New Black Panther Party Analysis

This investigation assesses the following question: “To what extent were the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) attacks on African-American “hate” groups more detrimental than those on Caucasian “hate” groups during the Civil Rights Movement (1960-1971)?” Many have suggested that while COINTELPRO claimed to equally target any group considered a threat to the United States government, their most intense and most prominent attacks were aimed towards African-American “hate” group. Therefore, this investigation will evaluate the extent of the damages caused by COINTELPRO to black groups, with a focus on the Black Panther Party (BPP), and white groups, with a focus on the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). In the evaluation

While historical events serve as good starting points for analyzing the politicization process, Pulido places a particular emphasis on understanding how the historical setting, in tandem with racial and economic hierarchies, influenced the activities of Third World Left activist groups. A compelling example in this regard is the relationship between the Black Panther Party (BPP) and whites during this time period. The BPP, being a Third World activist group which espoused a “rhetoric of Third World solidarity”, understandably did not allow whites to join the group (163). Nevertheless, the BPP did work together with whites, who provided “resources, skills and connections that the Panthers desperately needed,” especially in legal matters (164). The cooperation between the two groups suggests, on the part of the Panthers, an understanding of the underlying racial hierarchy and the resulting economic hierarchy, and an attempt to use this awareness to further their goals. This is a sensible choice, especially considering the fact that the BPP was founded on the idea of mobilizing the “lumpen proletariat” to protect their own (144), leaving them with little

After the mass mobilization of the sixties that radically transformed society, a huge pushback as a response to political liberation was the privatization of prisons which allowed corporations to set motives that increase the prison population, and normalize imprisonment as a way to solve social problems. For Instance, the Black Panther Party was a radical organization that challenged the status quo and a major response to pushback the work they were doing was to criminalize their behavior, in order to maintain the status quo and maintain whiteness.

The National Black Political Convention attracted 8,000 people from across the United States to Gary, Indiana. Its objective was to establish an integrated political agenda that set priorities for African Americans in America. The convention was held at Gary’s Westside High School. It ran from March 10 through 12, 1972, the convention proposed to address various issues blacks were facing at the time.

This book explores the relationship between nonviolence and armed self-defense in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Cobb points out the importance of armed self-defense in African American history and its role in the Civil Rights Movement. Cobb gives a voice to war veterans, nonviolent activists, and members of the armed self-defense groups to explain the significance of self-protection during the Civil Rights Movement. Cobb discusses how dangerous nonviolence political demonstrations were in an area (the South) where Jim Crow laws

This Artwork was displayed in the Black Panther Party newspaper, and is directly related the Black Panther political party. These newspaper prints created by Emory Douglas were known for bold colors, striking drawings of Black citizens, and huge typographic headlines. This newspaper and Emory’s designs clear spread the theme of anger and hope to the community. A need for self-representation was key to the African American population, and everyone needed to have the mindset to overcome oppression. In this art work a women is displayed with a baby while also holding a gun. The bags under her eyes show fatigue, and the anger in her face is prevalent. The baby is an icon for hope for better generations. There are words on this print saying, “Listen

Emory Douglas is an African American artist from San Fransisco. He is best known for his political publications and revolution art works, which began with the Black Arts Movement in the early 1960s and then the Black Panther Party later in the decade. Violence in Emory Douglas’ works stems from the 1960s Black Liberation Movement where “Black communities and other minorities” began to identify as a part of the “Third World” fighting for liberation from the Western colonial powers. This movement arguably began in 1955 at the “Bandung Conference in Indonesia where Asian and African nations gathered in solidarity against Western colonialism,” and continued into the 1970s. America’s imperialistic foreign policies and the segregated domestic race relations galvanized the African American masses to follow revolution leaders like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. After the assassination of Malcolm X, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party to follow Malcolm’s principles: self- respect, self defense, and self determination. Emory Douglas was a key player in the party as their Revolutionary Artist, Minister of Culture and Central Committee member. He was to “visually articulate” the revolutionary ideology program of the

In order to spread awareness of institutionalized racism in America, Melina Abdullah discusses the foundation of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and how the corrupt police and governmental systems affect people of color (specifically African Americans) in her piece "The Movement Has a History". Institutionalized racism is so horrifically ingrained in American society due to the disgusting and inhumane ways of the past-- and present. The United States of America prides itself on being the land of the free; however, to juxtapose this, let us look back on the history of POC in America: the mass slaughtering and forced migration of the Native Americans, the enslavement of Africans and African Americans for centuries, the formation of the Ku Klux Klan for the purpose of terrorizing and murdering POC, the lynching and forced deportation of Hispanic people in the 1800s - 1900s, the denial of rightful citizenship of Asian Americans in the 1970s (along with Japanese Americans forcibly being placed in internment camps), antisemitism and denial of Jewish immigration into the US during the Holocaust, Islamophobia in the late 1900s - current day, the murderous marches of Neo-Nazis (and the lack of condemnation from the American government for their horrific actions), and so much more.

