00:00How important were women to the Black Panther Party, and what role did they play?
00:04Yeah, women were incredibly important to the Black Panther Party.
00:08They were the backbone of the party.
00:10I think you see a lot of images of, like, the men with the berets on, with the guns.
00:14But there were as many women, if not more women, that are a part of the party as the men.
00:20The women were foot soldiers.
00:21The women were taking care of the kids.
00:24They were helping to cook.
00:25They were doing other programs.
00:26You know what I mean? At one point, Elaine Brown was running the party when he was in Cuba.
00:30You know what I mean?
00:31Like, people don't realize this, but the women made so much happen in the Black Panther Party.
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