the black panthers
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The Black Panthers. Lesson starter: Write a description for the following photographs;. 1. 2. Today we will…. Understand why the Black Panthers were different from any other group Identify what made them a dangerous group in America. Mid 1960s… a violent time in America. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Black PanthersLesson starter:Write a description for the following photographs;
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Today we will…
• Understand why the Black Panthers were different from any other group
• Identify what made them a dangerous group in America
Mid 1960s…a violent time in AmericaJFK assassinatedMLK
assassinatedRiots in northern states
Anti-Vietnam war protestsMove towards
violent civil rights protests
Black panthers were the most violent Civil Rights group of all
Started in 1966
Where did the name come from?
•Panther was Black
•Panther was strong
•Panthers are particularly strong when cornered
Images of Black and White people protesting non-violently disappeared
This became the new face of the Civil Rights movement
Black leather jacket Guns
Black berets
• The newspapers and TV stations gave the BP a negative, violent image
• They publicised the way the BP spoke out against police and government
• They made out that the BP was only an anti-white organisation
The Good side…• Free breakfast clubs for
children• Free health clinics• Local support groups• Free clothes for poor• Campaigns to reduce crime
and drug use
All of these took place in tough ghettos which generally had a large Black population
Huey Newton, Black Panthers Leader
What were the aims of the Black Panthers?
• Freedom for Black Americans
• Better Housing
• Better Education
• Release of Black prisoners
The Black Panthers wanted to improve the economic
status of Black people whereas Martin Luther King’s protests had not
addressed this.
Huey Newton
The FBI• The Panthers were
involved in many shoot-outs in the 1960s and many were arrested
• Historians now think the Panthers were deliberately targeted by the FBI
• The FBI spied on groups like the Black Panthers
• They aimed to make them look bad to undermine their work
• The FBI destroyed their breakfast club, shut down their newspaper and disrupted their local help programmes
J Edgar Hoover (FBI chief 1960s) set out to destroy the Black Panthers
The Black PanthersPositive/ Negatives
They helped improve the life of Blacks living
in ghettos
They gave dignity and
confidence to many Black Americans
Their violent reputation gave
Black Americans a
bad reputation
Their policies made them an FBI target
and led to their best schemes being closed
down i.e. breakfast clubs
Today we will…
• Understand why the Black Panthers were different from any other Civil Rights group
• Identify what caused them to be seen as a dangerous group in America