Posts Tagged ‘black panthers’

Historicizing the Black Panther Party’s call to action (Part 1)

Historicizing the Black Panther Party’s call to action (Part 1)
By Ryan Kirkby, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of History, University of Waterloo Who were the Black Panthers, and what has their legacy amounted to?  Most people can probably name the group’s Minister of Defense, Huey P. Newton; its Chairman, Bobby Seale; or its dynamic Minister of Information,...
April 26th, 2010 | African Americans, Featured | Read More

Black vets: complicated past, unsung present

Black vets: complicated past, unsung present
369th Infantry The Harlem Hell Fighters I was listening to Tom Joyner last week, and his Little Known Black History Fact was about a regiment of Black soldiers known as the Harlem Hellfighters. They were the 369th Infantry Regiment, and they became legendary during World War I (WWI). I’m assuming that...
November 13th, 2009 | Talk About Race | Read More