Rising Up Against Police Violence, From the Black Panthers to #BlackLivesMatter

http://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/16/black-panthers-blacklivesmatter/
Date Written:  2015-08-16
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17800

I turned away more than once while watching Stanley Nelson's documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. I averted my eyes from the screen when FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's nefarious mug first appeared. I turned away once more when the charismatic and admirable Fred Hampton was first shown, knowing that eventually he would be murdered by Chicago police and federal agents.

Subject Headings

• African Americans
• Black Organizations
• Black Panthers
• Killings by Police
• Police Violence
• Racism