The Pink Panther

Race relations is at its lowest point since the 1950s. We have seen protest and riots around the country over different police shooting of unarmed black men. The Black Panther Party is making a comeback. They are trying to protect black citizens from the police, and they also want to live away from whites. Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam are calling whites the devil and blaming whites for all bad things that happens…

The Black Panthers Party Rise and Local Influence It was the 1960’s in America and racial segregation was unbearable. Black people were being terrorize, brutalize and murder by the police in their communities. There were high depression levels of unemployment in the Black community, people of color lived in poverty where 40% of men that lived in the ghetto were paid less than 60 dollars per week. Making it impossible to support their families or bring up their children in dignity. Health care…

the twentieth century, and if it had not been for revolutionary groups like the Black Panther Party, it may have also been something we would face today. Living for the City (2010), written by Donna J. Murch, discusses the “new forms of organization, grassroots mobilization, and political literacy” (p. 6) of the Black Panther Party. By implementing anti-segregation and educational public campaigns, the Black Panther Party became important for the development and empowerment of the African…

brotherhood and spiritual devotion have generally marked Black Nationalists thought#. The Black Panthers spread the belief of Black Nationalism throughout African American communities. Unity began to become more predominant and together African Americans became a stronger force. The Black Panther's effectively created an era of Black Nationalism in the United States during the 1960's and 1970's. The Black Panther created a Ten-Point program that they addressed the government with. These…

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,…