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    The black panthers used the media to their advantage and rapidly began to grow capturing the attention of thousands of Americans. As a result of the party's growth, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan began to make their way into the federal law enforcement advocating racist and violent abuse towards people of color. The leader at the time, President Hoover began to notice the advancement of the movement and feared "the rise of the black messiah", and the white allies who united to support the…

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    also took on issues like housing, welfare and health, which made it relatable to black people everywhere.” This party tackled many aspects of black lives and made it known that their intentions not only were to protect the black folks of brutality but also provide further assistance in their everyday lives. This party became an astonishing movement and cities all over the world were attracted by it, however; in 1967 Huey was prosecuted for the deathly shooting of John Frey, a twenty three year…

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    In 1966, the Black Panther Party was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale to prevent police brutality against African Americans in Oakland, California. Around this time, after the landmark United States Supreme Court ruled the Brown v. Board of Education case, which stated that the segregation of schools were unconstitutional, African Americans continued to face poverty and economic inequality. They helplessly strived for community improvement and equal human rights and tried to find an…

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    Robert George Seale better known as Bobby Seale was born October 22, 1936 in Dallas Texas. He was the oldest of three children. Seale grew up very poor with a very abusive father. Growing up he continuously saw his father mistreat his mother and beat her. (Bio, Page 1)His family then move to California where he attended Berkeley High School this is also where he started to gain some political knowledge. Seale then joined the U.S Air Force in 1955 sadly he was discharged after an altercation with…

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    “Huey Newton was not inspired by the civil rights movement, nor were most other black college students in the San Francisco area. The college students in San Francisco who were inspired by the movement were the white ones (Haskins, 9)” According to Bobby Seale, the civil rights didn’t influence them to start the party it was the fact that quiet, innocent and peaceful people were getting murdered and abused by the police (1). After the brutal march that’s when they decided to make the Black…

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    What people fail to realize there is a group called The New Black Panther Party and many mistake these two groups for each other . Bobby Seale, cofounder of the BPP, said many called the group a bunch of thugs but the same ones saying that didnt understand that the group “grew out of a young black intelligentsia on college campuses." The New Black Panthers took the BPP old philosophy…

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    Women's Equality In Sports

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    and have dinner ready for her husband he arrived home from work. Because of this, women had fewer opportunities in sports and were seen as inferior to men. It wasn’t until a famous tennis match in 1973 between a woman, Billie Jean King, and a man, Bobby Riggs, titled the “Battle of the Sexes,” that the nation started to realize women should be viewed on an equal playing field in not just sports but, in life. Billie Jean King is a six-time Wimbledon singles champion, four-time U.S. Open title…

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    Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party has become a symbol of empowerment for people all around the world. The group started out as one local chapter but soon became a force to be reckoned with. It was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966 in Oakland, California (Britannica Concise Encyclopedia). This was during a time when civil rights activists and African American communities were frustrated with the lack of progress that was occurring in desegregating public places. The…

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    one person can affect their whole family and then some. Hunger depicts the personal side as well, but it shows by making the audience think deeply through silences. In Some Mother’s Son, the hunger strike is shown through multiple sources mostly Bobby Sands, Gerard Quigley, and Francis Hughes. Gerard Quigley and Francis Hughes got caught…

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    proven to be a big part of American culture since televisions were introduced. This lead to the promotion of in-home cooking that brought forth a multitude of TV personalities and simple food shows. Dione Lucas, Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, Rachel Ray, Bobby Flay are the few that are considerably the most important figures in TV food shows that showed an amazing progression of how preparing different cuisines were taught. Each generation developed their own style and variation on how to project…

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