After seeing the movie "Judas and the Black Messiah, I wanted to know what happened to them? I don't think I would ever be a part of them, but they wanted to stand up against the Vietnam War, protesting, shouting speeches, calling cops "Pigs" and much more. Judas and the Black Messiah was about one leader of the Black Panthers. HIs name was Fred Hampton.
The movie, although some things fabricated, showed the true sadness of one Black Panther leader. His downfall and death as well, and how his wife and son are now seeing the journey that Fred had gone through in his eyes. Fred Hampton Jr., or Alfred Johnson which was his first name, have been consultants in the movie with his mother.
The original leaders, the two men that started the Black Panther Party, were named Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The Black Panthers were considered a political organization that was founded in 1966. They soon became widespread from Oakland to Chicago to even Philadelphia.
Soon one of the leaders, back in 1967, ending up killing an officer and was charged with manslaughter. A lot of violence occurred from this group. But not knowing much about what they did, many lives were lost because of it.
Sometimes they would be at war against cops. Hiding out in their offices holding guns and getting ready to be shot at. Many lives lost; many fires started at their headquarters. Alot of violence was caused, but no one knows how the original Black Panther Party ended.
It could have been for many reasons. The end of Vietnam war, a new President in the white house, no one knows, but by the 1970's the Black Panther party seemed to have died down, and it seemed the Black Panthers vanished.
In 1989, when I was only four maybe five years old, there was a new Black Panther Party. But this was polar opposite to the original? How, well...the original member, Huey Newton, passed away from assassination. Started up around Dallas Texas, this new Black Panther Party organization was more about being non-racial.
Yet they have they have their setbacks blaming others for things that have happened and they have no control over. Sometimes there are different saying that: "They are related to lawful authorities of Black Nations."
Seeing the movie now, and knowing how great it was, you never realize the heartache and pain they suffered because they want their own rights. As of today, seeing and African American get killed by a cop like George Floyd, you can understand that there are still people that feel upset and angry. Now being a "PC" kind of world, we have not heard from the Black Panthers of 1989, but then again, you never know what will spark another group to become bloodthirsty as others thought they were.
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