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How Did The Black Panther Party Affect Segregation

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The black panther party effected segregation by giving black people the benefits and support that the state couldn’t do for them. For example, they cared for their needs, championing their causes, educating their consciousness with radical views, defending them from the racist police and putting people in power instead of politicians. Most people in the media portrayed the party as an violent organization even though they were just a party trying to give African
Americans power.
The black panther party took a stance on carrying guns and knew that it was perfectly legal to carry loaded weapons in the state of California but as long as they weren't concealed. The panthers started walking in streets of Oakland armed with weapons and basically
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