther Party failed and continues to the legacy and contributions that the BPP made, such as the free breakfast and lunch programs for school children and preventive health care. Her opinion is that the legacy of the Black Panther Party is its contributions to popular politics and culture in the…

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…

In Glenn Loury’s “Is He One of Us? Reflections on Identity and Authenticity,” Loury is addressing the Brown University Class of 2012 in its 2008 Opening Convocation. His objective for the speech is to encourages the students not to focus so much of their attention on their identity and others identity. He encourages them by sharing examples of the pitfalls he experienced and backs it up with excerpts from other notable essays. Even though Loury does not use much evidence in proving his point,…

After, the Black Panther Party became a militant black organization in America that was in the north and south. They educated African Americans about capitalism and how America was trying to liberate the people. They catered to the welfare of the African American people in less fortunate areas with free food and education. Unlike Dr. King, Black Panthers believed that if the police officers,or anyone racist used physical force amongst them, they were allowed to use it back. Huey Newton, a black…

The Black Panthers were a group formed in 1966 that dissipated in the early 1970’s, although their legacy still remains. The group formed in Oakland California. The black youth growing up there faced an unfair amount of racism, and a new kind of poverty. Since many had grown up during the WWII era, their parents were unemployed and they often were looking for food. One of the younger members of the group wrote a poem explaining the searching. His name is Albert Wood fox his poem goes like this…

The Black Panther Party was founded in October of 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Bobby and Huey were both studying at Merritt College when they met. They created the group to fight white oppression after seeing many African Americans suffer from police brutality. They had chosen the name Black panthers because the Black Panthers didn’t strike first, “but if the aggressor strikes first, then he’ll attack.” The Black Panthers had advised a 10 point plan that had everything they wanted to…