"Kathleen Neal Cleaver: Inspired by women of the civil rights movement, Cleaver joined other women as influential members of the Black Panther leadership. (Photo) Cleaver addresses the congregation of the Unitarian Church, San Rafael, Calif."

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/black-panther-party-challenging-police-and-promoting-social-change

#BlackPantherParty #BlackWomen #BlackActivists #FightBack #KathleenCleaver #Feminism #BlackHistory

From: Women in the #BlackPanther Party: A roundtable, International Socialist Review, Winter 2016-17

"What I think is distinctive about gender relations within the Black Panther Party is not how those gender relations duplicated what was going on in the world around us. In fact, that world was extremely #misogynist and #authoritarian. That’s part of what inspired us to fight against it. When women suffered hostility, abuse, neglect, and assault—this was not something arising from the policies or structure of the Black Panther Party, something absent from the world—that’s what was going on in the world. The difference that being in the Black Panther Party made was that it put a woman in a position when such treatment occurred to contest it." - #KathleenCleaver.

https://isreview.org/issue/111/women-black-panther-party/index.html

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Celebrating Black History Month

#martinlutherkingjr #mlk #harrybelafonte #bayardrustin #minnieriperton #lorrainehansberry #richiehavens #valeriethomas #claudettecolvin #eldridgecleaver #kathleencleaver #langstonhughes #johnlewis #shirleychisholm #tinaturner #2pac #notoriousbig

Kathleen Cleaver

“The black woman is not being taken serious, and we have the men in the media, entertainment business, and ourselves to blame. We as black women must make the decision to choose how we are seen in the world.”

#kathleencleaver #blackpanthers #civilrights #civilrightsmovement #civilrightsactivist #quotes #blackandwhite #blackhistorymonth #february #black #art #drawing #illustration #coloredpencil #penandink #sharpie #markers #snackadelic