The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in Oakland in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale who met in 1962 while they were both students at Merritt College. They had a Free Breakfast for Children program. The BPP provided legal aid. Then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the BPP “ […]
Read more " #BlackPanthersAt50"Sunrise February 1818 into slavery born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, sunset February 20, 1895. Sorry, Mr. Trump, he is not alive, but we are glad you know about him. He published several autobiographies. His first two autobiographies, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” (1845) and “My Bondage and My Freedom” (1855), were bestsellers. He […]
Read more "Frederick Douglass"Sunrise February 17, 1942, born Huey Percy Newton in Monroe, Louisiana (named after the former governor of Louisiana, Huey Long), sunset August 22, 1989 in Oakland, California.P. He co-founded the BPP in 1966 along with his former classmate at Merritt College in Oakland, Bobby Seale. He went to law school, loved to read (he was […]
Read more "Huey Newton #BlackPanthersAt50"Born Alvin Lopez Jarreau in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sunrise March 12, 1940, sunset February 12, 2017, Los Angeles, California He was a PK, preacher’s kid, his dad was a Seventh Day Adventist minister. He embraced Scientology at one time, but later dissociated himself from it. He was married twice and had one son. He wrote the […]
Read more "Al Jarreau"Born Robert George Seale 10/22/36 in Liberty,Texas. Co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) with Huey Newton while they were both enrolled at Merritt Community College in Oakland, California Dropped out of Berkeley High School to join the United States Air Force and was dishonorably discharged three years later for fighting. Adopted Malcolm X’s […]
Read more "Bobby Seale #BlackPanthersAt50"She was born in Philadelphia March 2, 1943. She wanted to be a professional songwriter and has albums and songs on Itunes. She has two albums, Seize the Time and Until We’re Free. She was a cocktail waitress at a strip club. After high school she studied at Temple University, UCLA, Mills, and Southwestern University […]
Read more "Elaine Brown #BlackPanthersAt50"She was born May 29, 1984 in Mobile, Alabama. She was the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Emmy for her performance in Orange is the New Black. She was the first transgender person to have a wax figure at Madama Tussaud’s in London. She was the first transgender person to be […]
Read more "Laverne Cox #WeAreEverywhere"He was born Leroy Eldridge Cleaver in Wabbaseka, Arkansas, sunrise 8/31/35, sunset 5/1/98, Pomona, California. His book Soul on Ice was published in 1968 and was a collection of his essays. He was the Minister of Information and Head of International Section of the Panthers. He was the editor of the Panther newspaper. He was […]
Read more "Eldridge Cleaver #BlackPanthersAt50"He was born 5/15/42 in Rockville, Alabama. He was chief of staff of the Black Panther Party. He formed the Huey P. Newton Foundation with Newton’s second wife. He served time in Vacaville Prison. He was visiting professor at the University of New Mexico. He was interim chair of the BPP after Huey Newton was […]
Read more "David Hilliard #BlackPanthersAt50"Robert James Hutton, sunrise 4/21/50 in Jefferson County Arkansas, sunset 4/6/68 in West Oakland, California. He was the first recruit and treasurer of the Black Panther Party for Self-defense (BPP). At age 3, he and his family moved to Oakland after being threatened by nightriders in Arkansas. He met Huey Newton and Bobby Seale at […]
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