BLACK PANTHERS
In 1966, the national Black Panther party was created. Their platform and it's ideals struck blacks across the country, especially in the inner cities of the north. The Panthers were able to organize and unite these blacks. This alarmed the federal government. They instituted many controversial, illegal programs of harassment, infiltration, and instigation which led to the deaths of many Panthers.
From their inception, the Black Panthers were treated with contempt. The Panthers wrote out a platform called "What We Want, What We Believe." There ideas and methods appealed greatly to blacks. The past few years had seen the civil rights struggle to rise, and had left many blacks with the feeling that not enough was being done accomplished. Many blacks shared the view of the Panthers in that violence was needed to defend themselves until true equality could be achieved. Aside from being radical, the Panthers did things that helped the community. They set up......
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