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The Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPPSD) whose beliefs followed the practices of Malcolm X was founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. It started as a political grass-root organization with a hand full of members and over time expanded into a national and international party. However, by 1980 the Black Panther Party of Self Defense was an Oakland- based organization again, with no more than twenty-seven active members and by 1982 the party came to an end.…

involving the Black Panthers as they take action and use their power to monitor and protect their people in their communities (black communities) showing racial pride. The speaker of the poem addresses a significant problem that takes place in African American communities where police often over use their power. This speaker emphasizes the Blank Panthers role of protection in their community in such a straight forward way. The ideas used was to refer and connect the Black Panther participant…

Within the Black Panther Party, women were treated with the same cold, harsh attitudes that the men were treated. In Assata’s case, her gender did not give her any sort of advantage over her male counterparts. In some instances, it even put her at a higher risk for abuses to take place, which eventually led her to decide to leave the party for good. When Assata first entered the Black Panther Party, she was extremely excited to become a revolutionary. However, as she describes, after her first…

The Black Panther Movement is regarded by many as being one of the most influential and well known civil rights movements in our country’s history. Originally started as a self-defense organization, the Black Panther Party, previously known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was created with the intent of protecting its constituents from unfair and unjust treatment. The name “Panther” was chosen because like the animal, the members wanted to strike out against aggressors. Like the…

The Black Panther was founded in October of 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Sedle .Black Panther Party for self defense of minority communities against the U.S Government ,they also fought for establishing revolutionary socialism mass organizing and community based programs. This program was the first organization of the military struggle for ethnic and class emancipation a party who had classified real economic, social and political equality across gender and color lines.…

My cultural identity developed through solid principles established on a foundation of positive values, and morals. I have fond remembrances for the traditions of worship, celebration, and clean living. This is what connected me to my family is how our family connected. What I gained from family gatherings was the importance of family unity and strength for family. My parents were very Afrocentric, my father would go to “Sankofa” meetings which I never understood the significance at that time,…

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…

Not everyone served their country by fighting the Axis Powers on the front line. Many did their part in their hometown and Dorothy Haener was one of them. She contributed to the war effort by working in a plant and inspecting B-24 parts. Even growing up, Dorothy was exposed to the expectation that women were to aspire to marriage and raise a family while their husbands worked. She also noticed that many men thought women were inferior to them and were even lower in their eyes if they were…

blacks in America. The Nation of Islam led by Malcolm X and The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee spearheaded by Stokely Carmichael called for upholding a distinctive black identity divorced from mainstream white society. While the Black Panther Party ingrained the deep-rooted consciousness of black self-worth and utilized the black nationalist philosophy constructed by Marcus Garvey to address economic austerity and police brutality. In short, Black Nationalism calls on African…

Newton and Bobby Seale's insistence that they be allowed to patrol black neighborhoods with firearms immediately involved them in violent confrontations with the police." (Conlin). The F.B.I soon began planning extreme measures to shut the Black Panther Party down, as well as all of its members. On June 5th James Meredith started a March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson to protest against racism. After police shot him down, the revolution took a turning point. Blacks became more militant in…