The Black Panther Party Were Not Revenge

Our Position Was: If You Don't Attack Us, There Won't Be Any Violence; If You Bring Violence To Us, We Will Defend Ourselves.

Electoral Politics Was Always An Objective Of The Black Panther Party, So Barack Obama Is A Part Of What We Dreamed And Struggled And Died For.

I Always Tried To Raise Money For The Black Panthers Through Business Schemes.

There Is An Entire Generation Of Young People Who Know Nothing About How Viciously The Fbi Attacked The Black Panther Party, And Why.

The First Point Was We Wanted Power To Determine Our Own Destiny In Our Own Black Community. And What We Had Done Is, We Wanted To Write A Program That Was Straightforward To The People. We Didn't Want To Give A Long Dissertation.