This past Wednesday my group and I went to BAM to see a screening of the movie The Black Panther. It was a movie about the hard times that African Americans faced during the late 1960s. The Black Panthers were a group that retaliated against police brutality and stood up for all races/different kinds of people. The main people behind the Black Panthers were Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. They were two very amazing and inspiring characters. It was first founded on October 15,1966. The Black Panthers used violence unlike Dr. King. Even though, the Black Panthers had many shoot outs and bad run ins with the police, they still did good things to benefit the community. For example, The Black Panthers gave a free breakfast program and free health/care services. They wanted to increase their popularity with the African american community. The documentary was very inspiring and factual. After the movie the director, Laurens Grant came and other people in the audience asked her questions. She explained how she found all the photos and videos. It was a very rigorous process. It was especially hard for her to track down all of the people that were alive during The Black Panther Party. The number one thing that will stay with me is that they protected each other and their community, by any means necessary.
