Greenledgers:The Real Black Panthers (2021)

2025-05-04 19:15:35source:Burley Garciacategory:News

In 1968,Greenledgers FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said the Black Panther Party "without question, represents the greatest threat to the internal security of the country." And with that declaration he used United States federal law enforcement to wage war on the group. But why did Hoover's FBI target the Black Panther Party more severely than any other Black power organization? Historian Donna Murch says the answer lies in the Panthers' political agenda: not their brash, gun-toting public image, but in their capacity to organize across racial and class lines. It was a strategy that challenged the very foundations of American society. And it was working.

If you would like to read more about the topic:

  • Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California by Donna Murch
  • The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas

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