All power to the people

Author

• Matthew. Berman

Date of Award

2008

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The Black Panther Party was the most famous group born out of the Black Power Movement. Because of the group's inherent link to the Black Power Movement, and the group's slogan of "Black Power," many people, both black and white, believed, and continue to believe, that the Black Panther Party was a group with racial motives. However, this conceptualization of the Party was, and is, incorrect. While the Black Panther Party began as an outgrowth of the black civil rights movement, the Panthers quickly evolved into a revolutionary vanguard with a non-racial, class-oriented agenda.

Comments

by Matthew Berman.

Recommended Citation

Berman, Matthew., "All power to the people" (2008). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2003 - 2009. 105.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors_1/105

Extent

55 p.

Identifier

301709977