The Black Panther Party was founded on October 15, 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland, California. This organization was a black revolutionary socialist party created to protect primarily African-American neighborhoods from violent police brutality. In 1967, the party published and distributed its first newspaper, The Black Panther. The same year, the organization also protested the gun ban in Sacramento, in front of the California State Capitol. After becoming an icon of the 1960s counterculture, the Party had a presence in many cities across the country, with a record membership of 10,000 in 1969. The Black Panther editor Eldridge Cleaver and his committee editorial team created a document called Ten Point Agenda. This document included the desired wants and needs for the black community, such as: freedom, employment, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace. The Black Panthers expressed their injustices by saying, “What we want, what we believe.” Not only did this document express specific needs for the Panthers, but it was also a sign of hope and inspiration for underprivileged black people who lived in ghettos across the country. With a strong passion for uplifting poor black communities, the Panthers established a variety of community social programs intended to improve several aspects of the inner-city ghettos. Two of their best-known programs were its free breakfast program for children and its armed citizen patrol which ensured that police officers behaved within their powers and protected black people who were victims of racist police brutality. They also instituted a free medical care program and combatted the common problem of black youth using narco...... middle of paper ...... very good example of a primary source, reading this source tells us We tell the public exactly what we told people on December 29, 1969, which gives us a good overview of the details of everything that was happening at that time. Personally, I wouldn't normally use this source because I think it was too short and didn't display as much information as a normal primary source. Even though I feel this way, the article still does a great job of delivering the information easily and effectively. The strengths of this article are its quotes from government officials and its key examples of how police took advantage of their powers and authority over the Black Panthers. The article's weaknesses are its short length and its inability to present the main quotes from the opposing camp (members of the Black Panther Party).).