The Black Panthers made going through their education program mandatory before anyone could become a general member. It’s incredibly difficult to find, though. Does anybody have resources on what the educational program consisted of? And if you’ve got other valuable resources about the Black Panthers, feel free to drop those, too.
Good question and I’m also keen on hearing more details.
In a Kwame Ture lecture, he says BP recruits had to read 5 pages a day for six months. They would read a range of topics.
If you Google ‘Black Panther reading list’, you’ll come across one for one branch from one year. I think each branch had some discretion to adapt the list, but I could be (very, very) wrong.
Ture might discuss this in Black Power. I’ll check for you when I find my copy.
I’ll cross my fingers! Thanks!