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University of Iowa Student Activities Bulletin, 1967-1970

1970-02-18 ""Can Man Survive"" (Man: An Endangered Species?) Page 3

February 18, 1970
STUDENT ACTIVITIES BULLETIN
Page 3

BLACK PANTHER PARTY PLATFORM

In accordance with Black Experience Week, the Black Panther program is published here for your information.

1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our black community. 
We believe that black people will not be free until we are able to determine our own destiny.

2. We want full employment for our people.
We believe that the federal government is responsible and obligated to give every man employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if the white American businessman will not give full employment, then the means of production should be taken from the businessman and placed in the community so that the people of the community can organize and employ all of its people and give a high standard of living. 

3. We want an end to the robbery by the white man of our black community.
We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are demanding the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules. Forty acres and two mules was promised 100 years ago as restitution for slave labor and mass murder of black people. We will accept the payment in currency which will be distributed to our many communities. The Germans are now aiding the Jews in Israel for the genocide of the Jewish people. The Germans murdered six million Jews. The American racist has take part in the slaughter of over fifty million black people; therefore, we feel that this is a modest demand that we make.

4. We want decent housing, fit shelter for human beings.
We believe that if the white landlords will not give decent housing to our black community, then the housing and land should be made into cooperatives so that our community, with government aid, can build and make decent housing for its people.

5. We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.
We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a knowledge of self. If a man does not have the knowledge of himself and his position in society and the world, then he has little chance to relate to anything else.

6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service.
We believe that black people should not be forced to fight in the military service to defend a racist government that does not protect us. We will not fight and kill other people of color in the world who, like black people, are being victimized by the white racist government of America; we will protect ourselves from the force and violence of the racist police and racist military, by whatever means necessary.

7. We want an immediate end to all police brutality and murder of black people.

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February 18, 1970 STUDENT ACTIVITIES BULLETIN Page 3 BLACK PANTHER PARTY PLATFORM In accordance with Black Experience Week, the Black Panther program is published here for your information. 1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our black community. We believe that black people will not be free until we are able to determine our own destiny. 2. We want full employment for our people. We believe that the federal government is responsible and obligated to give every man employment or a guaranteed income. We believe that if the white American businessman will not give full employment, then the means of production should be taken from the businessman and placed in the community so that the people of the community can organize and employ all of its people and give a high standard of living. 3. We want an end to the robbery by the white man of our black community. We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are demanding the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules. Forty acres and two mules was promised 100 years ago as restitution for slave labor and mass murder of black people. We will accept the payment in currency which will be distributed to our many communities. The Germans are now aiding the Jews in Israel for the genocide of the Jewish people. The Germans murdered six million Jews. The American racist has take part in the slaughter of over fifty million black people; therefore, we feel that this is a modest demand that we make. 4. We want decent housing, fit shelter for human beings. We believe that if the white landlords will not give decent housing to our black community, then the housing and land should be made into cooperatives so that our community, with government aid, can build and make decent housing for its people. 5. We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society. We believe in an educational system that will give to our people a knowledge of self. If a man does not have the knowledge of himself and his position in society and the world, then he has little chance to relate to anything else. 6. We want all black men to be exempt from military service. We believe that black people should not be forced to fight in the military service to defend a racist government that does not protect us. We will not fight and kill other people of color in the world who, like black people, are being victimized by the white racist government of America; we will protect ourselves from the force and violence of the racist police and racist military, by whatever means necessary. 7. We want an immediate end to all police brutality and murder of black people.