Black Panther Party Society Views
The Black Panther Party (for self Defense) was formed in October of 1966, in Oakland, California.
The Black Panther Party was initially organized in response to police brutality and the deplorable economic and social conditions in Black communities throughout the United States. In a relatively short period of time the Party grew to systematically link and encompass the related issues of U.S. imperialistic wars abroad and corporate hegemony at home. Strong and active political alliances were also made between the Black Panther Party and other progressive and radical organizations ofall colors around mutual concerns that affected everyday poor and disenfranchised people---no matter what their gender or color.
The Ten-Point Platform and Program of the Black Panther Party represented a crisp and concise analysis and action-plan re the goals and objectives of the Party. .
The Black Panther Party grasped the enormous importance of regularly disseminating news and information relevant to Black and poor people communities. Therefore, its primary organ of getting this relevant news and information in printed-form, out to everyday people nationally and internationally, was The Black Panther newspaper, later known as the Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. An informative glimpse at some of the issues of that newspaper can be found in the book, The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service 1967-1980, edited by David Hilliard. Further views of and from various issues of The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, in addition to a wealth of information on the Black Panther Party as a whole, have been made available by Billy X. Jennings, at the It’s About Time website.
One of the rallying cries of the Black Panther Party was, “Serve The People Body & Soul.” In this vein, the Party established nationwide, numerous programs in service to the everyday people. These programs included Free Breakfast Programs, Free Clinic Programs, and Free Clothing Programs, to name but a few. Some of these programs which were first begun by the Black Panther Party, still function today in one form or another, despite the ultimate decimation of the Party by way of the vicious and murderous COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) U.S. government subterfuge. Nevertheless, as Black Panther Party veteran Billy X. Jennings succinctly put it: “The programs of the Black Panther Party set the stage for many of today’s programs.”
The Black Panther Party was initially organized in response to police brutality and the deplorable economic and social conditions in Black communities throughout the United States. In a relatively short period of time the Party grew to systematically link and encompass the related issues of U.S. imperialistic wars abroad and corporate hegemony at home. Strong and active political alliances were also made between the Black Panther Party and other progressive and radical organizations ofall colors around mutual concerns that affected everyday poor and disenfranchised people---no matter what their gender or color.
The Ten-Point Platform and Program of the Black Panther Party represented a crisp and concise analysis and action-plan re the goals and objectives of the Party. .
The Black Panther Party grasped the enormous importance of regularly disseminating news and information relevant to Black and poor people communities. Therefore, its primary organ of getting this relevant news and information in printed-form, out to everyday people nationally and internationally, was The Black Panther newspaper, later known as the Black Panther Intercommunal News Service. An informative glimpse at some of the issues of that newspaper can be found in the book, The Black Panther: Intercommunal News Service 1967-1980, edited by David Hilliard. Further views of and from various issues of The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, in addition to a wealth of information on the Black Panther Party as a whole, have been made available by Billy X. Jennings, at the It’s About Time website.
One of the rallying cries of the Black Panther Party was, “Serve The People Body & Soul.” In this vein, the Party established nationwide, numerous programs in service to the everyday people. These programs included Free Breakfast Programs, Free Clinic Programs, and Free Clothing Programs, to name but a few. Some of these programs which were first begun by the Black Panther Party, still function today in one form or another, despite the ultimate decimation of the Party by way of the vicious and murderous COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) U.S. government subterfuge. Nevertheless, as Black Panther Party veteran Billy X. Jennings succinctly put it: “The programs of the Black Panther Party set the stage for many of today’s programs.”