Summers of Riots
Published on Nov 24, 2015
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Civil Rights Act passed in 1964
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What does the term "black nationalism" mean?
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1966: Hunter's Point Riot, San Francisco
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- armed patrols to moniter behavior of police
- instituted community social programs
- "greatest threat to the internal security of the country"
- arrests increased support of Panthers
- against de facto segregation and military draft
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in 1967 serves as secruity escorts for Betty Shabazz
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"We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our black community"
We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community.
We want full employment for our people.
We want an end to the robbery by the white men of our Black Community.
We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings.
We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.
We want all Black men to be exempt from military service.
We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of Black people.
We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails.
We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their Black Communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States.
We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.
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1969: Black Panther newspaper declared all male Panthers and all female Panthers were equal.
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Violence
- 1969: 4 Panthers killed in shootout with US Org
- 1969: 21 members jailed for bombing conspiracy
- 1969: 2 policeman shot, Panther killed
- 1970: Panthers attack Oakland police
- chapters begin to shut down
was black-on-black crime and black-on-white crime really useful to solving the issues of race in America?
What would Malcolm X think?
What would Malcolm X think?
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Author Jama Lazerow writes: "As inheritors of the discipline, pride, and calm self-assurance preached by Malcolm X, the Panthers became national heroes in black communities by infusing abstract nationalism with street toughness ...
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New Black Panther Party
1989-Present
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$10,000 bounty for legal "citizen's arrest" of George Zimmerman
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Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Louisville, Kansas City, and Chicago
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