How did the black panther party influence the civil rights era?
May 25th, 2009 | by admin |I need to write a research paper on the Black Panther Party but I need to find one really good web site that would help me answer the question stated above.
The guy who wrote before me does have a good point, but it was more than just the harlem renaissance, and more than just the black panther party that influenced the civil rights era. But because your paper focuses on the Black Panther Party, you should write how it influenced the era because it was one of the many unions and organizations in America that had been started by blacks themselves, and many were composed of whites as well. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. were both very active members of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), for example, which was created by a white woman in 1909. In fact, Rosa Parks was once the secretary to the president of the NAACP and her amazing move of refusing to give her seat up on the Montgomery bus was a strategy planned by her and the NAACP for two years. These organizations, like the Black Panther Party, gave Americans a voice. It allowed them to express freedom, to fight for their rights and plan ahead. The Black Panther Party, which was started at the very beginning of the Civil Rights era, was a union created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seal and designed to express the power of African Americans- to self defend themselves during a time of social unrest, and to fight back for equality. The Civil Rights era was all about African Americans fighting for their rights. The majority of the Civil Rights era mostly consisted of peaceful protest, however, a strategy held strongly by Martin Luther King Jr. Peaceful protest showed that equality needed to be granted. The NAACP knew that riots and angry protesting would just make the situation worse, but if you were getting arrest for just being present (Rosa Parks sitting in the white section of the bus), and just peacefully questioning the irrational reasons for the law, then you're making a point.
6 Responses to “How did the black panther party influence the civil rights era?”
By Philip on May 25, 2009 | Reply
The Black Panther Party was used to intimidate White people.
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By GreatBuddha on May 25, 2009 | Reply
The Black Panther Party came after the Civil Rights era, well they were around the same time, but the Black Panther Party was a little later.
Furthermore, if you're talking about Malcolm X and how did his movement helped the Civil Rights era, than you can talk about the different approaches between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. and how did both of those movements impact the Civil Rights era.
You can write a report on how did the Harlem Renaissance Era influenced the Civil Rights era.
I give you a little head start, the Harlem Renaissance Era was a time that Black people recognize their talents in art, music, literature, and dance, etc.
The Harlem Renaissance gave African Americans such great esteem that they began to wonder why they were treated as second class citizens.
After African Americans sawed their talents, they wanted to be treated as equal, because they knew that they could do anything that Whites could have, and they knew they influence many things in America, so they wanted equality, and the Harlem Renaissance era helped African Americans to know that they weren't inferior, so the Harlem Renaissance era helped spark the Civil Rights movement, because African Americans no longer viewed themselves as lesser beings. And many African Americans began to fight back with their new found confidence and education.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance
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By rocryhme on May 25, 2009 | Reply
THEY ENCOURAGED BLACK PEOPLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY AND BEING TORMENTED BY THE KKK. IF THEY HIT YOU HIT THEM BACK NO MORE SILENT AND NONVIOLENT PROTEST.
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By ??????? on May 25, 2009 | Reply
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/black_panthers.htm
http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/Black%20Panther%20Pty.htm
http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/blackpanthers/a/blackpanthers_2.htm
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By Speed, Madness, Flying Saucers on May 25, 2009 | Reply
The Black Panthers actually did influence the Civil Rights Era by forcing Americans, Black and White, to choose between the radical Stokely Carmichael and his amoral sidekick, H.Rap Brown, and the more benevolent Dr. M.L.King. The vast majority chose Dr. King.
The FBI reputedly "tamed" the Panthers by "buying them out" with cash. I can't prove this. I do know that at one point, Stokely Carmichael emerged with some kind of cookbook, so strapped for money was he.
They played an important part in the desegregation and acceptance of Blacks by mainstream America: they showed Black Americans what path NOT to take with ridiculous statements like "We'll have white slaves," and showed White/Black Americans that there was a viable alternative to this radical nonsense in Dr. King.
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By Clare on May 25, 2009 | Reply
The guy who wrote before me does have a good point, but it was more than just the harlem renaissance, and more than just the black panther party that influenced the civil rights era. But because your paper focuses on the Black Panther Party, you should write how it influenced the era because it was one of the many unions and organizations in America that had been started by blacks themselves, and many were composed of whites as well. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. were both very active members of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), for example, which was created by a white woman in 1909. In fact, Rosa Parks was once the secretary to the president of the NAACP and her amazing move of refusing to give her seat up on the Montgomery bus was a strategy planned by her and the NAACP for two years. These organizations, like the Black Panther Party, gave Americans a voice. It allowed them to express freedom, to fight for their rights and plan ahead. The Black Panther Party, which was started at the very beginning of the Civil Rights era, was a union created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seal and designed to express the power of African Americans- to self defend themselves during a time of social unrest, and to fight back for equality. The Civil Rights era was all about African Americans fighting for their rights. The majority of the Civil Rights era mostly consisted of peaceful protest, however, a strategy held strongly by Martin Luther King Jr. Peaceful protest showed that equality needed to be granted. The NAACP knew that riots and angry protesting would just make the situation worse, but if you were getting arrest for just being present (Rosa Parks sitting in the white section of the bus), and just peacefully questioning the irrational reasons for the law, then you're making a point.
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Reading.. and a U.S. History course