Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers

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Panthers 'threaten' U.S., Hoover says". Afro-American. Afro - American Company of Baltimore City. July 26, 1969. ProQuest 532216174. Although at the time the BPP claimed that the police had ambushed them, several party members later admitted that Cleaver had led the Panther group on a deliberate ambush of the police officers, provoking the shoot-out. [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] Seven other Panthers, including Chief of Staff David Hilliard, were also arrested. Hutton's death became a rallying issue for Panther supporters. [89] [90] [91] Late 1968 Chronology

In 1977, Newton returned from exile in Cuba, and received complaints from male members about the excessive power of women in the organization, who now outnumbered men. According to Elaine Brown, Newton authorized the physical punishment of school administrator Regina Davis for scolding a male coworker. Davis was hospitalized with a broken jaw. [152] Brown said, "The beating of Regina would be taken as a clear signal that the words 'Panther' and 'comrade' had taken a gender-on-gender connotation, denoting an inferiority in the female half of us." [153] [154] [155] Brown resigned from the party and fled to LA. [156] Stubblefield, Anna (2018). Ethics Along the Color Line. Cornell University Press. pp.60–61. ISBN 978-1501717703. See this? It's the logo of the Dalit Panthers. They were a group of 'low-caste' and 'anti-caste' citizens in India who got tired of oppression. Panther leader Elaine Brown hired Betty Van Patter in 1974 as a bookkeeper. Van Patter had previously served as a bookkeeper for Ramparts magazine and was introduced to the Panther leadership by David Horowitz, who had been the editor of Ramparts and a major fundraiser and board member for the Panther school. [146] Later that year, after a dispute with Brown over financial irregularities, [147] Van Patter went missing on December 13, 1974. Some weeks later, her severely beaten corpse was found on a San Francisco Bay beach. Hoover and the F.B.I." Luna Ray Films, LLC. PBS.org. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013 . Retrieved January 24, 2013.Newton, Huey P. (2009) [1973]. Revolutionary Suicide. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Penguin Books. p.349. ISBN 978-0143105329. Newton, Huey. "In Defense of Self Defense July 3, 1967". Essays from the Minister of Defense (PDF). p.9. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 14, 2020 . Retrieved March 3, 2020. In addition to changing the Party's direction towards more involvement in the electoral arena, Brown also increased the influence of women Panthers by placing them in more visible roles within the previously male-dominated organization. Gray Panthers often used to refer to advocates for the rights of seniors ( Gray Panthers in the United States, The Grays – Gray Panthers in Germany).

Dalit Panthers of India, an Indian social reform movement, which fights against caste oppression in Indian society.

Newton, Huey (October 15, 1966). "The Ten-Point Program". War Against the Panthers. Marxists.org. Archived from the original on June 26, 2006 . Retrieved December 24, 2020. Spring 1970: The Oakland BPP engages in another ambush of police officers with guns and fragmentation bombs. Two officers are wounded. [123] Wes Swearigen on FBI Assassination of Fred Hampton". colorado.edu. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015 . Retrieved September 12, 2015. Yes - you can focus on the events of this movement and find some bad turns, and you can certainly find some problems with the people. Cox, Donald (1999). "Split in the Party". New Political Science. 21 (2): 171–176. doi: 10.1080/07393149908429861.