During this the world didn’t seem to see eye to eye. Everything about this time was hardcore and uncivilized. The government was so fixated on how to keep the world segregated into black and white no one ever was what it could bring. Doing this time a lot of blood, sweat, and tears were shed. Before the Black Panthers decided to band together to fight against the government with weapons there was the civil rights movement that wanted to make the world a better place by standing together and protesting out of peace. Despite the beatings and name calling they all vowed to stand against the evil people and did not result to violence. The black panthers had a different approach that some may or may not agree with but at this time there …show more content…
(Wood & Rajguru). The civil rights was largely based down in the south. The demands for desegregation of busses, schools, waiting rooms and even lunch counters. (Wood & Rajguru). Many people were asked to be a part of this movement. They all participated in the demonstration of sit-ins, and freedom rides. These brave acts took guts and courage for what was yet to come. With standing their ground came the local white mobs, the police, and the Ku Klux Klan. The Civil Rights protestors faced the constant threat of brutal attacks and even in some cases death. (Wood & Rajguru). There was so much blood shed and many tears to go along with it. This was a low point in American history. The Black Panthers had seen enough and with that the Black Panther Party was formed.
During this time Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. Representing the democrat party. Although he may have been the president and ran the country Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for self-defense to fight against the problems he couldn’t control. President Johnson was dealing with the Vietnam War and putting in place the Miranda rights/Miranda warning. President Johnson declared war on poverty and Dr. King initiated a Poor People’s Campaign in 1968. (Staff, …show more content…
In January 1969, the first Panther’s free breakfast of the School Children Program started at St. Augustine’s Church in Oakland. At the end of the year the Panthers were feeding over 10,000 children every day before they went to school. (Baggins, 2002). Fred Hampton, the leader of the panthers in Chicago lead five different breakfast programs on the West Side, helped create a free medical center, and initiates a door to door program of health services which tested sickle cell anemia, and he even encourage blood drives for the Cook County Hospital. (Baggins, 2002). The Chicago chapter wanted the reach everyone so the world was a better place even if it was just within his communities. They reached out to the local gangs to speak to them about changing their way of life and stopping the violence against each other. Getting them away from crime and bring them into the class war. (Baggins,