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What was the Black Panther Party?
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The Black Panther Party was a progressive political organization that stood in the vanguard of the most powerful movement for social change in America since the Revolution of 1776 and the Civil War: that dynamic episode generally referred to as The '60's. It is the sole Black organization in the entire history of Black struggle against slavery and oppression in the United States that was armed and promoted a revolutionary agenda, and it represents the last great thrust by the mass of Black pe...
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BLACK PANTHER CASE SHIFTS A DEBATE ON ALITO
The Boston Globe
; WASHINGTON Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr., who has been accused by opponents of being hostile to civil rights claims, once urged the Reagan administration not to try to block a civil rights suit by the Black Panther Party against former government officials who had spied on the group,
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Analysis: State of American civil rights organizations
NPR Special
; ... Time: 9:00-10:00 AM ED GORDON, host: I'm Ed Gordon and this is NEWS & NOTES. For nearly 100 years, civil rights organizations ... is focused in 2005 and who the standard-bearers are. For NPR News, I'm Allison Keyes. GORDON: Tomorrow, part two of Allison's report ...
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Black Panther tour recounts civil rights movement
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
; Valerie A. Russo For The Patriot Ledger In the 1960s and '70s, Oakland, Calif., was known around the world as the birthplace of the Black Panther Party, a militant civil rights group that espoused black power and community action. At its peak, the party had about 5,000 members in 47 states and
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In Search of the Black Panther Party: New Perspectives on a Revolutionary Movement.(Book review)
The Journal of African American History
; Jama Lazerow and Yohuru Williams, eds., In Search of the Black Panther Party: New Perspectives on a Revolutionary Movement. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2006. Pp. 408. Cloth, $84.95; Paper, $23.95. Emerging out of the 2003 Wheelock College conference, The Black Panther Party in
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Black Panther Party; Was it modern America's most important radical movement?
Miami Times
; Reviewed By Jama Lazerow, Ph.D While the public remains fascinated by the Black Panther Party (BPP-1966-1982), their interest reflected in the popularity of Panther lore and imagery in movies, music, and memoir, professional historians are dismissive at best, downright hostile at worst. The state
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What was the Black Panther Party?
Westside Gazette
; The Black Panther Party was a progressive political organization that stood in the vanguard of the most powerful movement for social change in America since the Revolution of 1776 and the Civil War: that dynamic episode generally referred to as The '60's. It is the sole Black organization in the
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Remember Black Panther Party's Community Contributions
Philadelphia Tribune, The
; David E.A. Barkley Philadelphia Tribune, The 02-22-1994 Remember Black Panther Party's Community Contributions. As the saying goes, "He who does not know history, is doomed to repeat it." In this simple, well-known phrase, one might find the key that may provide better understanding as to why in
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Revisited: The Black Panther Party
The New Crisis
; Salim Muwakkil went straight to the Black Panther Party office in Jersey City, NJ., after his discharge from the U.S. Air Force in late 1969. Frustrated by the pacifism of civil rights leaders and embittered by his own experiences with police brutality, Muwakkil joined the militant Black Panthers
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Founded predecessor to Black Panther Party
Chicago Sun-Times
; MOSSES, Ala. -- John Hulett, the civil rights pioneer who helped found a group that became the Black Panther Party, died Monday. He was 78. He died at his home in Mosses, surrounded by family. During the civil rights movement, Mr. Hulett worked to help blacks gain the right to vote and run for
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`Panther' revives Black Panther legacy
Indianapolis Recorder
; Stephen Thomas Indianapolis Recorder 03-18-1995 `Panther' revives Black Panther legacy. In 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was born on the streets of Oakland, Calif. as a burst of freedom against racial oppression. Its messages of pride and empowerment for African Americans had
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