The Black Panther Party was founded as an aid to the black community. They fed the hungry, protected the weak from racist police, and presented a new paradigm of black political and social activism. Its "survival programs"-such as food giveaways, free health clinics and free breakfast programs for children-were popular fixtures in black neighborhoods in the early 1970s, but for the white power structure and the vast majority of the white public, the Panthers …showed first 75 words of 1274 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1274 total…on this number, would destroy any credibility the Black Panther’s once had. Fifty million is a very large number of people, let alone to be murdered in a genocide. Are the Black Panther’s assuming that every black man and woman that perished while they were slaves, were murdered? If they assumed this, then maybe fifty million can be justified. However, thinking about this number logically, strongly weakens the Black Panther Platform. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**