The Black Panther Party
By Krista & Esperanza
Vol XCIII, No. 311
Medicinal Equality
Who are they?
- They fought for an equal black health situation
- They thought that just because you were black you shouldn't recieve back burner medical treatment
What they did to achieve their goals
- The BP party was a group against racial discrimation during the civil rights movement
- They were for 'self defense' and against "seprate but equal"
- They fought for medicinal equality
- They started with self defense but it quickly grew into something more violent
- They vandalised white homes
- They thought Martin luther King jr. wasn't impacting enough people so they turned to violence
6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service
7.We want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of black people
8. we want freedom for all black men held in federal state county and city prisons and jails
9.We want all black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or black communities as defined by the constitution of the united states of America
10.We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.m
Power to the people!
Women of the panther party
Their "creed" continued......
Their "creed"
- Angela Davis
- The BPP was 2/3 female
- women played a role in shaping the black power movement.
- They created new political models that encouraged women to be active and public revolutionary figures alongside men.
- women set a community-focused revolutionary agenda that supported programs for daycare, groceries, and housing. ( See more at: http://gender.stanford.edu/news/2014/women-key-shaping-black-panther-party#sthash.w4BdIzMY.dpuf )
Who ran the show
- The BPP group ended because of weakness among the group
- They were a socialist group
- Their political position was the far left wing
1.We want our freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our black community.
2.We want full employment for our people
3.We want an end to the robbery by the white man of our black community
4.We want decent housing fit for shelter of a human being
5.We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent american society.
- Huey P. Newton
- Founded in 1966
- Dissolved in 1982
- Colors Black, Light blue, Green