Posted on 10/15/2012 7:21:27 AM PDT by Snuph
Born out of the tumult of the 1960s, the Black Panther Party is usually portrayed as a militant organization with radical political views.
But there's another side to the story of the Black Panthers, one that involved feeding breakfast to poor children, operating an ambulance service for people in neglected areas, screening people for sickle-cell anemia and infusing a spirit of black pride within their communities.
That version of the Black Panther story will be recognized today when city officials unveil a historic marker for the Winston-Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party at the northeast corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fifth Street, near the group's former headquarters.
The Winston-Salem chapter, organized in 1969, was the first to be formed in the Southeast.
Nelson Malloy, an early member of the party who later became member of the Winston-Salem City Council, said he never imaged the Panthers would be recognized in such an official capacity.
"But we are, in fact, part of the city's history," he said.
Mark Maxwell is the chairman of the city's 12-member Historic Resources Commission that selects historic markers.
Most members of the commission were familiar with the violent past of the national Panther Party, Maxwell said.
But once they learned of the local Panthers' positive impact on the community, their views shifted, she said.
"We felt we had an organization that had a story," Maxwell said.
City Council Member Derwin Montgomery suggested the marker, and a city intern helped organize the application, said Leslie Pegram, the historic resource officer for the Historic Resource Commission.
The commission usually has funding to mark two historic sites each year, she said. The Katie B. Reynolds Memorial Hospital, a segregated hospital that served the black community, received a marker earlier this year.
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This is how Hezbollah & Hamas operate.
Hey, I recognize them too. They’re morons.
One of the worst areas in town is always MLK Jr Dr... no matter which city
Ya’ know the saying..liberals love criminals.
Al Capone fed the hungry, too.
Actually, naming a street MLK drive, etc. is a public service for white people. It lets them know what areas to avoid at all costs.
Don’t forget, one BP..Bobby Rush..has been in Congress for decades..heck..he’s the only guy to ever beat Obama in an election..Obama challenged him in 2000 for the Dem House primary..and Rush clobbered him 2:1..and he said some pretty nasty things about Barack.
“But there’s another side to the story of the Black Panthers, one that involved feeding breakfast to poor children, operating an ambulance service for people in neglected areas”
The Hell’s Angels charitable events make them look like Grinches.
When will a HA monument be erected?
[and I’d rather hang with HAs than BPs..I’d be a whole lot safer]
If they’d post pictures we’d be able to recognize them real good.
Me too.
I personally met Sonny Barger at Sturgis. There were HAs all around us, and I even got him to pose for a pic with my wife. I would NEVER have let her get anywhere near a BP, let alone a pack of those craven lickspittles.
“spirit of black pride “
Black racism is still racism. Calling the Black Pussies racism as “spirit” they might as well call the KKK “white pride” as...oh, wait, the KKK does use the term “white pride” and the black racists call them racists for it.
A good friend of mine was in the hospital at the same time he was.
They’ve been tight ever since and he ‘watches over her’ while her hubby is dirt tracking.
She calls him Ralph.
Sonny rules.
:)
The BPs suck.
They should get HAs to man the Philly polls.
[although I think that’s currently Pagans turf]
A good friend of mine was in the hospital at the same time he was.
They’ve been tight ever since and he ‘watches over her’ while her hubby is dirt tracking.
She calls him Ralph.
Sonny rules.
:)
The BPs suck.
They should get HAs to man the Philly polls.
[although I think that’s currently Pagans turf]
Women in leather and vanilla bean ice cream...two of my favorites. ;>)
I never paid much attention when the library near my house was renamed MLK. Now that you mention it, we choose not to go there because it’s become very rough. The street, the park, and the library are NOT inviting.
Black Panthers were a little squeamish, but they are positively SAINTS compared to the New Black Panthers.
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