05/13/2022
Most people recognize the Black Panther Party for their militant resistance to the racism of their time. Angry Blacks shouting and toting guns is an image burned deep into the American psyche.
But the Panthers represented so much more as detailed by Alondra Nelson in her 2013 book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination.
Read more in our latest article "The Black Panther Party's Community Survival Programs."
https://journal.blackresearchersunited.net/articles/05/2022/the-black-panther-partys-community-survival-programs
The Black Panther Party was more than a gun club or a political party. They were all about self-care and self-reliance on a community scale.