The Black Panthers.
In October 1966, following the execution of Malcolm X and the ghetto uprising in Watts, California, two young black men, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, both from Oakland, California founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defence. The leadership of the party outlined a Ten Point Program, articulating the fundamental wants and beliefs of the BPP. This manifesto demanded better social and political conditions, the right to self-determination, an end to police brutality and above all, freedom for the black masses. These demands were basically identical to those proposed by earlier Civil Rights groups (NAACP, SNCC, UNIA, etc.). Where the Panthers differed however was their proposed implementation of the Ten Point Program. Unlike the previous groups, the Panthers were prepared to use violence as a method to gain power. Throughout this essay, I will attempt to justify the Panthers use of violence, explain why such tactics were required, and examine their effectiveness in implementing changes to the "great American order" and I will analyse their importance on the African-American population from 1966 to the present.At a time when most of the black youth of America were fighting against being left out of the system, the Black Panth
"The revolutionary is a man under vow. He ought to occupy himself entirely with one exclusive interest, with one thought and one passion: the RevolutionKHe has one aim, one science: destructionKBetween him and society there is war to the death, incessant, irreconcilableKHe must make a list of those who are condemned to death and expedite their sentence according to the order of their relative iniquities" „« January 1969: Huey P. Newton shot, arrested and charged with the murder of an Oakland police officer Section 7 of the Panthers' Ton Point Program states that, "we can end police brutality in our black community by organising black self-defence groups that are dedicated to defending our black community from racist police oppression and brutality"
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