Growth of the party: Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco
They educated and informed the black community about their rights as well as the right to arm themselves
The 10 Point Platform and Program: (what they want and what they believe)
1.) We Want Freedom. We Want Power To Determine
The Destiny Of Our Black Community.
2.) We Want Full Employment For Our People.
3.) We Want An End To The Robbery By The Capitalists Of Our Black Community.
4.) We Want Decent Housing Fit For The Shelter Of Human Beings.
5.) We Want Education For Our People That Exposes
The True Nature Of This Decadent American Society.
We Want Education That Teaches Us Our True History
And Our Role In The Present-Day Society.
6.) We Want All Black Men To Be Exempt From Military Service.
7.)We Want An Immediate End To
Police Brutality And Murder Of Black People.
8.) We Want Freedom For All Black Men
Held In Federal, State, County And City Prisons And Jails.
9.) We Want All Black People When Brought To Trial To Be Tried In
Court By A Jury Of Their Peer Group Or People From Their Black
Communities, As Defined By The Constitution Of The United States.
10.) We Want Land, Bread, Housing, Education,
Clothing, Justice And Peace.
The Black Panthers and the Black Power Movement 