The Black Panthers are back on the streets in Philly.
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The Black Panthers are back on the streets in Philly.
I know I would feel exponentially safer in a neighborhood where they are active.
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As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly
As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly
A group calling itself the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense showed up at a protest this week carrying weapons.
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The Black Panthers are back on the streets in Philly.
I know I would feel exponentially safer in a neighborhood where they are active.
~~~
As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly
As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly
A group calling itself the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense showed up at a protest this week carrying weapons.
Inquirer.com (www.inquirer.com)
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The Black Panthers are back on the streets in Philly.
I know I would feel exponentially safer in a neighborhood where they are active.
~~~
As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly
As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly
A group calling itself the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense showed up at a protest this week carrying weapons.
Inquirer.com (www.inquirer.com)
@cafechatnoir @kimlockhartga See, I’m not totally sure about this because from what I understand the contemporary Black Panthers don’t necessarily share the politics of the original Black Panthers - in a bad way. I might be wrong though.
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@cafechatnoir @kimlockhartga See, I’m not totally sure about this because from what I understand the contemporary Black Panthers don’t necessarily share the politics of the original Black Panthers - in a bad way. I might be wrong though.
Everything changes with time, but they're still doing community work.
They do believe in armed self defense, which can put some people on edge (and has since there were black folks doing the same in the 60s) , but I understand it.
A great book on armed resistance in the civil rights movement is The Deacons of Defense.
The Deacons for Defense
In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an ar...
The University of North Carolina Press (uncpress.org)
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