Black Panther Party Essay
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Jonathan Hackshaw
Kathleen Martin
ENC 1102
24 January 2017
Black Panther Party
The younger generations of African Americans know their freedom, live their freedoms daily, but don’t know who fought for their freedoms. The strong and bountiful speeches that activists such as Martin Luther King Jr, and Malcom X gave to the African American population in local communities gave valuable knowledge to these communities. The founders of the Black
Panther Party, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, paved the way for African Americans using the Black Panther Organization all around the United States in the 1960s. In 2017, these young generations of African Americans have an aggressive and assertive life style but do not know that it was the Black …show more content…
The young generations of African Americans faced oppression such as racism and poverty. The Black Panther Party were made up of African
Americans and people who traveled from the south and east to leave the racism that they faced.
In the 1960s the Black Panther Party used non-violent tactics to dismantle the Jim Crow system and achieve full citizenship rights for African American people. The African American population was mainly in communities with high unemployment, and poor housing. They had little to none representation in political representation, top universities, and the middle class.
Police departments were mostly white with only very few African Americans in the 1960s.
In the 1960s Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party. They formed to unite many Black Power organizations beginning to arise in the early 1950s through the 1960s. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale were inspired by Malcom X and others. The Black
Panther Party helped to run youth service programs and provided many community service projects to bring enlightenment to local African American Communities. Huey and Bobby …show more content…
The Black Panther Party released its first newspaper of The Black Panther, the party’s newspaper, it congratulated members as “the cream of Black Manhood… there for the protection and defense of our Black community”. (Wing).
Many rich, powerful people around the nation affirmed that the party’s armed resistance to be very masculine. In 1968, an issue of The Black Panther stated that the role of females in the
Black Panther Party were to be supportive of black men. This statement angered many females that were contemplating to join the movement. A feminist movement began against the black men of the Black Panther Party. By 1969, an issue of the The Black Panther stated that “men and women are equal. Throughout the issue it stated that male Panther members were to treat female
Party members as equals. After 1969 the Black Panthers adopted a feminist ideology in consideration for African-American women. This ideology affirmed that the racism in America is bigger than sexism. By 1970, around 60% of Black Panther Party members were women and several chapters of the Black Panther Party around the nation were headed by
Jonathan Hackshaw
Kathleen Martin
ENC 1102
24 January 2017
Black Panther Party
The younger generations of African Americans know their freedom, live their freedoms daily, but don’t know who fought for their freedoms. The strong and bountiful speeches that activists such as Martin Luther King Jr, and Malcom X gave to the African American population in local communities gave valuable knowledge to these communities. The founders of the Black
Panther Party, Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, paved the way for African Americans using the Black Panther Organization all around the United States in the 1960s. In 2017, these young generations of African Americans have an aggressive and assertive life style but do not know that it was the Black …show more content…
The young generations of African Americans faced oppression such as racism and poverty. The Black Panther Party were made up of African
Americans and people who traveled from the south and east to leave the racism that they faced.
In the 1960s the Black Panther Party used non-violent tactics to dismantle the Jim Crow system and achieve full citizenship rights for African American people. The African American population was mainly in communities with high unemployment, and poor housing. They had little to none representation in political representation, top universities, and the middle class.
Police departments were mostly white with only very few African Americans in the 1960s.
In the 1960s Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party. They formed to unite many Black Power organizations beginning to arise in the early 1950s through the 1960s. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale were inspired by Malcom X and others. The Black
Panther Party helped to run youth service programs and provided many community service projects to bring enlightenment to local African American Communities. Huey and Bobby …show more content…
The Black Panther Party released its first newspaper of The Black Panther, the party’s newspaper, it congratulated members as “the cream of Black Manhood… there for the protection and defense of our Black community”. (Wing).
Many rich, powerful people around the nation affirmed that the party’s armed resistance to be very masculine. In 1968, an issue of The Black Panther stated that the role of females in the
Black Panther Party were to be supportive of black men. This statement angered many females that were contemplating to join the movement. A feminist movement began against the black men of the Black Panther Party. By 1969, an issue of the The Black Panther stated that “men and women are equal. Throughout the issue it stated that male Panther members were to treat female
Party members as equals. After 1969 the Black Panthers adopted a feminist ideology in consideration for African-American women. This ideology affirmed that the racism in America is bigger than sexism. By 1970, around 60% of Black Panther Party members were women and several chapters of the Black Panther Party around the nation were headed by