Our Position Was: If You

The First Point Was We Wanted Power To Determine Our Own Destiny In Our Own Black Community. And What We Had Done Is, We Wanted To Write A Program That Was Straightforward To The People. We Didn't Want To Give A Long Dissertation.

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

Our Position Was: If You Don't Attack Us, There Won't Be Any Violence; If You Bring Violence To Us, We Will Defend Ourselves.

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

We Jumped Into The Protest Of Vietnam Before The Black Panther Party Ever Started, Before The Black Panther Party Was Even Thought Of. In Fact, It Was Late 1965 And 1966 That The Anti-vietnam War, Anti-draft To The Vietnam War Protest Started At University Of California, Berkeley.