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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 Party was a result of the rise in “Black Power”, where contrasting views on Black liberation emerged. Martin Luther King Jr’s methods of non-violence were deemed unrealistic, especially in what was seen as a predominantly white, racist community. Thus, the party adopted Malcolm X’s militant stands and emerged as a successful organisation that fought racism and defended their people. During their time of activity, they established various rules and ideals, and initiated programs…

however they finally stood up to the whites and created The Black Panther Party for Self Defense. In the 1960’s African Americans that live in North America was still have trouble economically and socially. These urban centres had a lot of poverty poor living conditions, some were jobless, others was dying of diseases and violence against white policeman. This party all started because of Malcolm X who is a role model to The Black Panthers. He fought for the equality for the blacks…

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,…