- Black supremacist group
- Malcolm X - tried to use nonviolent activist of the group
- Killed by Nation of Islam
- Symbol was a black panther
- Took protests into white areas
Black Panther Party
- Originally formed in California by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton
- Introduced program for African Americans
- Eventually spread to over 25 cities
Attica Prison Riot
- Death of George Jackson - well known letters from prison
- Took over prison with leader "Big Black"
School Desegregation in Boston
- Naturally in Boston
- Complaints from the black community about inferior schools in black community
- Parents took school to court
- Court rules against schools
- White parents stopped sending their children to school
- Came to agreement w/ black person on school commitee
Bakke Case
- Double the number of black students
- White people blamed them for not getting into college
- Bakke was denied access to University in California twice
- Went against school in court
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