Legacy Of The Black Panther Party Summary

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“The Legacy of the Black Panther Party”, a journal article written by JoNina Abron in 1986, discusses what she feels is the ongoing legacy of the Black Panther Party. First she discusses why the Black Panther Party failed and continues to the legacy and contributions that the BPP made, such as the free breakfast and lunch programs for school children and preventive health care. Her opinion is that the legacy of the Black Panther Party is its contributions to popular politics and culture in the US and abroad. This is useful to my research because she mentions “intercommunalism” which could be useful to my paper and why she thinks the party failed, as a former member.

Calloway, Carolyn R.. 1977. “Group Cohesiveness in the Black Panther
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This book examines the work of the Black Panther Party from an international view. Her first two parts contain information on the National History and general background. The next two sections contain information on the international history of the Black Panther Party and more specifically in Halifax and Nova Scotia. She believes that looking at an international view helps to eliminate biases, take a more complex look at the Party and, in general, view them through a different lens. This work I find very intriguing for my research because in looking at the legacy of the Black Panther Party this can provide a less talked about impact they had on the world, rather than just a national …show more content…
They are the “Participant-Observer Period”, the “Pearson Era” and the “Post-Empiricist Era”. Street examines important works of scholars, writers, party members and other people since the founding of the Black Panther Party and organizes them into his “three periods” in order for the reader to understand the Party and those in it, their actions and even some of the most important works. This work is important for my research because it provides works that I can look into for further research, but it also provides different history and details that some of the other articles and texts didn’t

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