Compare And Contrast The Sncc And The Black Panthers

Black Panthers

The Black Panthers and SNCC were two very different black power groups leading into two different directions in the United States in the 1960s. SNCC stands for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee which was founded in 1960 to organize the protests of African American college students against segregation. The Black Panthers were a radical political organization ranked among the more militant in the 1960s.The Black Panthers though more radical impacted the African American civil rights movement more than the SNCC.

The Black Panthers made a better impact than the SNCC, because the group took more of a radical approach. The founders of the Black Panthers -Huey Percy Newton and Bobby Seale - were both African American

Full Employment; give every person employment or guaranteed income. End to robbery of Black communities; the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules as promised to ex-slaves during the reconstruction period following the emancipation of slavery. Decent housing fit for the shelter of human beings; the land should be made into cooperatives so that the people can build. Education for the people; that teaches the true history of Blacks and their role in present day society. Free health care; health facilities which will develop preventive medical programs. End to police brutality and murder of Black people and other people of color and oppressed people. End to all wars of aggression; the various conflicts which exist stem directly from the United States ruling circle.Freedom for all political prisoners; trials by juries that represent our peers. Land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, peace and community control of modern industry”. (The Black

The Black Panthers organized free breakfast for children, health clinics and shoes for children. The Black Panthers were basically running a business with “5,000 full time party workers, organized in 45 chapters (branches) across America. At their peak, they sold 250,000 papers every week with opinion polls that 90% of African Americans supported them(The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense)”. These polls were taken in every major city wear most the racism was taking place. The group at one point was the “number one internal problem in America” according to the FBI (PBS). The group was so large that they really couldn’t do much to stop them from doing what they want. Though The Black Panthers faced many groups for segregation like the Ku Klux Klan, the group never lacked the manpower from African American supporters. Cultural nationalism was a powerful current in the Black movement and one which influenced Malcolm X in his early years as a Black Muslim. The nationalists rejected the integrationist approach and believed in the separation of the whites and blacks. The Black Panthers weren't about just picking up the gun, they were about educating young blacks and fighting fire with fire. The group tried to make sure that people understood the Panther ideology and that they got a balanced view of what it was all about. “The Panthers not only accurately gauged the