Written materials, source videos, and documents
Resources
Charts, documents, study guides, books, and links for better understanding the original Black Panther Party.
10 Point Platform & Program of the Black Panther Party
1966 version with changes over time notated.
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Zinn Education Project
Teaching People’s History: What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party — but Should (full 33 page download)
DownloadWhat We Want, What We Believe: Teaching with the Black Panthers’ Ten Point Program (full 7 page download)
DownloadCOINTELPRO: Teaching the FBI’s War on the Black Freedom Movement (full 29 page download)
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Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Study Guide
This discussion guide will help community groups, organizations, and educators who wish to use the film to prompt discussion and engagement with audiences of all sizes.
DownloadBooks Recommended by Dr. Pinderhughes
- Abu-Jamal, Mumia. 2016. We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party. NY: Common Notions. [Abu-Jamal focuses on the Panthers between 1966 and 1971.]
- Bloom, Joshua and Waldo E. Martin, Jr. 2016. Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of The Black Panther Party. Berkeley: University of California Press. [Dr. Pinderhughes considers this book to be the best overall detailed history of the Black Panther Party written to date.]
- Douglas, Emory. 2007. Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas. New York: Rizzoli International Publications. [Minister of Culture Douglas supplies outstanding artistic presentations of the politics of the Black Panther Party.] — View Book
- Foner, Philip S., ed. 1995. The Black Panthers Speak. New York: De Capo Press. [Foner offers original Panther documents from 1966 to 1970.]
- Spencer, Robyn C. 2016. The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and Black Panther Party in Oakland. Durham NC: Duke University Press. [Spencer provides the best progressive critique of the Black Panther Party in print.]