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Title
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All power to the people: the Black Panther Party as the vanguard of the oppressed.
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Creator
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Berman, Matthew., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Abstract/Description
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The Black Panther Party was the most famous group born out of the Black Power Movement. Because of the group's inherent link to the Black Power Movement, and the group's slogan of "Black Power," many people, both black and white, believed, and continue to believe, that the Black Panther Party was a group with racial motives. However, this conceptualization of the Party was, and is, incorrect. While the Black Panther Party began as an outgrowth of the black civil rights movement, the Panthers...
Show moreThe Black Panther Party was the most famous group born out of the Black Power Movement. Because of the group's inherent link to the Black Power Movement, and the group's slogan of "Black Power," many people, both black and white, believed, and continue to believe, that the Black Panther Party was a group with racial motives. However, this conceptualization of the Party was, and is, incorrect. While the Black Panther Party began as an outgrowth of the black civil rights movement, the Panthers quickly evolved into a revolutionary vanguard with a non-racial, class-oriented agenda.
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Date Issued
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2008
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77656, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT77656
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Subject Headings
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African Americans, Politics and government, Civil rights movements, History, Black nationalism, History
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Format
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Document (PDF)
