I’m talking about the Black Panther Party. It’s an important topic that isn’t easy to cover. The historiography is fairly new, because what came before is riddled with disinformation, but it is worth understanding the history of the Black Panthers

See the full review of the film here:    • Judas and the Black Messiah | Based o...  

Check out Lynn Burnett’s public history of racial justice website, make sure to check out the resources tab for tons of material: https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/
The stuff specifically on the BPP: https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/b...

References
FBI files on Fred Hampton:
https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/...
https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/...
https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/...
And all of COINTELPRO: https://vault.fbi.gov/

Curtis J. Austin, Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2006). https://amzn.to/3ffepGj

Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013). https://amzn.to/2SjIxrc

David Cunningham, There’s Something Happening Here: The New Left, the Klan, and FBI Counterintelligence (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. https://amzn.to/3hU0iIi

Todd Fraley and Elli LesterRoushanzamir, “Revolutionary Leader or Deviant Thug? A Comparative Analysis of the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily Defender’s Reporting on the Death of Fred Hampton,” Howard Journal of Communications 15, iss. 3 (Summer 2004): 147–67.

Craig Mcpherson, “You can’t Kill Chairman Fred: Examining the Life and Legacy of a Revolutionary,” Journal of African American Studies 23, Iss. 4 (December 2019): 276298.

connected videos:
10:00 race riots:    • Race Riots in US History  
10:20 Olympics:    • The historic importance of the Olympics  
10:20 US sports protest:    • A History of Protest in American Sports  

SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Support the channel through PATREON:
  / cynicalhistorian  
or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/thecyni...
LET'S CONNECT:
Twitch:   / cynicalhistorian  
Facebook:   / cynicalcypher88  
Subreddit:   / cynicalhistory  
Discord:   / discord  
Twitter:   / cynical_history  

Wiki: The Black Panther Party (BPP), originally the Black Panther Party for SelfDefense, was a Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California.[7][8][9] The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major cities and international chapters in Britain and Algeria.[10][11] Upon its inception the Black Panther Party's core practice was its open carry armed citizens' patrols ("copwatching") to monitor the behavior of officers of the Oakland Police Department and challenge police brutality in the city.

In 1969, a variety of community social programs became a core activity.[12] The Party instituted the Free Breakfast for Children Programs to address food injustice, and community health clinics for education and treatment of diseases including sickle cell anemia, tuberculosis, and later HIV/AIDS.[13][14][15] It advocated for class struggle, with the party representing the proletarian vanguard.[16]