Since people seem to stay confused about the truth about the Black Panthers, Jeff Johnson breaks it down with three essential introductory facts about the Black Panther Party For Self Defense. He explains why they were created, their mission, and how they were systematically destroyed by the government. Click in the audio player to hear more in this edition of 3 Things You Should […]

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While the image of the Black Panther Party often conjures one of a man in the signature beret carrying a gun, women were right there alongside the men of the party, making up an estimated 50 percent of membership.

“I arrived on the day Fred Hampton died.” Jay-Z delivers this line from Watch The ’s “Murder To Excellence” with such hyperbole that you almost miss that he’s telling the truth. Indeed, on December 4th 1969 Fred Hampton, the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, was murdered in his bed by […]