The significance of the Black Panthers was in many ways different from other events or people that have contributed to the movement. The Black Panthers was and is a group that worked towards the Civil Rights Movement. But there was more to the Panthers than just the Civil Rights Movement. The Black Panthers‚ (not to be a confused with the comic book character)‚ was founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale (Black Panther Party). Both were African American men that felt the need to make the
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THE BLACK PANTHERS 1966-1967 The Ten Point Platform of the Black Panther Party 1. Freedom and power to determine the destiny of black communities. The panthers believed that black and oppressed people will not be free until they were able to determine their destinies in their own communities themselves‚ by fully controlling all the institutions which exist in their communities. In my opinion I believe this is still relevant in our time now. Black people
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the launch of the black student movement. Young Black American students were demanding more from their colleges and universities. One of the biggest goals the students had was the developing of black studies on their campuses. These students not only wanted black studies‚ but the wanted a multiracial curriculum. The desire for this came out of various reasons. In the reading The Black Revolution on Campus by Martha Biondi we are able to see the beginning of the student movement as well as the reason
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The Black Panther Party was a subversive group of black nationalists and socialists active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. On October 15th‚ 1966‚ the party was born in Oakland California. The party’s main purpose was to refute the oppression of black citizens by police officers‚ and challenge the police’s overall treatment of the black community. In 1969‚ community involvement became a crucial activity of the party. Example of this community service included free breakfast for children
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arrested‚ all got out after six months‚ and in that time‚ the movement grew to have different cells across the nation. Though the protest did make an impact on the national news scene‚ it did not have any influence on the legislature‚ as it was passed. This‚ however only gathered more publicity for the panther’s growing movement. Shortly after the bill was passed‚ as the BPP grew‚ so did its tools. One of the most significant tools of the Black Panther Party was the BBP paper. With each article informing
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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
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The Black Panthers‚ also known as the Black Panther Party for Self Defense‚ are a group who’s name is still known today for its efforts in Black Power and politics in the United States. The group can be seen as a very personal movement to those of us here in California due to the group being founded in California‚ Oakland to be more exact. The group was formed by friends Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale. He and Bobby Seale had become friends while attending Merritt College. The two originally
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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
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The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seal as a form of advocacy for African- Americans. I believe that it is not the people’s fault that people think of the group so poorly‚ it is the hearsay and the information that the media portrays. I believe that the Black Panthers are misunderstood because they were different from their time. They were not as calm‚ peaceful‚ and passive as the protestors who are under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Africana Studies Panthers The formation of the Black Panthers began because of the brutality from the police towards Blacks. These black men were tired of seeing the people in their community be scared and do nothing about the abuse from the white man. Blacks were fed up with the government ignoring the important needs in their community‚ and decided that it was time to learn their rights and exercise it to get results. When the Black Panthers first started other Black people of the community viewed them as a
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