• cont nu d from 9 A1 T VOLU 0 came m the ongoing civil rights mo men which the e id s rted ay b fore the day of Dr. M rtin Luther King Jr. and loolm X. "A lot of people think that rtin Luth r Kingj jumped up one day and had a dream," I ver id. "But we have been involved in an ongoing process of development." Party members w re no allowed to grab a gun and go; they had to be indoctrinated to the platform rul and be well versed' books several Black thinkers. The speakers aid African Americans then and now are in a constant struggle again t segregation and exclusion, political disenfranchi ement and economic exploitation. For these reason, the group e tablished a 10-point list of demands from the government including: • Decent housing fit for human beings. Full employment. • Decent education that t aches (Black) history. • Trials by (Black) peers. Toucbi on rytbing women' role in th organization to the group's ultimate demise, Seale and Cleaver reminisced about their rol in educating their people, challenging the police and s ruggling for brotherhood. THE GROUP CHANGED the lives of many Blacks and scared others before facing a slow demise, Seale said. He left the organization in 1974, when his co-founder, Huey P. Newton, fell to alcohol and drugs. Cleaver said it was a combination of intellectuals and the Black bourgeoisie that led to the conflict and destruction of the organization. He accused members of the group of acting on their own agendas or playing the roles of informan to the FBI. Some, he said, are now Black U.S. politicians. The lecture sparked little controversy as a mixed 'group of MSU students braved a cold night to taste a little of Black history. MSU student group leaders from the Black Student Alliance and the Jewish Student Union showed support for the sp akers, who they claim held an important role in the r organization of the Black community of that time. "The Black Panthers, in my opinion, was the beginning of Black empowerment," said Qeoff Berdy, JSU eo-founder. AND OFFICIALS from the Hillel Jewish Student Center, who protested last year's campus appearance of Kwame Ture, formerly Stokely Carmichael, an ex-Panther accu ed of being an anti­ S mitist, said they did not expect any negativity to come fr m the lectures. The speakers called for a greater involvement in the political, economic and social evolvement of the community. "1 aver said Blacks ne d to fo and redirect the anger that oft n results in Black-on-Black crime. "We forget where all of this violence is coming from," Cleaver said. "When you are opp sed, the energy that is r 1 s ,jf you don't take it out on the oppressor, th nit is in srnalized," he said. "This on mi thing is n bulous and W > forget who we need to shoot." IorC 10% dI8c