Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers

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Late July 1969: The BPP ideology undergoes a shift, with a turn toward self-discipline and anti-racism. We're Assata's Daughters". Zed Collective. October 19, 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017 . Retrieved March 14, 2017.

When a book of any kind challenges the things you thought you knew, and teaches you things that as an adult you can't believe you didn't know already, it has achieved its ultimate goal. This book does that in such a remarkably straightforward way that I felt like I'd been slapped more than once. In a good way, I guess? (Is there a good way to feel like you've been slapped?)

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See this? It's the logo of the Dalit Panthers. They were a group of 'low-caste' and 'anti-caste' citizens in India who got tired of oppression. The Odyssey of Huey Newton". Time. November 13, 1978. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012 . Retrieved March 31, 2014. He has fought alongside the X-Men, been a member of the Avengers, and even had his solo series. In addition to his appearances in comic books, the character has also been adapted into various forms of media, including animated television shows, video games, and the MCU. In 1977, Newton returned from exile in Cuba, and received complaints from male members about the excessive power of women in the organization, who now outnumbered men. According to Elaine Brown, Newton authorized the physical punishment of school administrator Regina Davis for scolding a male coworker. Davis was hospitalized with a broken jaw. [152] Brown said, "The beating of Regina would be taken as a clear signal that the words 'Panther' and 'comrade' had taken a gender-on-gender connotation, denoting an inferiority in the female half of us." [153] [154] [155] Brown resigned from the party and fled to LA. [156] In May 1967, the Panthers invaded the State Assembly Chamber in Sacramento, guns in hand, in what appears to have been a publicity stunt. Still, they scared a lot of important people that day. At the time, the Panthers had almost no following. Now, (a year later) however, their leaders speak on invitation almost anywhere radicals gather, and many whites wear "Honkeys for Huey" buttons, supporting the fight to free Newton, who has been in jail since last Oct. 28 (1967) on the charge that he killed a policeman... [68]

The Party experienced significant problems in several chapters with sexism and gender oppression, particularly in the Oakland chapter where cases of sexual harassment and gender conflict were common. [173] :5 When Oakland Panthers arrived to bolster the New York City Panther chapter after 21 New York leaders were incarcerated, they displayed such chauvinistic attitudes towards New York Panther women that they had to be fended off at gunpoint. [174] Some Party leaders thought the fight for gender equality was a threat to men and a distraction from the struggle for racial equality. [161] :5 Newton and Seale drew on Marxist ideology for the party platform. They outlined the organization’s philosophical views and political objectives in a Ten-Point Program. During the 1970s, recognizing the limited access poor women had to abortion, the Party officially supported women's reproductive rights, including abortion. [161] :11 That same year, the Party condemned and opposed prostitution. [161] :12 Although at the time the BPP claimed that the police had ambushed them, several party members later admitted that Cleaver had led the Panther group on a deliberate ambush of the police officers, provoking the shoot-out. [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] Seven other Panthers, including Chief of Staff David Hilliard, were also arrested. Hutton's death became a rallying issue for Panther supporters. [89] [90] [91] Late 1968 Chronology I also like to think I got the job," says Bingham, laughing, "because I was a humble and good-looking guy."

Yes - you can focus on the events of this movement and find some bad turns, and you can certainly find some problems with the people. We want 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 present-day society. In the BPP, she "was living as part of a collective" where all work was shared, and she enjoyed working all day selling newspapers. She climbed the ranks and became the branch's Communications Secretary in January 1971, after her predecessor left due to "some issues related to sexism". In this branch, unlike the average BPP divisions, the "brothers" never turned violent or physical: "That kind of thing didn't take place in Detroit." She left the organization in 1973, keeping a link through her husband, their circulation manager. Summing up the legacy of the Detroit branch, she says, "It's crucial that people realize that the strength of the organization was rooted in discipline, deep commitment, and a genuine love for the people." [180] Connections to other political activist groups Aaron Sorkin's 2020 Netflix film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, features the Chicago Seven trial and Bobby Seale, who is portrayed by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. December 15, 1971. "Case Against Newton Dropped". The Dispatch (Lexington, North Carolina) via UPI. Retrieved August 5, 2012.