Hosted by Sarah Bellamy w/Bobby Seale & others
The Black Panthers
A Love Story
Founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, The Black Panther Party was established to protect African Americans from police brutality. Through mass grassroots organizing efforts, activists set a revolutionary agenda to create safety and stability for the African American community. The movement included thousands of people across the country. Defying pervasive gender stereotypes about the frailty and timidity of women, black women were foundational to the movement, focusing intensely on community-building initiatives including daycare programs, groceries, and housing. J. Edgar Hoover cast The Panthers as “criminal,” “dangerous,” and “menacing,” and labeled them "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country." The Panthers advocated for self-determination, employment opportunities, reparations for human rights abuses, safe shelter, education, and peaceful existence. Join us for a rich conversation about a civil rights struggle that took up arms rather than turning the other cheek.
Special guests:
Bobby Seale, co-founder, The Black Panther Party and political activist
Ericka Huggins, former Panther member, political activist, scholar, and writer
Ricardo Levins Morales, artist organizer