The Black Panther Party and Their Leaders
The Black Panther Party evolved out of the necessity to improve the lives of the American black people and proclaimed self-defense. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale established the Black Panther Party in California in 1966.The rise of the Panther Party came about during a period in history of great up risings and confusion in the United States. The Panthers lost their political power by the late 70s. The Panther Party collapse was credited in part to the criminal background of their leaders. In the pages to follow is background information on the Party it’s self and three of their leaders, Eldridge Cleaver, Stokely Carmichael and Elaine Brown. The power associated with the Panther symbol created the image that the Party desired to achieve. The term “Self defense” distinguished the Party’s philosophy from that of the dominant nonviolent civil rights group, and paid homage to the Louisiana based Deacons for Defense (Myers). The Black Panther Party set up ten demands for their wants and beliefs: freedom, employment, housing, education, exemption of black men from the military, end to police brutality, freedom for all incarcerated black men and blacks to be tried by blacks. These ten demands w
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