I don't know what most white people in this country feel,

but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children,

on some idealism which you assure me exists in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome back to another episode of Black History for White People,

a podcast where we educate, resource, and challenge white people about black history.

I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host Katina and Garan.

Today's episode is on the Black Panthers.

We first go through the historical setting of the beginning of the Black Panther Party,

who they were, what tactics they were using, what tactics they used and what they did.

And then we cover how the government responded and then how the Panthers ended.

We hope you enjoy the discussion.

Okay, Garan, paint the picture for us.

Where are we at in history and the beginnings of the Black Panthers?

So we recorded an episode on Redlining, and if you haven't already listened to that, that would actually be kind of a good foundation for understanding the Black Panthers.

So I'd send the listeners back there. If you already have

listened to that. This was kind of during the height of the redlining era and kind of the

urban oppressed inner city where you had, through mass migration, you had millions,

and some like six million black people moved from the south,

up to various, moved up north and also west,

to try to find a new life outside of Jim Crow.

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