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During Superbowl 50’s halftime show, the audience was treated to a performance by Coldplay featuring Beyonce and Bruno Mars. Beyonce’s new song that she performed, had a very strong political and emotional message, uplifting African Americans and the terrorism they have faced and still are facing. This caused a lot of tension and uproar from viewers believing that such topics as Black Lives Matter and the humiliation that Black women and men have faced was not appropriate for such a good time as the Superbowl. Not only did her song, “Formation”, uplift African American features but also honored the Black Panther Party. She along with her dancers were dressed as members of the Black Panther Party, and immediately there was backlash. Certain …show more content…

They were against the police brutality, imperialism, capitalism or anything that they felt was destructive to Black Americans. They played a very important role during the Civil Rights Movement to the people and to the cause. The Black Panthers created “survival programs” which helped the sick, poor and single mothers and their children. It included free groceries, health clinics, a school breakfast program, and ambulances to help the black community and their families. To them the path of non-violence taken by Martin Luther King Jr. had failed and as a result change would not come. “By any means necessary” became the mantra of the Party which signified that all things were possible, and that they were going to get the basic human rights they deserved, no matter the circumstances. The Black Panthers followed their constitutional right, by allowing citizens to bear arms, but the fear of a black American owning a gun publicly was too “scary”. The Black Panthers had four desires which were equality in education, housing, employment, and civil rights. The Panthers were aware of their rights and made sure police officers knew they knew their rights. The Black Panthers did not shy away from the oppression and racism thrown at them from America. They challenged police officers that remained racist, they challenged the system, in a way never seen

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Black Panther Party For Defense Bobby Seale and Huey Newton created the “Black Panther Party For Defense” in Oakland, California in October 1966. They were a progressive political organization formed to fight for minorities and to establish socialism and community based programs for African-Americans and all racial or gender minorities. The Black Panther Party was the first organization in America to fight for ethnic minorities and working class emancipation and was a huge reason why America is as equal as we are today (Baggins).

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On May 2, 1967, Huey P. Newton, the minister of defense of the Black Panthers, said that “the time has come for black people to arm themselves against this terror before it is too late” (Document F). The group had changed to a violent point of view after they saw nothing was happening when they were

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The Black panther party founded in October of 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. The main purpose of this group was to fight white oppression after seeing many people suffer from police brutality. THey had chosen the name Black panthers because the black panther doesn’t strike first, “but if the aggressor strikes first, then he’ll attack.” the black panthers had a 10 point plan that had everything they wanted to change in society.

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