The Black Panther Party created a wide-range of community initiatives in Black and poor communities. It was complex.” Īverill: Based on a platform of radical revolution, the Panthers developed a two-pronged approach of armed self-defense and community service, which propelled the Panthers as self professed leaders of the vanguard. As former Panther Ericka Huggins states, “We were making history. Instead of viewing Black power movements like the Panthers as the antithesis of the non-violent civil rights movement, it is important to recognize that civil rights and Black power movements such as the Black Panthers, both emanate from a centuries-long Black freedom struggle. Additionally, the dominant narrative highlights the men of the Panther party, yet women made up 2/3 of the membership and set a community-focused revolutionary agenda. The everyday organizing is often lost and an overemphasis on the Panther’s clashes with law enforcement overshadow the substantial community programs, the Service to the People Programs, offered by the Black Panther Party on the local level.
Produced and Recorded by Elizabeth Garner Masarik, PhD and Averill Earls, PhDĮlizabeth: The Black Panthers are often misrepresented or their significance is minimized in popular thought and opinion.
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Transcript for: The Black Panther Party and the Free Breakfast Program: Feeding a Movement The Black Panthers are often misrepresented or their significance is minimized in popular thought and opinion.
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