Black Panthers

							Cam Lopez, Dylan Pomerleau
   Full name: The Black Panther
    Party for Self Defense
   Formed in California 1966 by
    Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
   comprised a relatively small
    body of vociferous black
    militants
   They were tired of the racism
    of the mainly white police
    force and their brutality
Born in Monroe, Louisiana on February 17, 1942
Family moved to Oakland, California in search of
   jobs and a better life
Attended Merritt College, San Francisco Law
   School and Oakland City College where his
   passion to end the oppression in America
   grew.
Collaborated with Bobby Seale to from The Black
   Panther Party
Charged with the murder of a police officer after a
   shootout
After his jail time, he continued to work in social
   reform with his autobiography, Revolutionary
   Suicide, and book, War Against the Panthers: a
   study of Repression in America.
Although he was still intellectually productive, his
   numerous run-ins with the law dampened his
   effectiveness in the BPP
Died August 22, 1989.
   Born October 22, 1936 in Dallas, Texas
   After serving 3 years in the U.S Air force
    he was discharged and went to Merritt
    College in Oakland, Calf. Where he met
    Newton
   Seale gained notoriety for his vociferous
    demonstrations during and after the 1968
    Chicago convention
   Was indicted after the Democratic National
    Convention in 1969 for conspiracy to
    insight riots
   He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of
    Oakland, California (1973), resigned as
    Black Panther chairman (1974), wrote his
    autobiography, A Lonely Rage, and
    dropped out of the black power movement
   Its original purpose was to protect
    African Americans from acts of
    police brutality
   Dabbled in Marxism-Leninism,
    made some use of revolutionary
    rhetoric
   Became involved in shoot-outs with
    police in California and New York
   Members of the BPP gave public
    speeches to African Americans to
    carry guns and use them if they
    ever experienced police brutality
   If an African American had a run in
    with the police, A Black Panther was
    not far from the scene in the
    1960’s
   1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the
    destiny of our Black Community
   2. We want full employment for our people
   3. We want an end to the robbery by CAPITALIST of
    our Black Community
   4. We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human
    beings
   5. We want education that teaches us our true history
    and our role in the present-day society
   6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service
   7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and
    MURDER of black people
   8. We want freedom for all black men held in federal, state,
    county and city prisons and jails
   9. We want all black people when brought to trial to be tried
    in court by jury of their peer group or people from their black
    communities, as defined by the constitution of the united
    states
   10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice
    and peace. United Nations-supervised plebiscite to be held
    throughout the black colony in which only black colonial
    subjects will be allowed to participate.
   Many people, especially white, were fearful of
    the Black Panthers because of how the media
    portrayed them, showing their displays of
    public aggressiveness
   The Black Panther Party stirred up a lot of
    hatred in the African American community,
    because they pointed out any oppression that
    blacks faced in America
   In late 60’s the BPP was labeled as one of the
    top most dangerous organizations by the FBI
   In the Mid 70’s instead of being
    feared and aggressive they
    turned to providing social
    services in African American
    neighborhoods
   The BPP had many internal
    disputes which caused their
    effectiveness to decline
   The BPP dissolved in 1982
   The Black Panther Party
    epitomized the militant aspect
    of the Civil Rights Movement
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