The Black Panther Party Were

A People Who Have Suffered So Much For So Long At The Hands Of A Racist Society Must Draw The Line Somewhere.

On The One Hand, The Guns Were There To Help Capture The Imagination Of The People. But More Important, Since We Knew That You Couldn't Observe The Police Without Guns, We Took Our Guns With Us To Let The Police Know That We Have An Equalizer.

I'd Have No Trouble Being The Barbecue Kingpin Of America. I'd Just Add It To All The Other Things I Am: Jazz Musician, Carpenter, Architect, Engineer And Revolutionary.

But I Think People, Especially White People, Have To Come To Understand That The Language Of The Ghetto Is A Language Of Its Own, And As The Party - Whose Members For The Most Part Come From The Ghetto - Seeks To Talk To The People, It Must Speak The People's Language.

There Is An Entire Generation Of Young People Who Know Nothing About How Viciously The Fbi Attacked The Black Panther Party, And Why.