The Black Panther Party was founded #OnThisDay in 1966.

From a 2016 article commemorating its 50th anniversary:

"The work of the Black Panthers remains important for several reasons. First, they remind us that the problem of police brutality has long been with us [...]

Second, the BPP offers a good model of grassroots activism and ideology in practice."

https://jacobin.com/2016/10/black-panther-party-fifty-year-anniversary-founding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party

#history #BlackHistory #BlackPanthers #BlackPantherParty

The Black Panther Party was founded #OnThisDay in 1966.

From a 2016 article commemorating its 50th anniversary:

"The work of the Black Panthers remains important for several reasons. First, they remind us that the problem of police brutality has long been with us [...]

Second, the BPP offers a good model of grassroots activism and ideology in practice."

https://jacobin.com/2016/10/black-panther-party-fifty-year-anniversary-founding

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party

#history #BlackHistory #BlackPanthers #BlackPantherParty

News has just broke that Assata Shakur, a lioness of the movement for Black Liberation, has died of old age at 78 on September 25th. She passed while in Cuba where she has been in political exile since her escape from an American jail in 1979.

RIP Assata Shakur 🖤✊🏿

https://www.whatimreading.net/p/assata-shakur-political-activist-dead

#AssataShakur #BlackLiberation #BlackPantherParty #BlackLiberationParty #BlackMastodon

#PostLeft #anarchism #antifa #antifascism #FredHampton #socialism #BlackPantherParty

News has just broke that Assata Shakur, a lioness of the movement for Black Liberation, has died of old age at 78 on September 25th. She passed while in Cuba where she has been in political exile since her escape from an American jail in 1979.

RIP Assata Shakur 🖤✊🏿

https://www.whatimreading.net/p/assata-shakur-political-activist-dead

#AssataShakur #BlackLiberation #BlackPantherParty #BlackLiberationParty #BlackMastodon

#PostLeft #anarchism #antifa #antifascism #FredHampton #socialism #BlackPantherParty

At the end of the month Firestorm Books will be hosting journalist and former Black Panther JoNina Abron-Ervin for a virtual conversation with author Robyn Maynard! Together they'll be discussing the new and revised edition of JoNina's "Driven By the Movement," recently released by AK Press.

"Driven by the Movement: Reports from the Black Power Era" collects the stories of twenty ordinary people who did extraordinary things for the Black liberation struggle during the pivotal decade of 1965-1975. These activists came from across the US and all walks of life—single working mothers, clergy, students, teachers, military veterans—to organize against police brutality, poverty, hunger, substandard schools, and colonialism in Africa.

Register for free and find your copy of "Driven by the Movement" at https://firestorm.coop/events/3442-reports-from-the-black-power-era.html. Can't make the event live? Register anyway and we'll send you the recording to enjoy at your convenience.

#PeoplesHistory#BlackHistory#BlackPower#BlackPantherParty#FeministBookstore#JoNinaAbronErvin#FirestormCoop (- L)