...The Black Panther Party “Us living as we do upside-down And the new word to have is revolution People don't even want to hear the preacher spill or spiel Because God's whole card has been thoroughly piqued And America is now blood and tears instead of milk and honey ……………..America was a bastard And a rapist known as freedom, free-DOOM Democracy, liberty, and justice were revolutionary code names………. WHO WILL SURVIVE IN AMERICA? WHO WILL SURVIVE IN AMERICA? WHO WILL SURVIVE IN AMERICA? WHO WILL SURVIVE IN AMERICA?” - Gil Scott Heron Freedom or free-doom is the pejorative option that confronts many group and individuals in this society such as The Black Panther Party. For centuries, exploitation and socio- economic decay of certain ethnic group has continually been indigenous tool of European colonialism with present day society reflecting this same ideology. The economic substructure often illustrate important core concepts within society, the mean of production is ultimate detriment of all of aspect and all its populous dynamics. The capitalistic nature of American society in juxtaposition to the exploitative mean of production is unsatisfactory for many and truly beneficial for some. Many individuals being exploited believed this to be self-evident, with labor and taxation being the oppressors mean of production. To truly understand to political organization of a party one understand its economic intention. The way in which history has unfolded has been purely...
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... including the rights to vote, to worship, and to use public facilities It was too little too late. As the images of nonviolent Blacks and other civil rights Workers and demonstrators being beaten and water-hosed by police, spat on, and jailed, merely for protesting social injustices shot across America’s television screens, which was a new and compelling phenomenon in American life and popular culture, young urban Blacks rejected nonviolence. This began the rise of the Black Panther party. The Black Panthers were formed in California in 1966 and they played a short but important part in the civil rights movement. The Black Panthers believed that the non-violent campaign of Martin Luther King had failed and any promised changes to their lifestyle via the 'traditional' civil rights movement, would take too long to be implemented or simply not introduced. The language of the Black Panthers was at first non violent as was their public stance. The two founders of the Black Panther Party were Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. They preached for a "revolutionary war" but though they considered themselves an African-American party, they were willing to speak out for all those who were oppressed from whatever minority group. The call for a revolutionary war against authority at the time of the Vietnam War alerted the FBI to the Black Panther's...
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...-The general public was getting impatient with the gradual process of peaceful protest, which set the stage for a more militant group like the Black Panthers to grow as an organization. -The Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland, California, by founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The Panthers supported the Black Power movement, which focused on racial dignity and self-reliance. -“The Black Panther Party grew throughout the late 1960s, and eventually had chapters all around the country. As racial tension increased around the country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) blamed the Black Panthers for riots and other incidents of violence” (The Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th Edition). -In the twentieth century, thousands of Puerto...
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...The Black Panther Party The Black Panthers were formed in California in 1966 and they played a short but important part in the civil rights movement. The Black Panthers believed that the non-violent campaign of Martin Luther King had failed and any promised changes to their lifestyle via the 'traditional' civil rights movement, would take too long to be achieved or simply not introduced. The language of the Black Panthers was violent as was their public stance. The two founders of the Black Panther Party were Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale. They preached for a "revolutionary war" but though they considered themselves an African-American party, they were willing to speak out for all those who were oppressed from whatever minority group. They were willing to use violence to get what they wanted. The Black Panther Party (BPP) had four desires : equality in education, housing, employment and civil rights. It had a 10 Point Plan to get its desired goals. The ten pointes of the party platform were: 1) "Freedom; the power to determine the destiny of the Black and oppressed communities. 2) Full Employment; give every person employment or guaranteed income. 3) End to robbery of Black communities; the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules as promised to ex-slaves during the reconstruction period following the emancipation of slavery. 4) Decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings; the land should be made into cooperatives so that the people can build. 5) Education...
