The Black Panther Party knows what Black people want and need. We have listened to the riot producing words ‘these things take time’ for 400 years. To Black people, the ten points covered are absolutely essential to survival. “To those poor souls who don’t know Black history, the beliefs and desires of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense may seem unreasonable. Newton and 30-year-old Bobby Seale thought of a masterplan, specifically a ten-point program, to acquire more freedom for and enrich the Black community. In California’s Bay Area – Oakland to be exact – 24-year-old Huey P.
Out of this call for Black Power mobilization, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) began. When they made it to Greenwood, Carmichael gave a speech where he infamously and passionately shouted out “Black Power”, eventually galvanizing generations of Black people to fight for their rights in solidarity and self-determination. In 1966, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Stokely Carmichael, travelled to Mississippi to march, alongside Martin Luther King and others, to finish the March Against Fear started by James Meredith. They feared a Black Messiah would rise and threaten the American political structure. This film chronicles the rise and fall of Fred Hampton, the leader of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1960s, and the deceptive web that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) weaved within the Black Power Movement to discredit rising Black leaders. Recently, Warner Bros., via HBO Max, released Judas and the Black Messiah.
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