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Annotated Bibliography

Primary sources
Cleaver, Eldridge. Soul on Ice. New York: Dell publ, 1999. Print.
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver is a classic book by the former Black Panther member
about the civil rights movement and the black experience. He tells about his experiences
in prison, and talks about racial struggle and pride. "I'm perfectly aware that I'm in prison,
that I'm a Negro, that I've been a rapist, and that I have a Higher Uneducation. This book
can help me with my project because it is a primary source from a former black panther
relating to the social injustices black people faced during the civil rights movement.

"Quentin Young on the Black Panther Party Free Clinic in Chicago." American Journal
of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 10, Oct. 2016, pp. 1754-1755. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=118167703. This journal
entry from Quentin Young focuses on the Black Panthers starting a free medical clinic in
Chicago. Young met a panther named doc in the late 1960s and they were trying to build
something where their followers and supporters could get treated and cared for with no
charge. [The paths of MCHR [Medical Committee for Human Rights] and the BPP
[Black Panther Party] merged in an effort to achieve a common goal: delivering
healthcare to the most disadvantaged among us. Many Chicagoans, black and white,
thought the Panthers too militant, but we had no trouble attracting people to serve in the
clinic. We can use this for our project because it's a primary source from Quentin Young
and his experience with the panthers in starting a health clinic.

Rothman, Lily. "Bobby Seale." Time, vol. 188, no. 15, 17 Oct. 2016, p. 64. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=118679609. "Bobby Seale",
is an interview by Time magazine with the founder of the Black Panthers, Bobby Seale.
He spoke on why he created the panthers, the impact he wanted them to have, and current
day issues. He also expressed his feelings toward Donald Trump. Let’s take the
Republican efforts, in many states, of voter suppression. When I started the Black Panther
Party I was working for the city government of Oakland, Calif. In that framework, young
folks were saying, “We’re going to have black power.” I said, “You ain’t getting no
power until you get some political power seats.” They said, “I don’t know, those are the
white man’s seats.” I said, “You’d better make some black folks and some Chinese folks
and some other people of color in some of those seats.” What are you talking about?
Donald Trump, the guy is what the people say he is. He’s a racist and bigot, etc. That’s
all. I have nothing else to say about that. We can use this in our project because it is a
primary source from the person who made the black panthers, and it has current day
implications as well.

Secondary Sources
"Black Panther Party." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, 2016, p. 1p. 1. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=funk AN=BL109800.
The founders of the Black Panther Party are Bobby G Seale and Huey P. Newton.
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They founded the organization in 1989 to protect the black community politically and
physically. Political organization in the U.S., founded in Oakland, Calif., in 1966 by
Bobby G. Seale (1936– ) and Huey P. Newton (1942–89). Originally a kind of
community action club for the self-defense of black people, the Panthers urged blacks to
arm themselves.This source provided me with basic knowledge helping me gain a better
understanding on the Black Panther Party (BPP).

Morabia, Alfredo. "Unveiling the Black Panther Party Legacy to Public Health." American
Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 10, Oct. 2016, pp.
.The journal is about how the Black Panther party helps the community with everyday
problems such as Medical service.The 1960's saw a flurry of initiatives to improve the
health of the poor. Some attacked poverty directly and health centers and the health
system, including industry, to offer some insurance and services to disadvantaged
communities. This evidence helps form my project by showing the effect of the Black
Panther Party in their community.

Stieglitz, Olaf. "The Knowledge of Betrayal: The Role of Informants in Narratives by Members
of the Black Panther Party." ["Rethinking History"]. Rethinking History, vol. 18, no. 1,
Mar. 2014, pp. 68-84. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=94381003. The knowledge
of betrayal by Olaf Stieglitz is a reference about the importance of secrecy in the inner
circle. There was certain information that needed to be upheld with the top bosses. The
taboo of betrayal was such that the holders of classified information held a certain
importance in the streets. The combined three consequences of the closely guarded secret
- the necessity for protection, the will to know, and the focus on the informant/informer -
stimulate narration. I consider these processes of narrating about secrecy and betrayal as
highly productive in a Foucauldian sense because they generate knowledge and create
intelligible meaning (Koschorke 2013). These narratives - construed by all parties
involved, bound to perspective and thus almost necessarily contradictory - have to deal
Actively, meaning in a mode of narration, with the uncertainty due to Limited access, a
characteristic of any closely guarded knowledge. The unknown and the invisible need an
extraordinary amount of dense description. One of the main objectives of narration is to
stabilize knowledge, to communicate it in a way that produces the appearance of
reliability, causality, and meaning. The informants had a special job, and snitching had
consequences. This source can help us by giving us an insight into the Black Panther
Party culture and beliefs.

