Tag: Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party, founded to end the oppression of Black people, recognized that political solidarity was fundamental but not enough; to fight for freedom, people need to eat, learn and be healthy. In response, free breakfast was offered to children by chapters of the party throughout the country, along with community schools, free health clinics and many other efforts under the banner “Survival Pending Revolution.” Here, Dr. Buck explains the programs as he leads a tour of the Black Panther Museum.

The Black Panther Party Museum announces the opening of the exhibit honoring the life of Oscar Grant III called "Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar," on Sunday February 1 for Black History Month.

Bryant Terry, multidisciplinary artist, chef, publisher and author, stopped by Marcus Books to share his catalogue of plant-based recipes and knowledge with the world.

The injustice to Mumia Abu-Jamal is not the action of one rogue cop or prosecutor or judge, but a concerted effort to silence an unbending, outspoken political opponent of this racist, repressive, exploitive, murderous capitalist system.

Rosa Parks is a central figure in the 20th century movement for Black lives, both before and after she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger the evening of Dec. 1, 1955. Her political activism began in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1930s and continued after her family’s move to Detroit, Michigan, in 1957. Seventy years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Trump administration is hard at work erasing the history of the immense struggle Black America has waged for freedom.

You could look in her eyes and feel her dedication to the liberation of Black people in the US, her passion for righteousness, and her justified rage at oppression. You could sense a revolutionary razor sharp mind and a heart bigger than Africa. 

George Jackson’s 1971 funeral drew over 8,000 mourners, inspiring strength, solidarity and lifelong revolutionary commitment.

Common Ground founders Sharon Johnson and Malik Rahim, and Occidental College Professor Dr. Caroline Heldman

Article highlights Li’l Bobby Hutton’s role as an early member of the Black Panther Party, and his tragic killing by police at age 17.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, former BPP member Bruce Richard recalled his experience in the Los Angeles chapter which culminated in a shootout. This October, Black Panther History Month 2023, is the right time to revisit that revolutionary history.

Jamal Hart, Mumia’s grandson, has kept up the fight to bring his grandfather home.

If I was going to bring the Panthers in AR, it would be on a Black-owned platform created by me.

Education Reporter Daphne Young brings 99 percent good news and holiday cheer for the uplift we’ve been craving.

Whenever and wherever the People gather like a mighty Storm To fight for Freedom that hasn't yet been won They will always whisper with Pride and Respect The Power-filled name Maroon – The Implacable One

The stench of rot will continue to emit from the genocidal acts of racist, capitalist, white pathology and President Biden’s apology, until we say “NO”!

Salifu Mack opens another window into why sustained focus and education on the recent Verdict of ‘Guilty on All Counts’ by the International Tribunal’s Panel of Jurists is critical to liberation and self-determination.

Trust and humanity are every day seeming more elusive as we struggle to sort fact from fiction, love from treachery – and human resiliency keeps us from despair.

The International Tribunal 2021 and subsequent verdict places the Movement for liberation and self-determination on the international stage with the onus on We the People to create the next steps forward.

The International Tribunal will hear testimony on U.S. crimes against Black, Brown and Indigenous people to which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once referred stating the United States is the greatest purveyor of violence on the planet.

Celebrating the Black Panther Party for Defense birthed in Oakland 55 years ago, Baba Jahahara also shares appreciation of the many past and present jewels of our communities.