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a loosely‐coordinated, nationwide movement dedicated to ending police brutality that rose to prominence in late 2014. It takes its name from a hashtag started by three Black feminist activists Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi but the movement and the hashtag are not identical (Freelon, McIlwain, & Clark, 2016). BLM has achieved national reputation through their online and offline organizing, obtaining extensive news media coverage and glowing references in music and entertainment television. Based on a horrendous incident that sparked a concern for a lot of Black people across the world, the sudden need for a social movement was born called BLM. Black Lives Matter is a national organization working for the validity of Black life and also working to rebuild the Black liberation movement. Black Lives Matter broadens the conversation and highlight the incidents around state violence to include the ways in which Black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands of the state. This referring to the ways in which Black lives are deprived of basic human rights and dignity. According to the article The Murder of Walter Scott, which talks about race and class, “African Americans are less than 13% of the U.S. population yet they are nearly 50% of those killed by the police. North Charleston has a population of 104,000, 47% Black and the police force is 80% white (Miah, 2015)”.

The first photo shown is of protester Leisha Evans being detained by law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge July 09, 2016. Those who were around in the 1960's and 1970's the image immediately harkens back to the photos of the killings at Kent State in 1970 and the protests in Tiananmen square in China.

The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a group created in 1966. The group’s purpose was to teach African Americans to protect themselves from police brutality and sought to bring about social change. The group worked for change by “employing violent tactics” like marching on streets while toting guns ("Black Panther Party: Platform"). However, the violence condoned by the BPP was not supported by the government and authorities. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had a program called the Counter Intelligence Program (also known by its portmanteau COINTELPRO) that worked to neutralize the Black Panther Party.

“Black Lives Matter” —an intended progression in society without a hierarchy, merely marching forward by spur of the people. Started by three sisters who continue to keep the organization a chapter-based, left wing social justice operation, it can best be described as “Not a moment, but a movement” by those that follow it. The case that began this outcry involved a man —George Zimmerman— whom, according to Lizette Alvarez and Cara Buckley (2013), “was found not guilty [of] second-degree murder [and] was also acquitted of manslaughter, a lesser charge.” (para. 1). Since its initial start in 2013, the movement follows and protests against police brutality and civil injustice towards individuals of the Black minority; however, this is a prime example of hate breeding hate as the movement, has opened a new floodgate full of antipathy aimed towards the White-community and Law Enforcement Officials. In short, the initial idea of “Black Lives Matter” —which is to bring civil justice to the Black-community— is a good concept, but the execution by its adherents are, ironically, bigoted; the movement needs to either evolve its state of thought or disperse before it further segregates America.

America is suffering. In 2015, the police killed 102 black people. 102 empty seats at the dinner table. 102 mothers having to bury their sons. Years of racism and police brutality haunt this country. It hangs over us like a dark cloud. It poisons our future. Fear and anger live in all of us. In the 1960s, it lived in the innocent black families that were subjected to senseless violence. In 2015, it lives in the hearts of millions of Americans. If the Black Panthers existed today, they would make little progress in the matter of eradicating police brutality. The government would slap the label “terrorist organization” on them and they would be faced with the harsh criticisms of white Americans too blinded by their privilege to care. The existence

When learning about the Black Panther movement, and how influential Fanon’s theory was in their fight, it gave me a more familiar situation to compare it to. Black Panther members Huey Newton and Bobby Seale were highly influenced by this theory of oppression and violence. While at Merrit College, Seale and Newton organized a Soul Students' Advisory Council, and was recognized as the first unit to call for African American studies. Their parting of ways with the council occurred when they became unwilling to comply with restrained views after wanting to bring on armed youths in remembrance of Malcolm X’s birthday. They were influenced by his words and theory behind consciousness. His ideas played an instrumental role in the Civil Rights and

In a time in the world where we are seeing increased violence and backlash against government and police control, it is necessary to look at the past and see what led our country to the state it exists in. Many issues such as police brutality, court decisions and riots are due to institutionalized inequalities. Desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement had a false appearance of equality that brought about a complex form of discrimination and resistance in response. Black lives were still being neglected and peaceful protests quickly morphed into militancy based in black nationalism. Malcolm X, a black revolutionary, once said that “Algeria was a police state. Any occupied territory is a police state. Harlem is a police state. The police in Harlem are like an occupying force. The same conditions that forced the noble people of Algeria to resort to terrorist-type tactics…those same conditions prevail in every Negro community in the United States.”Malcolm’s idea that a police state leads to terrorist tactics in negro communities is based in historical evidence of colonialism and segregation and can be reinforced by the arguments of Cabral,Covington, Daulatzai, The Battle of Algiers and the Spook who Sat by the Door. In this paper, I will argue that as Malcolm X stated, negro communities in the United States are subject to internal colonialism, segregation and isolation thus leading to the colonized people of these communities revolting against the police state which