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Black Panther Party

-there is not much on what women Black Panther Members actually did, only overall goals for women's rights that the BBP accomplished or worked towards. Needs information on what the woman in the newspapers or lead of chapters did for the party or who these female leaders were

-They mention Angela Davis as a party member, but I thought she was only associated with the party and not an actual member

- the two paragraphs below should be next or near each other because the second paragraph shows direct consequence of how the party's womanist perspective was not universal and failed in some BBP chapters. I think there also needs to be an expansion of the women perspective of this experience. This section on the womanist viewpoint leaves me with several questions such as: Did women members agree that racism is the more important issue? If men and women were expected to hold different positions what were they and how did this impact their roles in the party?

"The Black Panthers adopted a womanist ideology in consideration of the unique experiences of African-American women, affirming the belief that racism is more oppressive than sexism. Womanism was a mix of black nationalism and the vindication of women, putting race and community struggle before the gender issue. Womanism posited that traditional feminism failed to include race and class struggle in its denunciation of male sexism and was therefore part of white hegemony. In opposition to some feminist viewpoints, womanism promoted a gender role point of view that men are not above women, but hold a different position in the home and community, so men and women must work together for the preservation of African-American culture and community."

"The Black Panther Party experienced significant problems in several chapters with sexism and gender oppression, particularly in the Oakland chapter where cases of sexual harassment and gender division were common. When Oakland Panthers arrived to bolster the New York City Panther chapter after twenty one New York leaders were incarcerated, they displayed such chauvinistic attitudes towards New York Panther women that they had to be fended off at gunpoint. Some Party leaders thought the fight for gender equality was a threat to men and a distraction from the struggle for racial equality."

''Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?''

The topics on the talk page cover updated sources, plagiarism problems that appear to be corrected, and the issue of labeling the BBP as black nationalists for this represents a different perspective than what the party's intended goal or identity was. There is no discussion specifically on the women in the BBP information.

''Check a few citations. Do the links work?''

In checking a few of the citations on this page the majority of them work however there are some that appear to be outdated in that the original page has been removed. Specifically, this link to the FBI's website FBI file on the BPP https://web.archive.org/web/20150704181939/https://vault.fbi.gov/Black%20Panther%20Party.