Ten Point Program Summary

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A’Neiya Brown Part A A1: The Black Panther Party stands for hope for freedom, justice, and public safety. The primary goal was to protect the residential area, and the black power movement reduced police violence against all African Americans, including women and children. In the article “Ten-Point Programs,” the first three lines say. We want to be free. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community. We want full employment for our people. We want an end to the robbery by the white men of our Black Community”. Ten-Point Program 1) According to the Black Panther Party, black people weren’t truly free until they could control their fate to be free; they had to choose their route. The party insisted that the federal government …show more content…

The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gives us the right to bear arms. We therefore believe that all Black people should arm themselves for self-defense” (Ten-Point Programs). Understanding is Black power, and African Americans and those who still live in poverty have seen significant spiritual transformation as a result of Black Panther Party unity because of the color of their skin; African Americans faced discrimination, beatings, and …show more content…

It follows three black community leaders as they fight for political and economic dominance so that improvements in housing, jobs, and education may be made. The film, “Eyes on the Prize: Power” states, “On the (inaudible) now pending before the California legislature, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense calls upon the American people in general and the black people in particular, to take complete note of the racist California legislature which is now considering legislation aimed at keeping the black people disarmed and powerless at the very same time that racist police agencies throughout the country are intensifying the terror, brutality, murder, and repression of black people.” (Eyes on the Prize: Power pg 4). Once more, racism and denial by white people are evident, as well as maybe a fear of confronting such a deeply ingrained problem that still exists. Similar to how the comfort level has been endangered, the system and those who support it have responded by trying to end national protests. The article “We insist this is a bald-faced lie”. We don't hate anybody because of their color; we hate oppression. We hate the murder of black people in our communities. We hate the gross unemployment that exists in our communities. We hate black men being taken off into the military service to fight for the racist, decadent American promise of freedom”.

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