Ideas Across Movements: Examining the Themes of Both the Black Panther Party’s "10-Point Program" and BAM Literature
The Black Panther Party was an influential militant black power organization that rose up from the Black Power Movement. The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 in Oakland, California. The party’s goal was to empower black people as a community. Whether that was through challenging police forces or creating community nourishment programs, the Black Panther Party had a large influence on the black community. The party’s “10-Point Program” served as a constitution for the party. Through the “10-Point Program” you can see prominent beliefs that permeated throughout the entire Black Power movement and also the Black Arts Movement too. Specifically within the “10-Point Program,” a few core themes are educational equality, economic liberty, and equal treatment. In this blog, we’ll dive deeper into these more specific themes and explore how the Black Arts Movement reflected such themes. Self identity is a prominent aspect o...