The Black Panther Party and community solidarity

The history of the Black Panther Party concerns an American Marxist, Leninist and black power political and militant organization that existed from 1966 to 1982. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded it in late October 1966.

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   the history of the black panther party · Wikipedia · 60+ min read

   In the history of the Black Panther Party, its Free Breakfast For Children program initially ran out of an Oakland church. The program also served as a space for educating youth about the current condition of the Black community and the actions the party was taking to address it. The Black Panther Party's Ten-Point program called for "power to determine the destiny of our Black Community," linking community power with its demands for full employment and an end to the robbery of the Black Community. International support for the Black Panther Party included social democratic and democratic socialist activists in Norway and Finland, who organized a 1969 tour for Bobby Seale and Masai Hewitt. At each stop, Seale and Hewitt discussed the Panthers' goals and the "Free Huey!" campaign.

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   The Black Panthers' Unlikely Ally - JSTOR Daily · JSTOR Daily · 2 min read

   Historian Lauren Araiza traces the Black Panthers' late-1960s alliance with other organizations to class. Araiza writes that "The Panthers formed these multiracial coalitions because they recognized early on that they could not combat the capitalist power structure on their own."

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   The Black Panther Party: Crash Course Black American History #39 · YouTube · 14 min watch

   The Black Panthers were a relatively small, short-lived political party whose impact on US history was outsized. Their significance lies in the broader history of Black Americans' efforts to expand their rights.

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   Assata: An Autobiography · Bookshop.org

   Assata by Assata Shakur describes her incarceration before her 1977 conviction on flimsy evidence and challenges the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard projected by the media and the state, giving a personal account of how Black nationalist leaders were criminalized.

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