Theories Of The Black Panther Movement

The Black Panther Party was the most influential revolutionary group during the Civil Rights movement era. The BPP became a very strong political power. It influenced many government decisions and attracted the mass media. Yet, due to a number of reasons the BPP eventually collapsed. The Black Panther Party came to its demise due to government operations against it, various mistakes by the Party itself, and by short comings by its own leaders.

Newton Ph.D. and Bobby Seale founded an organization called the Black Panther Party Self-Defense. The Panthers practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs. The party was one of the first organizations in U.S. history to militantly struggle for ethnic minority and working class emancipation — a party whose agenda was the revolutionary establishment of real economic, social, and political equality across gender and color lines. When the Defense Minister of the Black Panther Party was asked why is your organization called the Black Panther he responded, “ The Black Panther is never the one to strike first but when cornered they become one of the deadliest animals to be around.” This is was the image that the Party was trying to portray when they walk around with unload rifles and bullets in their pockets. When they first started their goal was to make sure that the Los Angeles police department, the people that they pay to protect and serve were willing harming that of the African American community. They soon realized the potential of their organization when the party marched on California state capital fully armed, in protest of the state’s attempt to outlaw their rights to bear

The Black Panther Party is a group many may have heard of, but what they don't know is the impact that this goal driven group of individuals really had on the world and still do. The Black Panthers were developed in Oakland, California in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale with the goal to protect African American neighborhoods residents from acts of police brutality. Newton and sealed decided they had had enough and decided to form this organisation after the assassination of Malcolm X. The group consisted of not only men but women too. The groups of four basic rights that many would believe are just common sense, but the fact that the rights actually had to be fault for making it even more important. Freedom decent housing, education and

     The Black Panther had a huge background of history, goals, and beliefs. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, Ca 1966, founded the Panthers. They were originally as an African American self defense force and were highly influenced by Malcolm X’s ideas. They were named after Lowndes County Freedom Organization or LCFO. The Panthers had many goals like; giving back to the ghetto, protecting blacks from police brutality, and to help blacks get freedom and jobs. They also had many beliefs like;

The Black Panther Party was constructed after the creation of the KKK . The Black Panther Party is a spin off of the civil rights movement. They felt that the civil rights movement was too passive and they needed a better approach towards racism. Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, and Marriott Golose in 1966 in Oakland, California founded the movement to make a change in the African American community. Furthermore, the movement ended in 1982 but its legacy continues in the modern day and the Black Panther Party is still relevant today.

Imagine it is the 1960’s: conflict in Vietnam had sparked widespread protest at American college campuses, people all over the country were reading the The Feminine Mystique and fighting for increased equality among the sexes, and the Civil Rights Movement was at its peak. African Americans throughout America were uniting for the common cause of equality, however differing ideology and beliefs regarding how equality could be achieved divided them. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X rose as prominent leaders in the fight against racial inequality, the latter typically credited with the development of more violent methodology which excluded white involvement and conceived the movement of “Black Power.” The Black Panthers, members of a political party formed by college students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966, are typically associated with the idea of black power and the legacy of Malcolm X despite the fact that he had died a year prior to the party’s founding. While the idea of black power is easily and mis-conceivably associated with the idea of black supremacy and violence, The Black Panther Party primarily sought a spot for African Americans next to that of whites, not above. The Black Panther Party, despite its violent appearance and legacy, made a positive influence on American history through its platform based on equality, human rights, and patriotism.

The Black Panther Party was a militant group that believed in protecting minorities by using their 2nd amendment right. The fear of the party began when a group of activists stormed the California State Legislature armed. The reason for the sit in on the building was in retaliation for a gun control bill. The bill was thought to be a way that the government could take rights away from minorities. The party had multiple gun related shootouts with local cops and the FBI, which lead to the leader, Huey Newton, to be arrested. The arrest was for killing an officer. This started the decline of the cohesiveness of the party as new leaders were appointed.

