The Top 5 Request of the Black Panthers

1. We want full employment for our people

My group believed that the right to full employment was the most important request. The right to a job is critical in ones ability to be self sustaining. Jobs allow people t take care and provide for themselves, loved ones and communities.

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1. Protection from police brutality

A study conducted by mappingpolicebrutality.org found 9 the police killed 1,143 people in 2018. Black people were 23% of those killed despite being only 13% of the population in America. My group believed that this problem has been a constant form of systemic oppression towards African Americans the ability to halt would

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1. Rights to determine the destiny for our pressed black communities

1. We want decent education for our black communities

Education gives a person the knowledge of the world around them and the ability to make changes to make that world something better. My group believes quality education is a must for the black community in modern day America. Proper education builds gateways for African Americans and with education one can seek higher education and subsequently more jobs and job opportunities

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1. We want the right to fair trail

According to the reports CRF-USA Organization statistical studies suggest that more than half of all black males in large cities can expect to be arrested at least once during their lifetime, compared to only 14 percent of white males that are arrested. African-Americans despite the fact that they make up only 12 percent of the U.S. population, are 45 percent of all prison inmates and 40 percent of those sentenced to death. On top of this jarring statistics there has been been a wide scale instances wrongful convictions among African Americans cases such as the Ed Johnson, The Trenton 6 and Lena Baker are such examples a strong reassessment of the current judicial system is in order to prevent such incidents.