The Black Panthers were involved in numerous violent encounters with police. In 1967, founder Huey Newton allegedly killed Oakland police officer John Frey. Newton was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1968 and was sentenced to two to 15 years in prison. An appellate court decision later reversed the conviction
The Black Panther Party Now
In 1969, the FBI declared the Black Panthers a communist organization and an enemy of the United States government. The first FBI’s first director, J. Edgar Hoover, in 1968 called the Black Panthers, “One of the greatest threats to the nation’s internal security
The Legacy of The Black Panther Party
The FBI worked to weaken the Panthers by exploited existing rivalries between black nationalist groups. They also worked to undermine and dismantle the Free Breakfast for Children Program and other community social programs instituted by the Black Panthers. In 1969, Chicago police gunned down and killed Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, who were asleep in their apartment. The government was able to weaken The Black Panther Party to their end.
The End!
The New Black Panther Party is a black American nationalist organization that was founded by Aaron Michaels in Dallas, Texas in 1989. Although The New Black Panther Party isn’t an official successor to the original Black Panther Party it still broadcasts the same message: racial pride , economic empowerment , and the creation of political and cultural institutions
The black panther party lagacy still lives on today.The party taught us how to live ourselves and appreciate being black.The ideas that the black panther party brought on is still alive today, from loving your skin, helping others, and fighting for what's right.Not everyone believed in the supremacy that the brung on but it wasn't for them to believe, it was for the people: The black people of America