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Black Panthers
In 1966, the national Black Panther Party was created. ... The Panthers were able to organize and unite blacks all over the country. This alarmed the Federal Government, which instituted controversial, illegal programs of harassment, infiltration, and instigation, which led to the deaths of many Panthers. From their inception, the Black Panthers were treated with disregard and contempt. In the summer of 68, David Brothers established a BPP (black panther party) branch in Brooklyn, New York, and a few months later Lumumba Shakur set up a branch in Harlem, New York joined the Harlem BPP in the fall of 68 and served as its Finance Officer until arrested on April 2, 1969 in the Panther 21 Conspiracy case which was the opening shot in the governments nationwide attack on the BPP. (Search and Destroy, 57)
Moving westward, Police Departments in each city made military raids on BPP offices or homes in Philadelphia, Chicago, Newark, Omaha, Denver, New Haven, San Diego, Los Angeles, and other cities, murdering some Panthers and arresting others. This was just an example of what was to come of the panthers. ... com/archives)
The Black Panthers’ ideas and methods appealed greatly to blacks. ... Many blacks shared the view of the Panthers in that violence was needed to defend them until true equality could be achieved.
Aside from being militant, the Panthers did things that helped the community. ... The Black Panthers gave many urban black communities a sense of unity and identity that they hadn’t had before.
Approximate Word count = 1209
Approximate Pages = 4.8
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