"A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people." (Frederick A. Douglass)
Black Panther Party Research Project is an academic site designed to provide information for individuals who want to locate primary and secondary sources about the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the organization co-founded during October 1966 in Oakland, California by Bobby Seale and the late Dr. Huey P. Newton.
Digital Bridge Academy (DBA) is a nationally-recognized, award-winning, academic program. In one semester, we (1) reignite a students’ excitement for learning, (2) accelerate students to successful full-time college-level performance, and (3) teach skills highly valued in today’s technology-driven workplace. Students also identify their strengths and goals, and are coached in academic and career planning. Upon completing the DBA, their sense of what they are capable of and vision of how to get there are clear. For program overview, click here!
Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation is a community-based, non-profit research, education, and advocacy center dedicated to fostering progressive social change. By preserving the history of multicultural activism and community self-determination, by educationg the public about this history's continued relevance, and by creating a crucible for practicing ongoing progressive change, guided by the writings and teachings of Huey P. Newton, the Foundation seeks to empower all people, but especially urban youth, to be builders of a true global community.
Ericka Huggins Website spent 14 years in the Black Panther Party--the highlight being my 8 years as Director of the renownedOakland Community Schoolfrom 1973-1981. During that time I became both the first Black person & the first woman appointed to the Alameda Co. Board of Education. I continue to teach today in the Women’s Studies program at California State University-East Bay.
Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers is a new documentary about the signifigance of Merritt College & the Black Panther Party. Many of the early Panthers attended Merritt. Several early BPP programs had roots at Merritt as well.
NegroArtists.Com is for African American Artists and an on-line portal for both African America Artists and African American History. The primary aim of this website is to encourage research activity on people of African descent and to provide information to the study of the African Diaspora. A historical perspective of a nation, its people, and its cultural evolution. Please make sure to look through the 1000+ Slave Narratives on my website. Many of the colored soldiers from the Revolutionary war are true heroes so take a look at the images of them as well as the other colored soldiers throughout the 18TH 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY. For Black Panther Party Newspaper's, click here.
Steve McCutchen's Book: We Were Free For A While Back to back we stood in the face of a political minotaur disguised as the U.S. government and its agencies. In Oakland, California, the Black Panther Party sprang to life and reached Baltimore, Maryland, after the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert Kennedy. The Party reached me and I came in to avoid the Vietnam War and to write for the Panther newspaper. Others came because they had outgrown the reform issues of the non-violent civil rights movement, as the Black Panther Party would become the only black revolutionary political organization to exist inside of Fortress America. This is a journey, taken from journal entries, letters and memories, that moves among the black men and women of the Black Panther Party who thumbed their noses at the powers that be and who lived and died believing that we were free for a while.
Upward Bound at U.C. Berkeley serves 127 low-income students from local high schools, providing academic support, college motivation and counseling, career advising, social/cultural activities, and detailed college admission assistance.
