Speaker 1: Right now, it's time for the Way Black History Fact.
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Speaker 1: a bit. Walking the streets of Oakland with artist Shamari
Speaker 1: Smith offers more than just a tour of the city.
Speaker 1: It's a walk through history. Quote. We are in the
Speaker 1: Temescal District right now. Forgive me if I didn't pronounce
Speaker 1: that correctly. I'm not trying to upset anybody in the
Speaker 1: Bay Area. Okay. That was from Smith. He goes on
Speaker 1: to say, this neighborhood is very significant for the Black
Speaker 1: Panther Party as young people. This is where they would
Speaker 1: come together and eat and plan. It's a very significant space,
Speaker 1: a space so important to the neighborhood that the Temascal
Speaker 1: Telegraph Business Improvement District wanted to honor the history and
Speaker 1: legacy of the Black Panther Party by constructing a public
Speaker 1: art art installation. Quote. The Black Panther Parties started in Temescal.
Speaker 1: Our first office was in Temescal. Huey Newton and Bobby
Speaker 1: Seal went to school at Merritt College, which is in Temesco.
Speaker 1: So it is the genesis of the Black Panther Party party,
Speaker 1: said Frederica Newton, widow of the late doctor Huey P. Newton.
Speaker 1: Last year, the Temescal Roots Project Team, along with the
Speaker 1: Temescal Telegraph Business Improvement District and the Doctor Huey P.
Speaker 1: Newton Foundation, began searching for an artist and concept. They
Speaker 1: chose Smith's work and vision for the project. Quote. The
Speaker 1: name of the piece is the Ten Points to Liberation,
Speaker 1: and that's in reference to the ten Point program of
Speaker 1: the Black Panther Party, said Smith. The monument, once complete,
Speaker 1: will be a curved piece of concrete, standing eight feet
Speaker 1: tall and thirteen to sixteen feet in diameter. It will
Speaker 1: feature the faces of some of the most prominent members
Speaker 1: of the Black Panther Party, including doctor Huey P. Newton,
Speaker 1: Emery Douglas, Bobby Seal, and terk Lewis. It will also
Speaker 1: display the party's ten point program, written by founders Newton
Speaker 1: and Seal in the sixties. Now I want to share
Speaker 1: these ten these ten points with you because I think
Speaker 1: this is important and this is why it's anchored to
Speaker 1: the way black history. Fact. First, we want freedom. We
Speaker 1: want power to determine the destiny of our black community.
Speaker 1: I love that. I've always loved that one. Number two
Speaker 1: we want full employment for our people. Number three. We
Speaker 1: want an end to the robbery by the white man
Speaker 1: of our black community. Number four we want decent housing
Speaker 1: fit for shelter of human beings. Number five we want
Speaker 1: education for our people that exposes the true nature of
Speaker 1: this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us
Speaker 1: our true history and our role in President's present day society.
Speaker 1: Number six we want black We want all black men
Speaker 1: to be exempt from military service. This is number six. No. Sorry. Seven,
Speaker 1: we want an immediate end to police brutality and murder
Speaker 1: of all black people. This is eight. We want freedom
Speaker 1: for all black men held in federal, state, county, and
Speaker 1: prison city prisons and jails. Number nine we want all
Speaker 1: black people, when brought to trial, to be tried in
Speaker 1: court by a jury of their peer group or people
Speaker 1: from their black communities as defined by the Constitution of
Speaker 1: the United States. And number ten we want land, bred housing, education, clothing, justice,
Speaker 1: and peace, and as our major political objective at United Nations,
Speaker 1: supervise plebiscite to be held throughout the Black Colony in
Speaker 1: which only black conomial subjects will be allowed to participate,
Speaker 1: for the purpose of determining the will of Black people
Speaker 1: as to their national destiny. So there's a lot more here,
Speaker 1: and I do want you to check this out. But
Speaker 1: in short, they're putting up this fantastic monument that is
Speaker 1: a testament to the history of the Black Panther Party.
Speaker 1: And I know you may have been taught to fear them,
Speaker 1: but please do a little bit more research for some homework,
Speaker 1: right