I wanted to write a reflection on the film The Black Panthers: The Vanguard of the Revolution documentary for a few different reasons, however, I think it is a good close to black history month. I first want to recognize how impactful The Black Panther party had on other black individuals. For example, The Black Panther party was tremendously impactful on black people in the community as well as worldwide. I think this is important to mention because during the civil rights struggle and still today people from the oppressed communities look up to organizations like this one. For me, it is quite remarkable how the party was founded by two gentlemen who were actively trying to put an organization together to fight harassment again police. This was so many years

The historical importance of the topic that I chose is it had a huge impact on the United States history, today. The Black Panther Party was responsible for starting many of the service programs that we continue to see. The service programs including clothing, housing, health clinics, and food service to name a few. The party sought out to improve the living conditions of those who were in poverty.

By 1966, 32% of African-Americans were living below the poverty line, and almost 2/3 of people living in poor urban areas were Black. The Black Panther Party was a socialist and Black nationalist organization that was founded 51 years ago to address these issues among others. The organization, which had a far-left political position, lasted for merely 16 years and its influence continues to impact the world up till this day. It was the largest Black revolutionary organization to ever exist.

I attended the 50 Years of the Black Panther Party on November 14. Black Panther is an African American revolutionary party. Blacked Panther formed in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. As a result of police brutality against African Americans in the 60s Huey Newton and Bobby Seale established this group. Patrol the police was the main reason that they started this group. Black Panther got bigger every year, and now after almost 60 years they are one of the leading movements for human rights. Thanks to Black Panther there is other movements with analogy beliefs.

Founded on October 15th 1966 in Oakland, California, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was an organization opposed to police brutality against the black community. The Party’s political origins were in Maoism, Marxism, and the radical militant ideals of Malcolm X and Che Guevara. From the doctrines of Maoism they saw the role of their Party as the frontline of the revolution and worked to establish a unified alliance, while from Marxism they addressed the capitalist economic system, and exemplified the need for all workers to forcefully take over means of production (Baggins, Brian). Mao was important to the Black Panthers because of his different stance on Marxism-Leninism when applied to Chinese peasants. The founders of the Black

This wasn’t a party you would find on a Friday night; this was a fight for what they had wanted for years. The Black Panther Party was a what some people thought of as a self-defense squad and others saw them as black extremist or the black power. They were first established in Oakland, California in 1966 and slowly branched out from coast to coast. They established because they thought violence would work better than Martin Luther King Jr. ways of speaking to the public and giving the most remembered speeches we know today. This group rose and did a lot for the black community but could it of built a wall between the whites and blacks? It may have been first started because of the needed justice for the black community but it may have broken bonds, due to the force in getting the ten things they wanted most, could that be why the group slowly fell?

What comes to mind when you think of the Black Panther Party? Do you even know who the Black Panthers really were? They helped transform the lives of many African Americans in the U.S and helped empower the community. The Black Panther has a huge background of history, goals, and beliefs. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale from Oakland, California founded the Panthers in 1966. Initially, they were an African American self defense force and were highly influenced by Malcolm X’s beliefs. The Panthers had many goals such as;freedom, protecting blacks from police brutality, and helping African Americans obtain a jobs. Despite the negative stereotypes of the Black Panthers as people who ran around with guns, fighting police, they were a major group during the Civil Rights Movement because they practiced self defense, established revolutionary socialism, and stimulated Malcolm X's influence. In the following I will discuss the successful changes the Black Panther Party, had on the African American community during the civil rights movement.

     Organized in the 1960s at the height of the American Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panther Party emerged as a revolutionist group pioneering a strategy of militancy. The Party’s aims were to eliminate the discrimination challenging African-Americans in America since the time of slavery, and to protect their communities from police brutality. Inspired by contemporary radical leaders such as Malcolm X, the party recognized that in order to restructure American society so that civil equality was obtainable by all people, a much stronger opposition was necessary. Party members felt the passive resistance adopted by their predecessors fighting for equality proved