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The Black Panther Party: A Social Work Organization

  • During the 1960s, protests and urban uprisings were happening throught various African American communities in the US.
  • Members of these communities were demanding for better living conditions, job opportunities, better healthcare and food accessibility. Communities also protested against police brutaility.

ABOUT

  • The Black Panther Party, founded in 1966, was created to protect the African-American community

Key Players

Key Players

Huey Newton

Bobby Seale

Elaine Brown

Fred Hampton

10 Point Program

10 Point Program

We Want All Black Men To Be Exempt From Military Service

We Want Full Employment For Our People

We Want Decent Housing Fit For The Shelter of Human Beings

We Want All Black People When Brought To Trail To Be Tried In Court By a Jury Of Their Peer Group or People From The Black Community

We Want Freedom. We Want Power To Determine The Destiny of Our Black Community

We Want Freedom For All Black Men Held In Federal, State, County, and City Prisons

We Want Education That Teaches Us Our True History And Our Role In The Present-Day Society

We Want Land, Bread, Housing, Education,Clothing,Justice and, Peace

We Want An Immediate End To Police Brutality and Murder of Black People

We Want An End To The Robbery By The Capitalists Of Our Black Community

The Black Panther Party created social programs such as the Free Breakfast program & community health clinics

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted

Social Programs

BPP Free Breakfast Program video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ivx7OqCgo

COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program)

  • COINTELPRO was conducted by the FBI from 1956 to 1971
  • The purpose of this program was to discredit and disband any groups who were considered a threat to the US government

COINTELPRO & The Fight Continues

#BlackLivesMatter Movement

In 2013, #BlackLivesMatter was created after the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's Murder

The movement was created by three Black Women organizers: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, & Opal Tometi

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