Day Five —The Ten Point Program of the Black Panthers

 This February, Rachel Cargle is posting a daily prompt on her Instagram feed, a topic to research and reflect on. “Black history is American history. Do the work to learn and honor it.”

Day Five Prompt
The Ten Point Program of the Black Panthers

Brief Reflection
I knew more about the Black Panthers than the four prompts before today. What I focused on is that these ten points are 50 years old and the news headlines I see each day lately would lead one to believe they were never drafted. Glacial pace of change for something that is so important.

Resources

  1. http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_platform.html
  2. https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/25139/the-black-panther-partys-ten-point-program/