THE 1970S 1969 1979
SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE
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Protecting African Americans
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Providing for the community
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Standing up to the government
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In addition to fighting for political and economic equality, the BPP became well known for providing access to medical clinics and free breakfasts for children. At the organization’s peak in the late 1960’s, it had chapters in several major American cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -They founded the Black Panthers in the wake of the assassination of Black nationalist Malcolm X and after police in San Francisco shot and killed an unarmed Black teen named Matthew Johnson. Originally dubbed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the organization was founded in October 1966.
Detailed explanation-3: -Black Panther Party leaders Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and Bobby Seale spoke on a 10-point program they wanted from the administration which was to include full employment, decent housing and education, an end to police brutality, and black people to be exempt from the military.