The Color of Water & The BPP
Throughout the book, The Color of Water, James McBride made many references todifferent organizations bent on black power. He explained in minor detail how they walked through the streets and intimidated others, especially him. The best known, and probably the most powerful, of the organizations was the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966, immediately after the death of Malcolm X. Huey P. Newton gathered together 5 of his long-time friends and started The Party. These inseparable started the real fight of black power, but in a different way than that of the other groups. The majority of these black supremacists, at the time, simply walked around their area of town, equipped with a shotgun over their shoulder, which was surprisingly legal at the time. The Panthers were different. They attacked racism with people. The original six men made the Ten-Point Program, a code for the panthers to live by. This list helped the panthers to sustain communities as their life style dwindled. They developed many other programs to do so as well. These programs were built on connections that one of two panthers had made to support the common good. They employed storekeeper panthers to start up a free
to defend themselves by any means necessary against their aggressors. employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if the American businessmen will During the time of the campaign for Bobby Seale, in order to gain more power, We believe that if the landlords will not give decent housing to our Black and oppressed people in our communities, with government aid, can build and make decent housing for
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Approximate Word count = 1946
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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