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1 Mr. Coronado Curie Metro
Militant Movements (Black Panthers, Brown Berets and Young Lords Party’s Mr. Coronado Curie Metro

2 Black Panther Party Founded October 1966 Oakland, Calif
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale Practiced militant self-defense of communities vs. U.S. gov’t 1st organization in U.S. history to militantly struggle for ethnic minority and working class emancipation!

3 Fred Hampton (Leader BPP in Chicago)
Lead 5 different programs on West Side BPP created medical center Door to door health service which test for sickle cell anemia BPP reached out to local gangs, lure away from crime and into a class war

4 BPP Platform & Program We want freedom. Power to determine destiny of our Black Comm We want full employment of our pep We want to end robbery by the Capitalist of our Black Comm We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings We want education

5 Platform Cont BPP We want all black men exempt from military service
“End to Police Brutality and murder Freedom for all Black men held federal, state, county and city prisons “all Black pep when brought to a trial to be tried by a jury of their Black comm “land bread housing, edu, justice

6 Panther Community Programs
Breakfast programs for children Consumer Edu classes Police Patrols Health Clinics Free Clothing and Dental Programs Free Dental Programs Drug/alcohol abuse programs

7 BPP Programs

8 BPP Building Coalitions
"We will continue to have working alliances with other groups like Los Siete de la Raza, a group supporting the seven Latino brothers who are accused of killing a cop in San Francisco. Alliances with groups like Los Siete have worked out a lot better than coalitions with white liberals because the brown American people are suffering from the same things black American people are. The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican gang that turned political, works in alliance with the Black Panther Party in Chicago and New York. (BBP Quote)

9 BPP and Brown Berets Literature

10 Brown Berets In 1967 young Chicanos & Chicanas formed Brown Berets in East L.A. Similar to BPP fought vs Police Brutality, inadequate edu, lack of political representation & Vietnam Draft.

11 Co-Founder BB and Student Walkouts

12 Young Lords Party In 1960s Young Lords emerged as a political party in Chicago While in prison Jose “Cha Cha” Jimenez met Fred Hampton & other BPP members Discussed oppression of their people and “Cha Cha” brought idea of political empowerment to the “Young Lord” which was a street gang & mobilized them (Politically

13 Young Lords Issues Jimenez part of big wave of Puerto Rican migrants in early 50s Many Puerto Rican moved to Chicago & settled in Lincoln Park hood. (DePaul Un) YL vs Urban Renewal Plan (Drove Puerto Ricans & poor people from homes because lack of affordable housing)

14 Stokley Carmichael Former chairmen of Student Non-violent Coordinating Comm (SNCC) Coined the term “Black Power” For Black Liberation Movement. Felt whites can’t relate to AA experience and had an intmidating effect on AA

15 BPP Propoganda & Coalitions

16 FBI (Cointelpro) Under J. Edgar Hoover begin the counterintelligence program to break up BPP, Brown Berets. Informants infiltrated the organizations Operation was to stop the spreading of unity within organizations and throughout the U.S. Other gps targeted (SCLC, Chavez, American Indian Movement)

17 Dec 4, 1969 Hampton Assassignation
FBI informant located Hampton whereabouts. CPD raid West Side Apt Murdering Hampton (2 in head, 1 arm and shoulder) Hampton 21 yrs According to Finding in grand jury, 90 bullets fired inside apt. (1-2 bullets came from Mark Clark other BPP killed in raid)


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