http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/8610/0 en http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/wheres-party-black-history-month/16456 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Black Panther Party remains &quot;misinterpreted, contentious, and underrepresented&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/3214510455_ed024a3c1b_b.jpg" alt="" title="Black Panther Party newspaper from the 1960s. The history of the BPP still makes it a controversial topic, even during Black History Month. Photo: Steve Rhodes (via Flickr)" width="450" height="301" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>TORONTO&ndash;Of all the civil rights leaders and Black power groups to emerge during Black History Month discussions, events, festivities, and forums, the Black Panther Party remains one of the most misinterpreted, contentious, and underrepresented figures of the tumultuous 1960s Black Movement.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/wheres-party-black-history-month/16456" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/wheres-party-black-history-month/16456#comments Denise Hansen Police/Prisons Solidarity Black history month black panther party black power racism Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:00:30 +0000 Tim McSorley 16456 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca