Revolutionary African American Organization: The Black Panther Party

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Black Panther Party Assignment Description: The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary African American organization, lasting from 1966 until 1982. The organization was based off of the beliefs of “black power”. The Black Panther Party was an original civil rights organization, straying away from the peaceful stance others followed. Their aggressive stance and defiant approach set them apart from the revolution led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The group was not hostile in their actions, but was aggressive in their beliefs and forcefully tough. The organization was originally started to prevent police violence in African American neighborhoods. Huey Newton and Bobby Seale were the original founders, creation the party in Oakland, California.…show more content…
Their belief in this is that as the government has been racist and wrongful towards the African American community, the African Americans should not be forced to protect in combat the rights of a nation that has not granted those rights to them. 7. The original foundation of the Party has stated that they want an immediate end to police brutality stemming from racism. They also believe in self defense if the violence occurring towards them is unfounded. 8. As many trials on black citizens up until that point have not been treated fairly and that these black citizens have not been able to exercise the same rights as other Americans, the group wants all imprisoned African Americans to be released. 9. In many of the unfair trials involving black citizens, the jury has been biased against the black people, disallowing a fair trial. This tenant demands a trial made of people similar to the people in trial, so in this case black citizens. 10. This is the strongest of the 10 points in the Ten Point Program, as it calls for the right to form their own government and create their own laws and rules to live by. The Party wants the black citizens to be separate from the white people, but don’t want to be mistreated, and so they want the right to exclude themselves from U.S. governed
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