Black Panther Party 50 Years -- October 15, 2016

50 years ago today, on 15-October-1966, Bobby Seale and Huey P Newton founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland.  When I grew up, a lot of people were scared of them, but I couldn't see bad people feeding kids breakfast every day.

They had a ten point program.  We still have a long way to go to get there.

1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community.
2. We want full employment for our people.
3. We want an end to the robbery by the Capitalists of our Black Community.
4. We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings.
5. We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.
6. We want all Black men to be exempt from military service.
7. We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of Black people.
8. We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails.
9. We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their Black Communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States.
10. We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.