"The Knowledge of Betrayal: The Role of Informants in Narratives by Members of the

Black Panther Party." ["Rethinking History"]. Rethinking History, vol. 18, no. 1, Mar.
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2014, pp. 68-84. EBSCOhost,

search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=94381003.
The knowledge of betrayal by Olaf Stieglitz is a reference about the importance of
secrecy in the inner circle. There was certain information that needed to be upheld with
the top bosses. The taboo of betrayal was such that the holders of classified information
held a certain importance in the streets. The combined three consequences of the closely
guarded secret - the necessity for protection, the will to know, and the focus on the
informant/informer - stimulate narration. I consider these processes of narrating about
secrecy and betrayal as highly productive in a Foucauldian sense because they generate
knowledge and create intelligible meaning (Koschorke 2013). These narratives -
construed by all parties involved, bound to perspective and thus almost necessarily
contradictory - have to deal Actively, meaning in a mode of narration, with the
uncertainty due to Limited access, a characteristic of any closely guarded knowledge. The
unknown and the invisible need an extraordinary amount of dense description. One of the
main objectives of narration is to stabilize knowledge, to communicate it in a way that
produces the appearance of reliability, causality, and meaning. The informants had a
special job, and snitching had consequences. This source can help us by giving us an
insight into the Black Panther Party culture and beliefs.

Washington Jr., Linn. "Revisited: The Black Panther Party." New Crisis (15591603), vol.
106, no. 5, Sep/Oct 99, p. 24. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=3797738.
The Black Panther Party was the biggest threat to the government but was a great impact
to the community. In September 1968 as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the
country." Hoover belittled the Panthers' folk-hero image of providing protection against
abusive police. While best known for battles with police, the Black Panther Party made
significant contributions through other initiatives, such as community health clinics and
transportation programs for senior citizens. The Panthers' famous Free Breakfast for
Children program fed an estimated 200,000 children daily in cities nationwide. Today,
the federal government funds free breakfasts and lunches for low-income children. The
evidence provides the impact the BPP has to the US.

Williams, Yohuru. "Some Abstract Thing Called Freedom": Civil Rights, Black
Power, and the Legacy of the Black Panther Party." ["OAH Magazine of History"].
OAH Magazine of History, vol. 22, no. 3, July 2008, pp. 16-21. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/ login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=33434846.
The Magazine by Yohuru Williams describes how the Black Panther Party was formed to
stop the social injustices in the African American community. For example As Panther
co-founder Bobby Seale insisted in a 2006 interview, "Our legacy is one of social-change
activism that was probably one of the most profound grassroots anti institutionalized
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racism messages. The Legacy was to have social change as in equality between Blacks
and Whites etc.

"50 Years of the Black Panther Party." Ebony, vol. 71, no. 10, Aug. 2016, p. 102.
EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mat&AN=116679387.
The 50 Years of the BPP explains how the Black Panthers helped their community. The
Black Panthers Created job openings and gave their young generation a better education.
Black workers in the United States face the same dual crisis of high unemployment and
low-wage work they did when the Black Panther Party released its platform 50 years ago.
The Black unemployment rate is twice that of White workers at nearly every level of
education. Black households earn only 59 cents for every dollar of White median
household income. This gap has expanded since 1967, when it was $19,000; as of 2014,
the gap was approximately $25,000. The Black Panthers were known as violent but they
were just trying to get a better life for the black community. This helps form my project
because its factual evidence to show how they positively impacted the community for
African Americans.