User talk:Blackhawk128716/sandbox

The article I have chosen to edit focuses on the Black Panther Party(BPP). This article is already pretty extensive and provides a substantial amount of information about many different topics regarding the Black Panther Party. My main focus in editing this article will be primarily centered on the fatal firefights the Black Panther group members were associated with against police forces. I will be looking to provide more information about the people who died during these violent clashes and their significance towards the Black Panther Party.

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Hey, just leaving you a quick peer review. I think your suggested edits sound really interesting and would be a valuable contribution to the article. Your suggestions caught my eye because I working on a paper right now that discusses the history of Second Amendment jurisprudence in relation to civil rights. I see that the article already touches on the Panthers' strategy of policing the police and open carrying in Oakland, but it doesn't discuss the political and legal implications of Newton and Seal choosing take advantage of the right to self defense (and the white backlash that followed). I listened to this podcast (https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/gun-show) that goes pretty in depth on the ways in which the Panthers tried to utilize their Second Amendment right of self protection, and how society/courts at the time instead made it harder. I know you're focusing on violent encounters with police and their fall-out, but I bet you could tie it to the utter lack of a right to self defense for Black people in America. Good luck!Hannah-ortloff (talk) 22:14, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

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While the page looks fairly solid I really like your idea on how to move forward. As you add those people I might also add them and expand the chronologies overall so that if the reader is looking for a specific person/time they'll have an easier time finding it and when the event happened. Also if you can, adding citations to the chronologies would be good, as most aren't cited. Adding to the women's section of Black Panther members also seems like a good idea.

--Cassadin (talk) 23:13, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

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Hi there! I like the suggestions you have in mind as far as the significance the fatal fire flights had at the time. There are other areas that could use development such as the origins of the Panther Party. The history of oppression is evident, but I wonder if there is a particular event or events right before the actual founding that led to the formation of the party. As a suggestion was already made the Chronology from 1967-1967 could use citations. The part of the LA chapter was also pretty vague without much historical background that may have led to the founding of a chapter in LA. (NansiReyes (talk) 04:45, 21 May 2019 (UTC)).