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“The Panthers saw black communities in the United States as a colony and the police as an occupying army.”
― Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
― Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
“Huey Newton was able to go down, and to take the nigger on the street and relate to him, understand what was going on inside of him, what he was thinking, and then implement that into an organization, into a PROGRAM and a PLATFORM, you dig it? Into the BLACK PANTHER PARTY—and then let it spread like wildfire across this country.”
― Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
― Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
“On April 5, 1967, six weeks after the Black Panther Party’s well-publicized confrontation with police while escorting Betty Shabazz, Assemblyman Mulford introduced a bill, AB 1591, in the California legislature proposing to outlaw the carrying of loaded firearms in public.29 In response to the “increasing incidence of organized groups and individuals publicly arming themselves,” Mulford argued, “it is imperative that this statute take effect immediately.”
― Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
― Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party

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