Black+Panthers

=**BLACK PANTHERS**=

Active 1966 till 1970s.
Originally called the Black Panther Part for Self Defense and formed by Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale in California. It was an a party that believed that //Dr Martin Luther King, Jr// had failed and that promised changes would not happen or take too long to implement. They believed that violence would help stop the oppression of "black power" and decrease "black racism". Their goal originally was to " was to serve the needs of the oppressed people in our communities and defend them against their oppressors". These goals were to be completed through four main desires- equality in education, housing, employment and civil rights. They believed that all repressed minority groups deserved to be fairly treated, this was inclusive of Native Americans, Indians and other minorities in America.
 * What was the Black Panther Party?**

__**The Ten Point Plan**__ The Ten-Point Plan was an ideal restructure of American society to create racial harmony inclusive of socail, political and economic equality for African Americans and other oppressed communities. The outline of this plan was:

2. WE WANT FULL EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR PEOPLE. 3. WE WANT AN END TO THE ROBBERY BY THE CAPITALISTS OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES. 4. WE WANT DECENT HOUSING, FIT FOR THE SHELTER OF HUMAN BEINGS. 5.WE WANT DECENT EDUCATION FOR OUR PEOPLE THAT EXPOSES THE TRUE NATURE OF THIS DECADENT AMERICAN SOCIETY. WE WANT EDUCATION THAT TEACHES US OUR TRUE HISTORY AND OUR ROLE IN THE PRESENT-DAY SOCIETY. 6. WE WANT COMPLETELY FREE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL BLACK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE. 7. WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDER OF BLACK PEOPLE, OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR, All OPPRESSED PEOPLE INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 8. WE WANT AN IMMEDIATE END TO ALL WARS OF AGGRESSION. 9. WE WANT FREEDOM FOR ALL BLACK AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE NOW HELD IN U. S. FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, CITY AND MILITARY PRISONS AND JAILS. WE WANT TRIALS BY A JURY OF PEERS FOR All PERSONS CHARGED WITH SO-CALLED CRIMES UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS COUNTRY. 10. WE WANT LAND, BREAD, HOUSING, EDUCATION, CLOTHING, JUSTICE, PEACE AND PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CONTROL OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY.**
 * 1. WE WANT FREEDOM. WE WANT POWER TO DETERMINE THE DESTINY OF OUR BLACK AND OPPRESSED COMMUNITIES.

The ten point plan was asking for the American consitution to allow African Americans to have the same rights as whites as all men where created equal. If not the foundation of a new government and laws was necessary to stop the oppression of African Americans and other oppressed communities.

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__**The Accomplishments of the Black Panthers.**__ Although a violent approach was seen to dealing with matters, the party did accomplish non-violent community based projects as well. Leaders of BPP believed this was necessary considering the government was not providing safety and assistance for the citizens under oppression. The Partry began programs such a Free Breakfast for Children to stop poverty and improve the health and nutrition of the oppressed and under priveledged.Other survival programs were free services such as clothing distribution ,classes on politics and economics,free medical clinics,lessons on self-defense and first aid,transportation to upstate prisons for family memebers of inmates ,an emergency-response ambulance program,drug and alcohol rehabilitation,and testing for sickle-cell desease.BBP also founded the "Intercommunal Youth Institute"in January 1971,with the intent of demonstration how black youth ought to be educated,Ercka Huggins waas the director of the school and Regina Davis was an administrator.The school was unique in that it didn't have grade levels but instead had different skill levels so an 11 year old could be in 2-level English and 5-level Science.Elaine Bown taught reading and writing to a group of 10 to 11 year olds deemed"uneducable"by the system.At the school supplies;children were taken to have medical checkups;and many children were given gree clothes.

__**The termination of the Black Panther Party movement.**__ The BPP was seen as a threat to National Security and the FBI used counter- organisation tactics such as infiltration and spying to undermine the leaders, and cause breakdown in trust and cooperation. These tactics caused the destruction of the BPP and also the capture and jail time for the leaders.

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