The Black Panther Party by https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP Made with good vibes en-us 2021-03-05 18:20:47 UTC 2024-03-06 04:25:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1960: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1274995111 Included Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown as members]]> 2021-03-05 18:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1274995111 1964: Freedom Summer karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1275023123 SNCC provided a significant portion of the funding for the Freedom Summer campaign that was primarily made up of white college student volunteers and black clergy.]]> 2021-03-05 18:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1275023123 1961: Freedom Rides karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1279867519 Initiated by James Farmer and CORE and joined by Nashville, TN SNCC, organized by Diane Nash. One of the number of violent attacks of the Freedom Riders in Montgomery received national attention (John Lewis was one of those attacked) and, ultimately, Robert Kennedy (bowing under national and international pressure) petitioned ICC and, on 11/1/61 interstate travel was desegregated. Stokely Carmichael was youngest participant at age 19.]]> 2021-03-08 01:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1279867519 1965: Lowndes County Freedom Organization karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280480909 Stokely Carmichael was one of the co-founders. Came to Lowndes County as a field organizer for SNCC.]]> 2021-03-08 05:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280480909 June 16, 1966: "Black Power" karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280493561 In an address in Greenwood, Mississippi, Carmichael said, We been saying ‘freedom’ for six years. What we are going to start saying now is ‘Black Power.']]> 2021-03-08 05:57:22 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280493561 October, 1966: Birth of the Black Panther Party karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280502596
Co-founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, CA. While they already had the 10-point platform written, the didn't have a name yet. Bobby Seale recalls looking at a flyer from LCFO and choosing the logo because of the idea that Huey had about the panther (can't go left, can't go right so will charge...)]]> 2021-03-08 06:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280502596 October, 1966: Black Panther Party for Self-Defense 10-point Program karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280542398
10-POINT PLATFORM 10/15/66]]> 2021-03-08 06:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280542398 1967: BPP Opens the First office in Oakland, CA karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280545616
Dropped “for self-defense”

Started selling little red book on UC Campus
]]> 2021-03-08 06:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280545616 April 6, 1968: Bobby Hutton Killed karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280553456 Short discussion about the killing of Bobby Hutton with Kathleen Cleaver and others.]]> 2021-03-08 06:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280553456 September 1968: Huey P. Newton is convicted of manslaughter karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280570512 Huey spent almost 2 years in jail and, after an active "Free Huey" campaign, the charges were overturned and he was released on 5/29/70]]> 2021-03-08 06:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280570512 May 1968: BPP in Sacramento karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280587674 Armed BP guards for Betty Shabazz, Eldridge Cleaver, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown all join
Armed delegation to Sacramento
]]> 2021-03-08 06:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280587674 1968: High Profile Events and State Control karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280593164 A series of high profile events and violence propel the BPP into the spotlight.]]> 2021-03-08 06:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280593164 1969: BPP at Peak Membership karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280600798 5,000 members
34-30 local chapters
Free Breakfast Program
Rallies drew crowds up to 10,000
Affiliated groups-–Cuba, Algeria…
]]> 2021-03-08 06:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280600798 1970+ Division and Decline karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280608319 Infiltration
COINTELPRO
Cleaver exiled in 1968
1971 pubic phone conversation Huey and Eldridge
1972 Bobby Seale for Oakland Mayor
1982: official end of BPP
]]> 2021-03-08 06:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1280608319 BPP and Politics karenmorgaine https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1294754325 In the early 1970s, the BPP in Oakland supported Seale and Kathleen Cleaver for Mayor and City Council.]]> 2021-03-10 19:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/karenmorgaine/BPP/wish/1294754325