In this episode: Freedom Reign from Stereo and myself discuss the history of the Black Panther Party (links to sources below)
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Not many people are familiar with the history and true story of The Black Panther Party. We take a deep dive in this episode. I hope you enjoy.
The Black Panther Party was created in 1966 in Oakland by two students at Merritt College, Bobby Seal and Huey P. Newton. The Panthers began as a community self-defense program to defend minority communities from state sponsored terrorism.. Police in Oakland were killing black people at a feverish pace when pulled over for basic traffic stops. In response to this The Black Panthers equipped themselves with police scanners and guns and would show up at a traffic stop and armed with guns, they would film the cops and make sure the police would not go on a murderous rampage like they had been doing.
The Black Panthers started a breakfast program to deal with the epidemic of children going to school hungry. At their peak they were serving 10,000 breakfasts a day. A child cannot learn with an empty stomach, so they were directly addressing this passive form of oppression.
The Black Panthers gained national notoriety by carrying guns in public, most notably at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, when Governor Ronal Reagan was there. This did not go over well.
There was much more to The Black Panthers than an armed community protection group. They also had schools, tuberculosis testing, legal aid, transportation assistance, ambulance service, and the manufacture the manufacture and distribution of free shoes to the poor. Despite the benefits they were bringing to black communities all across the United States, The FBI labeled The Black Panther Party as the greatest threat to democracy. How is that for irony, as the FBI most likely had a hand in the assassination of the Kennedy brothers.
The FBI and CIA went on to target The Panthers, murdering the leaders or throwing them in jail on trumped up charges. To this day Mumia Abu Jamal is still in jail for a crime he did not commit according to witness testimony.
I have included links to more information below as well as the Panthers 10 point program. Thank you for listening. Please share if you dig what I am doing.
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqxwTABwtnU&t=151s
Eyes On The Prize Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM9sQxt8BKE&t=4346s
Eyes On The Prize Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bb76CK3Cwc&t=3315s
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