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...The Black Panthers vs. The Black Panthers The sixties was a time in American society where the youth from the post-war baby boom era became teenagers and the young adults. The movement from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in the revolutionary ways of thinking and change in the cultural of the American way of life. With an extreme admiration of no longer being an image of their predeceasing generation, young Americans wanted and demanded change. These changes affected education, values, laws, entertainment, and the way of life for several citizens around the country. As society, it is extremely important to understand that although the valiant efforts and impact that African American’s had, particularly in the 1950’s and 1960’s, in helping restructure American culture, many of the racist views of the past still play apart in American society. The 1950’s is often described as the calm before the storm of the 1960’s. During this time period, society was very much conformed to the views of conservative living. The desire for security during this era, reinforced by McCarthyism at home and the Korean War, created was known as the cold war culture. During the post WWII period in America, the face of the nation changed greatly under President Truman and Eisenhower. Because of extreme paranoia caused by Communism following WWII, conformity in the United States became an ideal way to distinguish American culture from the rest of the world. Conformity...
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...Black Panther Party Origin The Black Panther Party was a group with the sole intention of Self-Defense. In fact their original name was the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The time period that the party was formed was during the mid 1900’s, specifically October of 1966 (Baggins). To begin there were two original founders for the Black Panther Party, and they were Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Huey Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana. Newton was an illiterate high-school graduate, but ended up succeeding in teaching himself how to read before the attended Merritt College in Oakland. Then he continued his educational endeavor by attending the San Francisco School of Law. Attending the Merritt College was more life changing than he expected because that is where he met Booby Seale for the first time. Bobby Seale was born in Dallas, Texas. Seale served in the U.S. Air Force during his youth, and then attended Merritt College. Seale’s radicalism began in 1962, when he first heard Malcolm X speak, and since then he was a changed man. Following the World War II many cities like Oakland and others throughout the West and the North began to see change. Migration among black families began to happen, which resulted in a new generation of young African-Americans. The migration caused questioning that eventually resulted in a search for a new political system to benefit minorities and create a more equal society. African-Americans fled to the suburbs along with...
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...The Black panther party was founded in October of 1965 in Oakland California. The party was founded by two African American men named Huey P. Newton, and Bobby Seale. The Black Panther Party was founded for self-defense in the low -income black communities. The Black Panther Party had numerous successful programs like the free breakfast program that feed over 20,000 children before school. They also had a health clinic known as People’s free medical centers(PFMC) established in 13 cities across country. The media made the Black Panther Party look like they were terrorist in their community by showing footage of them in militant uniform and holding militant type weapons. But the reason they started the party were to protect themselves and the...
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...were tactics that would have very large effects on the future of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party was targeted more because of its success. One of the BPP’s major accomplishments was the union between the BPP and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that Seale and Eldridge Cleaver were able to make happen. As a result of this merger, many more powerful black activist such as Stokely Carmichael, and James Foreman were brought on board of the BPP association, something the FBI was trying to avoid. Once the FBI learned of this union, they immediately began a COINTELPRO plan to “foster a split...
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...The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California. It’s originally name was ‘Black Panther Party for Self-Defense’ and would eventually become the biggest organized revolutionary group by African Americans in history. The purpose for the organized group was to not start a revolutionary war at first, but to protect themselves and community from the violence of police brutality. This would eventually be covered up so people wouldn’t know the real reason why African Americans were acting out of rage and anger, so it portrayed them as wild animals in the jungle. In this paper I will discuss the history and origins of the Black Panther Party, the change that it made to the African American communities,...
