January 2017 Black Panther Party The younger generations of African Americans know their freedom‚ live their freedoms daily‚ but don’t know who fought for their freedoms. The strong and bountiful speeches that activists such as Martin Luther King Jr‚ and Malcom X gave to the African American population in local communities gave valuable knowledge to these communities. The founders of the Black Panther Party‚ Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton‚ paved the way for African Americans using the Black Panther Organization
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Black Panther Party for Self Defense The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in October 1966‚ in Oakland‚ California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Armed with sincerity‚ the words of revolutionaries such as Mao Tse-Tung and Malcolm X‚ law books‚ and rifles‚ the Black Panther Party fed the hungry‚ protected the weak from racist police‚ and presented a Ten Point Platform and Program of Black political and social activism. Its "survival programs"-such as food giveaways‚ free health
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Some people can’t hide their secrets as good as others because of their guilty conscience. In the story “The Ministers Black Veil” Mr. Hooper is a minister who wears a mysterious black veil and refuses to tell anybody in the town why. Because of the fact that Mr. Hopper is so secretive about this black veil it makes the townsfolk’s wonder. Mr. Hooper has such an attachment to this black veil people automatically criticize him and assume he has some secret. That could be exactly what Mr. Hopper was trying
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selected this topic‚ because out of all the cause of deaths‚ one that seem to stand out the most are senseless killings in the Urban Black Neighborhood area; where most crimes are related to youth killing one another in gang crime‚ and now this which involved police shooting unarmed young black males‚ and similar killing seems to be spreading statewide. Yet‚ not forgetting how Martin Luther King Jr‚ was killed. Therefore‚ disgusting
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Keziah Knights 01/24/11 English 102 Dr.Gavin “Shades of Black” -Mary Mebane “Shades of Black” is an excerpt from Mary Mebane’s first autobiographical volume. In it‚ Mebane writes about the different types of black and the depictions of them in society. More specifically‚ how women of color are viewed and treated. Views of black woman have changed since the civil rights movement. From the 1950s to the 1970s‚ the views of black beauty have changed from one of reverence to one of disgust
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The Black Panther Party was a subversive group of black nationalists and socialists active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. On October 15th‚ 1966‚ the party was born in Oakland California. The party’s main purpose was to refute the oppression of black citizens by police officers‚ and challenge the police’s overall treatment of the black community. In 1969‚ community involvement became a crucial activity of the party. Example of this community service included free breakfast for children
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The Black Death The Black Death was an especially a traumatic event because of the origin‚ prevalence of unsanitary conditions to the number of the deaths‚ and the remorseless treatment of citizens by others. Only devastating memories are left from the lack of cleanliness to the high death rates of The Black Death. It was first heard of in Central Asia in 1338-39. Scholars have yet not agreed where exactly in Asia the plague originated from‚ research and further investigation
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Raley Date The Black Death Considered one of the worst natural disasters in world history‚ the Black Death came through Europe in 1347 A.D. It ravaged cities and town‚ causing a death to the masses‚ and no one was considered safe. The Plague is any epidemic scourge or calamity for which remedies are difficult to find‚ and according to the encyclopedia‚ plague is a common term for a disease of rodents that occasionally cause severe human infection. Named for the black spots that appeared
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We as American should find the golden mean when celebrating black history. We need to find that area where we can all agree that black history month should be done away with. The areas where we will find excellence is when we consider call all history American history‚ and we highlight each ethnicity contributions to American history. Our telos should be to find that golden mean so we can come together as a society because we need it more than ever. African Americans may be left out of history if
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growing up I have learned very little about the history of Black history month. My understanding way it was to celebrate the achievements of African dissent Americans. Until I have looked into the history of African Americans due to the seemingly going backwards in social culture in America. And in looking back in history I have found out that African Americans had an impact on the United States and helped shape what this country is today. Black history month is a very important month to learn and help
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