1. The Black Panthers were birth like any revolution out of a necessity for change.
2. The symbolism of the Panther wasn’t just because black is beautiful.
3. In 1966, at Merritt College, Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale created The Black Panthers.
4. After the Watts Riots of 1965, and inspired by Robert Williams’ Negroes with Guns, the organization’s intentions were to empower the black community.
5. And they did so in congruence with the law.
6. But as the law would have it…
7. But this was still a telling moment as to how politically powerful the Panthers were even at an early stage.
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But the Panthers forged forward because this was about protecting their communities, even though they were facing the unchecked police.
9. The Panthers were considered to be a terrorist organization though.
10. And then things changed.
11. And 2 days after MLK’s assassination, the Panthers’ first recruit Bobby Hutton was gunned down. He was 17yo.
Danny Haiphong:Many watched what I think to be a deplorable take on the Black Panther Party last night on PBS. Here were my thoughts when I saw it in theaters.
The author endorses former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown’s critique of the movie. However, Black Against Empire, the acclaimed book on the Party, meets his approval as “actual historical analysis that is useful for those seeking lessons from the lived struggle of the Panthers.”
Huey! (1968) - Black Panther Party Documentary Film
Documentary film produced by American Documentary Films and the Black Panther Party from 1968, honoring Huey P. Newton’s struggle for Afrikan human rights in AmeriKKKa, advocating for his release from jail and addressing issues of racism in AmeriKKKan society.
Features scenes from the funeral of Bobby Hutton and the Huey P. Newton Birthday Rally in the Oakland Auditorium on February 17th 1968, with speeches by: Bobby Seale (who explains the Black Panther Party’s 10 Point Program in detail); Ron Dellums; James Foreman; Charles R. Garry; Eldridge Cleaver; Bob Avakian; H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael.
Also includes views of KKKops showing the weapons and armor they carry in patrol cars and of Afrikans discussing racism in AmeriKKKan society.
This film was scripted and directed by Sally Pugh.
February 17, 1942: Birthday of Comrade Huey P. Newton, founder and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party, one of the most important revolutionary figures in the Western world in the 20th century.
Newton struggled against tremendous odds, under constant attack by the capitalist state, to build a militant Black organization that would uphold revolutionary internationalism and translate Marxism-Leninism into terms applicable to the everyday lives of oppressed people living in the United States.
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