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...been all to benefit for a number of studios, including ours. Thanks to the glorious efforts given to us by the Marvel Studios productions of “The Avengers” and its preceding five films we are given a chance to continue introducing these great and classic characters to generations of the future and I believe that one that needs the most focus is a work that we've had in the cannon for a long time: “The Black Panther”. Due to the increased interest in the “Avengers” universe, over the years, bringing in new, classic characters that fit into the “Avengers” history will be easier than ever (and more than essential, knowing that Fox owns the rights to a large number of key players of the franchise) and a richly written and established character such as T’Challa is all the simpler to bring into the new Marvel film universe. Though, with the whole of materials dedicated to his story, it was a bit difficult to find one that would best lead him into the genre in the same way that Iron Man or Captain America were, but we found one: Reginald Hudlin and John Romita Jr.’s “Black Panther”. The story is very direct in its introduction to T’Challa’s ascension to the throne of Wakanda and the primary antagonist being his own usurpers, rival neighboring nations and super-human mercenaries sets the perfect tone to what should evolve into a new edition to the advanced fantasy/sci-fi hybrid of the current Marvel film universe. By covering the core pieces of the story in the earlier stages of the...
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...COINTELPRO contributed to the decline of the Black Panther Party by infiltrating the organizations in several ways. The COINTELPRO was developed by the FBI to discredit, and undermine groups that targeted political opposition. The FBI ordered surveillance on the Black Panther Party organization, and increased violence between the group and their rivalry United Slaves. Due to the growing rise of the Black Panther Party and their ability of persuasion with African Americans educated and non-educated, the FBI was threatened and felt that if the organization continued on the United States government would be at risk. This program revealed that the federal government would go to any lengths to accomplish what they felt was right. It revealed that...
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...of there was an explosion of ghetto violence that resulted in35 dead, over 900 injured, more than 3,900 arrested and over $46 million in property damage. The riots and damaging didn’t just stop there, weeks passed and more chaos was raised. Weeks after weeks more people were killed and many were arrested. The racial turmoil of 1966 spread to over 43 cities ending the summer with over 3,500 injured, arrested and dead. The number question that was on every white American mind was “What gave the blacks the courage to stand up after all these years?” The violence was always around when it came to racial problems and it affects everyone and everything that involve black Americans. That is why Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self –Defense. In Oakland Grove, Louisiana, young Huey Percy Newton didn’t grow up in the best living conditions. He was born the youngest of seven children to a low in-com family. When he was young, he and his family followed his father anywhere he worked, so his young education dealt with standing up for himself. That is why he was known as one of the best street fighters. However, even though he had it rough as a child he still had great education opportunities. He tried law school and many other academic studies but he wasn’t really connecting to it until he came...
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...The Black Panther Party was created as an organization of a much larger movement stemming from the late 1960s, the Black Power Movement. The term Black Power began its popular use in June 1966 (Tyner, 2008). In 1966, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi, James Meredith, was shot and killed during a one-man march. After the tragedy, the activist Stokely Carmichael encouraged others to continue Meredith’s march with chants of “Black Power” (Tyner, 2008). The BPM was built from the left residue of the Civil Rights Movement. The actors who moved into the Black Power Movement, even after the many achievements of the Civil Rights Movement, believed inequality still heavily existed and the best way to fight it would be...
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...The Black Panther Party gave rise because of two college students who had initially formed a group in order to voice their opinions. During the 1960’s new movements were emerging because individuals were not only becoming rebellious but they were also resisting to the unfair treatment. Because of the different apprehensions occurring during this time it raised questions to the students regarding what world they were living in. Furthermore while searching for answers to their questions Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party in search for freedom. Within this organization they were looking for unity and an escape from alienation. The Black Panther Party was establishes on October 15, 1966 and became known nation wide. The members of the organization were mainly those from southern backgrounds who have experienced multiple forms of alienation....
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...Stokely Carmichael, the then-infamous Black Panther leader, had taken note of the crisis in Africa long before the U.S. government. Groups such as the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), a successful guerilla movement in Eastern Africa, became a symbol of pride for for some African Americans. The escalation of the Vietnam War had brought to light domestic racial inequities. The disproportionate number of young African American men were killed in the war followed by rising police brutality back at home had turned many young Black activists away from Martin Luther King’s message of nonviolence and towards the Black Panther’s overtly revolutionary rallying cry of “Black Power.” In 1967, Carmichael had travelled...
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