Black Panthers Research Paper
Manuel Amado
Professor Yale R Magrass
SOA 310-01/02
Research Project
Social Movement
Talk about the black panthers
The Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created equal,” but due to the institution of slavery, woman not having the right to vote, income inequality this statement was not to be grounded in law in the United States until after the Civil War and not satisfied for many years thereafter. It was not until 1865, when the Thirteenth Amendment was confirmed and finally put an end to slavery. After the 14 there were still some flaws in the southern states denying one’s rights because of race, so finally came the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 to further strengthen the legal rights of newly freed slaves by prohibiting states …show more content…
The voice of the Blacks is only heard from famous people who lived what the Blacks lived. Cornel West a well-known African American who is a social activist, teaches philosophy, and is an author. West in “The moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society” states some claims of what has happened with our democratic society. He compares two social movements, when the Black Panther Party emerged in the past and the other is the popular culture changed in the form of hip hop and rap over the past 10 years. This is a problem because the Black Panther movement had to do with sacrifice, paying the price, and dealing with the consequences as power and pressure were brought to bear on the current status quo, while the other had to do with marketing black rage. West’s solution for the problem was to start with something that was greatly un-American, namely, recalling a sense of history, a very deep, tragic, and comic sense of history, a historical sensibility linked to empathy. Because empathy is not just a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it (West …show more content…
Malcolm had represented both a militant revolutionary, with the dignity and self-respect to stand up and fight to win equality for all oppressed minorities; while also being an outstanding role model, someone who sought to bring about positive social services; something the Black Panthers would take to new heights. The Panthers followed Malcolm's belief of international working class unity across the spectrum of color and gender, and thus united with various minority and white revolutionary groups. From the tenets of Maoism they set the role of their Party as the vanguard of the revolution and worked to establish a united front, while from Marxism they addressed the capitalist economic system, embraced the theory of dialectical materialism, and represented the need for all workers to forcefully take over the means of
Professor Yale R Magrass
SOA 310-01/02
Research Project
Social Movement
Talk about the black panthers
The Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created equal,” but due to the institution of slavery, woman not having the right to vote, income inequality this statement was not to be grounded in law in the United States until after the Civil War and not satisfied for many years thereafter. It was not until 1865, when the Thirteenth Amendment was confirmed and finally put an end to slavery. After the 14 there were still some flaws in the southern states denying one’s rights because of race, so finally came the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 to further strengthen the legal rights of newly freed slaves by prohibiting states …show more content…
The voice of the Blacks is only heard from famous people who lived what the Blacks lived. Cornel West a well-known African American who is a social activist, teaches philosophy, and is an author. West in “The moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society” states some claims of what has happened with our democratic society. He compares two social movements, when the Black Panther Party emerged in the past and the other is the popular culture changed in the form of hip hop and rap over the past 10 years. This is a problem because the Black Panther movement had to do with sacrifice, paying the price, and dealing with the consequences as power and pressure were brought to bear on the current status quo, while the other had to do with marketing black rage. West’s solution for the problem was to start with something that was greatly un-American, namely, recalling a sense of history, a very deep, tragic, and comic sense of history, a historical sensibility linked to empathy. Because empathy is not just a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it (West …show more content…
Malcolm had represented both a militant revolutionary, with the dignity and self-respect to stand up and fight to win equality for all oppressed minorities; while also being an outstanding role model, someone who sought to bring about positive social services; something the Black Panthers would take to new heights. The Panthers followed Malcolm's belief of international working class unity across the spectrum of color and gender, and thus united with various minority and white revolutionary groups. From the tenets of Maoism they set the role of their Party as the vanguard of the revolution and worked to establish a united front, while from Marxism they addressed the capitalist economic system, embraced the theory of dialectical materialism, and represented the need for all workers to forcefully take over the means of