David Hilliard- "The Ideology of the Black Panther Party"
David Hilliard wrote this speech in response to the trial of Bobby Seale, the president of the Black Panther Party. Hilliard was the Chief Editor of the Black Panther newspaper. His use of language throughout the speech is very powerful and thought provoking, even the two counts of explicative words are used well to enhance his points. Hilliard is constantly pointing out the evils of the American system, and shown through examples within our nations history. At the same time, he is trying to get his audience to see that Bobby Seale is just an ordinary man trying to use his constitutional right, the right to bear arms. He turns this around on the U.S government, stating that because he is a man of African decent, the constitution is not meant to ensure his race their rights. Most of the time, he seems offending, but you must try and understand the examples that he gives and see the points through them.
He begins his......
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