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The Black Panther Party was not a Terrorist Group.
One of few political groups that fought for the protection of Black Americans against police and racial violence. It also provided the community with social, financial, educational and health programs. Read More... Black Panther Party Community Programs 1966 - 1982 1. Alameda County Volunteer Bureau Work Site 2. Benefit Counseling 3. Black Student Alliance 4. Child Development Center 5. Consumer Education Classes 6. Community Facility Use 7. Community Health Classes 8. East Oakland CIL (Center for Independent Living) Branch 9. Community Pantry (Free Food Program) 10. Drug/Alcohol Abuse Awareness Program 11. Drama Classes 12. Disabled Persons Services/Transportation and Attendant 13. Drill Team 14. Employment Referral Service 15. Free Ambulance Program 16. Free Breakfast for Children Programs 17. Free Busing to Prisons Program 18. Free Clothing Program 19. Free Commissary for Prisoners Program 20. Free Dental Program 21. Free Employment Program 22. Free Food Program 23. Free Film Series 24. Free Furniture Program 25. Free Health Clinics 26. Free Housing Cooperative Program 27. Food Cooperative Program 28. Free Optometry Program 29. Community Forum 30. Free Pest Control Program 31. Free Plumbing and Maintenance Program 32. Free Shoe Program 33. GED Classes 34. Geriatric Health Center 35. GYN Clinic 36. Home SAFE Visits 37. Intercommunal Youth Institute (becomes OCS by 1975) 38. Junior and High School Tutorial Program 39. Legal Aid and Education 40. Legal Clinic/Workshops 41. Laney Experimental College Extension Site 42. Legal Referral Service(s) 43. Liberation Schools 44. Martial Arts Program 45. Nutrition Classes 46. Oakland Community Learning Center 47. Outreach Preventative Care 48. Program Development 49. Pediatric Clinic 50. police patrols 51. Seniors Against a Fearful Environment 52. SAFE Club 53. Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation 54. Son of Man Temple (becomes Community Forum by 1976) 55. Sports 56. Senior Switchboard 57. The Black Panther Newspaper 58. Teen Council 59. Teen Program 60. U.C. Berkeley Students Health Program 61. V.D. Preventative Screening & Counseling 62. Visiting Nurses Program 63. WIC (Women Infants, and Children) Program 64. Youth Diversion and Probation Site 65. Youth Training and Development Sarah Rector, a former slave, became one of the richest little girls in America in 1914. Rector had been born among the Creek Indians, as a descendant of slaves. As a result of an earlier land treaty from the government (in 1887) the government awarded the Creek minors children 160 acres of land, which passed to Rector after her parents’ deaths. Though her land was thought to be useless, oil was discovered in its depths in 1913, when she was just 10 years old.
Her wealth caused immediate alarm and all efforts were made to put the child Sarah under “guardianship” of whites whose lives became comfortable immediately. Meanwhile Sarah still lived in humble surroundings. As white businessmen took control of her estate, efforts were also made to put her under control of officials at Tuskegee Institute. Much attention was given to Sarah in the press. In 1913, there was an effort to have her declared white, so that because of her millions she could ride in a first class car on the trains. Bobby Hutton
On April 6th, 1968, he was traveling in a car with other Black Panther members, when they were ambushed by the Oakland police. They ran for cover in a building nearby. When the police finally threw tear gas into the building, Hutton stripped down to his underwear so that the police would know he was unarmed and he walked out. The police shot him 12 times. At the age of 17, Bobby Hutton was murdered by the police. "You niggers just lost Martin Luther King and if you make one move we will not hesitate to blow your heads off." |
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