Black Panther Party Major Quiz

Question 1

What was Assata Shakur accused of?

Answer 1

Being an accomplice to murder.

Question 2

What was Assata Shakur’s original name?

Answer 2

Joanne Chesimard

Question 3

What happened in the encounter that had Assata Shakura arrested?

Answer 3

She was left critically wounded; Two state troopers and her friend were killed.

Question 4

What was meant when Richard Nixon raised the slogan of “law and order”?

Answer 4

Used to discredit the Black liberation movement and justify the deployment of police.

Question 5

How much did NJ governor Christine Todd Whitman offer for Assata Shakura’s return?

Answer 5

$50,000

Question 6

Who was Emory Douglas?

Answer 6

Early member of the BPP; Illustrator of the BP Newspaper

Question 7

What was the Black Panther Newspaper?

Answer 7

Newspaper that let different BPP chapters communicate what was happening in their part of the US; primary source of income for party and its members

Question 8

Bill AB-1591

Answer 8

Bill that made it illegal to carry loaded firearms in public; Designed to disarm the Black Panther Party

Question 9

What were the main points of the Black Panther’s “Primary Mandate #1”

Answer 9

California Legislature was racist and the violence that they used on Black people was also used abroad

Question 10

Mulford Act

Answer 10

Took away peoples’ rights to openly carry loaded guns in CA. - Great recruiting tool for the B.P.P

Question 11

Sacramento Incident

Answer 11

Ended with 20 people being arrested and a never-ending cycle of Panthers going to jail - Discourages them through keeping members in jail

Question 12

Long, hot summer of 1967

Answer 12

More than 150 cases of civil unrest; riots and violence; COINTELPRO made the same year

Question 13

Kerner Report

Answer 13

Report to discover the cause of the 1967 riots. - White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto and white society condones it. Recommendations to stop this were ignored.

Question 14

John Frey

Answer 14

Oakland police officer who pulled over and shot Huey P. Newton. Huey was incarcerated and the “Free Huey” movement helped bolster support for the Panthers.

Question 15

“Free Huey” Movement

Answer 15

Political revolution that targeted how the government actively undermined dissent.

Question 16

Bunchy Carter

Answer 16

Founder of the Slavson Renegades. Recruited by Cleaver in 1968 to start their own BPP chapters. Brought connections and people to the party.

Question 17

Ericka & John Huggins

Answer 17

Civil rights activists that met at Lincoln University and later joined the BPP. John ran the LA BPP chapter with Bunchy Carter. John Huggins was killed on a UCLA campus.

Question 18

First BPP chapter outside of CA

Answer 18

Seattle, Washington - Led by 19-year-old Aaron Dixon

Question 19

BPP Central Committee

Answer 19

Ruling body of all BPP chapters, national and international

Question 20

Rank-and-file member of the BPP

Answer 20

Kept their chapter working; Most were young and it was their primary source of income; Quit school and jobs for these positions

Question 21

Tarika Lewis

Answer 21

First woman to join the BPP, activist at a young age

Question 22

Elaine Brown

Answer 22

Chairman of the national Black Panther Party from 1974 to 1977

Question 23

Four organizations that were inspired by the BPP:

Answer 23

Brown Berets, White Panthers, Puerto Rican Young Lords, & American Indian Movement

Question 24

Bobby Hutton

Answer 24

The first and youngest police murder in the BPP. Many people blame themselves and Eldridge Cleaver for his death.

Question 25

Kathleen Cleaver

Answer 25

Secretary of SNCC in 1966. Worked on the “Free Huey” campaign and was appointed to the BPP Central Committee; First woman at thee time to hold such a position of power.

Question 26

Panther 21 Case

Answer 26

NYPD arrested 21 Panthers for terrorism - came from paid informants. Longest case in NY state history. Took jury less than an hour to acquit all 156 charges.

Question 27

1968 Democratic National Convention

Answer 27

Activists protested for the Vietnam War and clashed with police for days. >20k cops vs 15k Panthers

Question 28

What happened when Bobby Seale tried to defend himself in court?

Answer 28

He tried to defend himself, Judge Julius Hoffman denied him, then had him chained to a chair and gagged. Seale was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Question 29

George Sams

Answer 29

“Crazy George” - member of the NY chapter of the BPP; Tortured and killed Alex Rackley after he accused him of being an FBI spy - said Seale told him to once he was caught

Question 30

Alex Rackley

Answer 30

19-year-old Panther of the NY chapter - tortured and murdered by George Sams

Question 31

David Hillard

Answer 31

Friend of Huey P. Newton since elementary school. Moved up from Chief of State to BPP Chairman once Newton went to jail; Lacked charisma, viewed as an extension of Newton

Question 32

Panther Pads

Answer 32

Establishments where members off the BPP would stay.