The Pink Panther

“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…

any black who questioned the actions of the police, and even killing innocent black men and women. The violence of the police was a growing problem that African Americans would no longer tolerate. The Black Panther Party (BPP) was born in hopes of gaining true justice for blacks. “The Panthers were born at a time when police violence went largely unreported, and political assassinations were as much a staple of the daily news as shootings at schools and malls are today. It was a group of…

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…

white men and women of this country. They were called The black panthers. There were an organization that fought back to protect the black committees. The black panthers was an organization that was founded on October 15, 1966 in Oakland, California. They were led by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Their mission was to fight back against segregation in the late 60s, unlike Martin Luther King who was a peaceful protester. The Black Panthers were different--they used violence when attacked by…

twenty three year old officer. The Panthers insisted that Huey should be free so they created a movement for his release. Women who were also involved in this movement expressed themselves, obtained recognition and expanded the growth of this movement’s potential. Nonetheless, after the death of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King, a well admired individual whose main principle consisted of nonviolent actions, set off an immensely response by the black panthers. An affiliate of this party…