WEBVTT - 072024 Way Black History Fact - The Black Panther Party's 10-Point Program

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, it's time for the Way Black History Fact.

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<v Speaker 1>Ebony Excellent. Sorry, Today's Way Black History Fact comes to

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<v Speaker 1>us from CBS News and it is indeed an example

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<v Speaker 1>of Ebony Excellence as well. So I'm going to share

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<v Speaker 1>a bit. Walking the streets of Oakland with artist Shamari

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<v Speaker 1>Smith offers more than just a tour of the city.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a walk through history. Quote. We are in the

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<v Speaker 1>Temescal District right now. Forgive me if I didn't pronounce

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<v Speaker 1>that correctly. I'm not trying to upset anybody in the

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Area. Okay. That was from Smith. He goes on

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<v Speaker 1>to say, this neighborhood is very significant for the Black

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<v Speaker 1>Panther Party as young people. This is where they would

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<v Speaker 1>come together and eat and plan. It's a very significant space,

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<v Speaker 1>a space so important to the neighborhood that the Temascal

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<v Speaker 1>Telegraph Business Improvement District wanted to honor the history and

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<v Speaker 1>legacy of the Black Panther Party by constructing a public

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<v Speaker 1>art art installation. Quote. The Black Panther Parties started in Temescal.

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<v Speaker 1>Our first office was in Temescal. Huey Newton and Bobby

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<v Speaker 1>Seal went to school at Merritt College, which is in Temesco.

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<v Speaker 1>So it is the genesis of the Black Panther Party party,

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<v Speaker 1>said Frederica Newton, widow of the late doctor Huey P. Newton.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year, the Temescal Roots Project Team, along with the

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<v Speaker 1>Temescal Telegraph Business Improvement District and the Doctor Huey P.

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<v Speaker 1>Newton Foundation, began searching for an artist and concept. They

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<v Speaker 1>chose Smith's work and vision for the project. Quote. The

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<v Speaker 1>name of the piece is the Ten Points to Liberation,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's in reference to the ten Point program of

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<v Speaker 1>the Black Panther Party, said Smith. The monument, once complete,

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<v Speaker 1>will be a curved piece of concrete, standing eight feet

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<v Speaker 1>tall and thirteen to sixteen feet in diameter. It will

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<v Speaker 1>feature the faces of some of the most prominent members

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<v Speaker 1>of the Black Panther Party, including doctor Huey P. Newton,

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<v Speaker 1>Emery Douglas, Bobby Seal, and terk Lewis. It will also

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<v Speaker 1>display the party's ten point program, written by founders Newton

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<v Speaker 1>and Seal in the sixties. Now I want to share

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<v Speaker 1>these ten these ten points with you because I think

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<v Speaker 1>this is important and this is why it's anchored to

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<v Speaker 1>the way black history. Fact. First, we want freedom. We

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<v Speaker 1>want power to determine the destiny of our black community.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. I've always loved that one. Number two

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<v Speaker 1>we want full employment for our people. Number three. We

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<v Speaker 1>want an end to the robbery by the white man

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<v Speaker 1>of our black community. Number four we want decent housing

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<v Speaker 1>fit for shelter of human beings. Number five we want

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<v Speaker 1>education for our people that exposes the true nature of

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<v Speaker 1>this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us

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<v Speaker 1>our true history and our role in President's present day society.

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<v Speaker 1>Number six we want black We want all black men

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<v Speaker 1>to be exempt from military service. This is number six. No. Sorry. Seven,

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<v Speaker 1>we want an immediate end to police brutality and murder

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<v Speaker 1>of all black people. This is eight. We want freedom

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<v Speaker 1>for all black men held in federal, state, county, and

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<v Speaker 1>prison city prisons and jails. Number nine we want all

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<v Speaker 1>black people, when brought to trial, to be tried in

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<v Speaker 1>court by a jury of their peer group or people

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<v Speaker 1>from their black communities as defined by the Constitution of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. And number ten we want land, bred housing, education, clothing, justice,

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<v Speaker 1>and peace, and as our major political objective at United Nations,

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<v Speaker 1>supervise plebiscite to be held throughout the Black Colony in

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<v Speaker 1>which only black conomial subjects will be allowed to participate,

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<v Speaker 1>for the purpose of determining the will of Black people

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<v Speaker 1>as to their national destiny. So there's a lot more here,

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<v Speaker 1>and I do want you to check this out. But

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<v Speaker 1>in short, they're putting up this fantastic monument that is

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<v Speaker 1>a testament to the history of the Black Panther Party.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know you may have been taught to fear them,

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<v Speaker 1>but please do a little bit more research for some homework,

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<v Speaker 1>right