Whether you’re looking to learn more about where the land meets the water or a new iconography in queer history, this season’s exhibits have offerings to deepen your roots in both your local and global community.
From schools to free food and health care, the group’s majority female membership carried out life-sustaining, grass-roots programs that went far beyond politics.
A history of radical Black self-care and the impact of the Black Panther Party
OPINION: If we still had the programs the Black Panthers initiated across the U.S. what could’ve been?
Ryan Pearson
Like many viewers, I was deeply impacted by
Shaka King’s
Fred Hampton (
Daniel Kaluuya) and his assassination by the FBI, which was successful because of the aid of an informant (
Lakeith Stanfield) who infiltrated the Chicago chapter of the organization that Hampton led.
While the racism, anti-Blackness, betrayal and violence against Black people was difficult to digest, the focus on Black liberation that the Black Panther party so mightily worked toward was inspirational and thought-evoking. What captured me most was the party’s dedication to self-care in the Black community. In today’s society, we often are sold this image of self-care as getting your favorite ice cream, bingeing Netflix on a Friday night, having a spa day, exercising, or getting a massage.