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Article: The Van Peebleses prowl through the Panthers' history. (making of the film, 'Panther': includes a related article on Stokley Carmichael and the coining of the term "black panther")(Cover Story)
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- American Visions
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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From the day they strode through the halls of the California State Capitol in 1967, shotguns and pistols in hand, members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense captured the attention of a nation. With their black berets and leather jackets, their guns and their revolutionary slogans, their courage and their community service programs, they did more than underscore the right of black people to protect themselves; they embodied self-empowerment. Now, almost 30 years later, largely ignored by the history books, the Black Panther Party has faded into the outer recesses of our nation's consciousness.
Here to restore that forgotten legacy is Panther (Gramercy, May ...