Black Panthers And Black Power Flashcards
When did stokely Carmichael join the black panthers ?
1967
When did the freedom cities project start and how much did the SNCC gain in government funding to improve community policing ?
1966
$13 million
Who formed the black panthers and when ?
Huey newton and bobby seale in October 1966
What audience did the black panthers appeal to ?
Urban working class
What was the black panthers aim ?
Organise the black working class and promote self - defence and economic improvement
What happened to the black panthers in the late 1960s ?
The majority of panthers were women and there was a shift in emphasis to welfare programmes
What’s one of the female panthers welfare achievements?
Free health clinics provided tests for blood conditions such as sickle cell disease , they treated over 200,000 people a year
What did the sickle cell disease campaign by the black panthers lead to ?
1972 national sickle cell anaemia control act
Three ways tactics changed from early civil rights movement between 1964 and 1966 ?
More violence
Less focus on equality more on power of self and communities
Rejection of white support
