p43-48 For the People

These first few glimpses of the Black Panther Party are muddled, an overhead conversation with just bits and pieces coming through tempered by the fun inquisitiveness of children as they play with the grown-up words they hear. I think this marks a good point to examine the bits and pieces we, as reader, know about the Black Panther Party. Because we don’t hear the whole conversation, this isn’t a definitive definition but an almost poetic beginning place. It does bring up the question of when is the best time to incorporate non-fiction resources about the time period to supplement the story which requires bias in order for us to identify with the main characters, although many techniques mitigate this.