“We've got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put fire out best with water. We say you don't fight racism with racism. We're gonna fight racism with solidarity.”
- Fred Hampton
- Fred Hampton
Black Panther Party
- Founded by Stokely Carmichael
- Militant group which openly called for the use of violence
- “Minister of War” was Bobby Seale and “Minister of Propaganda” was Eldridge Cleaver
- The group fizzled out in the 1970s as more equality legislation was brought in
- Militant group which openly called for the use of violence
- “Minister of War” was Bobby Seale and “Minister of Propaganda” was Eldridge Cleaver
- The group fizzled out in the 1970s as more equality legislation was brought in
Question: what if the group acted nonviolently instead?
Summary
The Black Panther Party was an African-American revolutionary socialist organization that achieved national and international notoriety through its involvement in the Black Power movement and U.S. politics of the 1960s and 1970s.