The Black Panthers

• Original six Black Panthers (1966) Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Huey P. Newton (Defense Minister), Sherman Forte, Bobby Seale (Chairman), Reggie Forte and Little Bobby Hutton (Treasurer).

• The Black Panther Party was a progressive political organization that stood in the front line of the most powerful movement for social change in America, referred to as The Sixties. It is the sole black organization in the entire history of black struggle against slavery in United States and it represents the last great thrust by the mass of black people for equality, justice and freedom.

• The Black Panthers were originally formed to protect local communities from police cruelty and racism. The group also ran medical clinics and provided free food to children in school. Within a couple of years the Black Panthers were feeding over 10,000 children every day before they went to school.

• The leaders of the Black Panthers were influenced by the ideas spoken by Malcolm X in the final months of his life. The Panthers then argued for international working class unity and supported joint action with white revolutionary groups. The Black Panthers eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group.

What impact did they have on whites and blacks?

• In January, 1969,The first Panther's Free Breakfast for School Children Program is initiated at St. Augustine's Church in Oakland. By the end of the year, the Panthers set up kitchens in cities across the nation, feeding over 10,000 children every day before they went to school.

Enemies and friends

• Friends – Black Student Union (BSU), The National Association Advancement of Colored People(NAACP)

• Enemies- LAPD, U.S. Organization, Criminal Conspiracy Section (CCS))

Credits

• http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/

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• Black Panther Book in Lewiston library

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• Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton

• by Bobby Seale

This Side of Glory

• by David Hilliard and Lewis Cole

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