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6A NEWSAT^e Charlotte $o«t Thursday, June 29, 2006 Black Panthers evoke emotions 40 years later By Brandon Perry THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — This year marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of the Black Panther Party an organization that pushed the limits on what steps blacks can take to protect themselves, achieve civil rights and become self-sufficient in their own com munities. As surviving Black Panther leaders prepare gatherir^ to share the nostalgia of their accomplishments and reminisce about mem bers lost in the stn^gle, they are making it clear that the best way activists today can honor their legacy is to seriously address the latest set of challenges being faced by Afiican Americans, and humanity in general. In a recent statement the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foimdation, the organizaticai that cur rently represents many of the original Black Panthers, noted that in some aspects, condi tions for AMcan Americans are worse today than tiiey were in the ‘60s. “Blacks in the main continue to live in pover ty” the statement reads. “Disproportionate percentages of blacks die from AIDS and can cer, as the black infant mortality rate contin ues to be double that of whites. There is a des perate need for liberation agenda.” There are stiH many people who would argue that an organization like the Black Panthers would be best suited to find solutions to those problems. Originally named the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the organization was formed See ACTIVISTSV8A Homegrown terrorism Continued from page 1A thedr apparently militaristic group. The residents said FBI agents spent several hours in the neighborhood showing photos of the suspects and seeking information. They said the men, who appeared to be in their teens or 20s, had lived in the area about a year. The men slept in the ware house, said Tashawn Rose, 29. ‘Th.eywouldccaneoutlate at night and exercise. It seemed like a military boot camp that they were working on there. They would come out and stand guard.” She talked to one of the m^n about a month ago: “They seemed brainwashed. They said they had given their lives to Allah.” Rose said the men tried to recruit her yotir^er brother and nephew for a karate class. ‘It was weird,” she said. Benjamin Williams,. 17, said the group had young children with them some- tiraes. Sometimes, he added, the men “would cover their faces. Sometimes they would wear thirgs on their heads, like turbans.” Xavier Smith, who attends the nearby United Christian Outreach, said the men would often come by the church and ask for water. “They were very private,” said Smith, 33. “They spoke with like an accent, sort of a Jamaican accent.” ' ■ The 110-floor Sears Tbwer is the nation’s tallest build ing. Security was ramped up after the Sept. 11 attacks, and the 103rd-floor skydeck was closed for about a month and a half A spokesman for Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Illinois offi cials had been in contact with the FBI about the arrests and the investigation. He would not comment further, refer ring additional questions to the FBI. The FBI’s headquarters in Miami sits near a residential neighborhood just east of Interstate 95. A huge crowd _ up to 250,000 people _ was expect ed downtown Friday for a parade to honor the NBA champion Miami Heat. Security measures consistent with such an event were in place, city officials said, and the reids were not expected to affect it. Several terrorism investi gations have had south Florida links. Several of the Sept. 11 hijackers lived and trained in the area, including ringleader Mohamed Atta, and several plots by Cuban- Americans against Fidel Castro’s government have been based in Miami Jose Padilla, a former resi- dait once accused of plotting to detonate a radioactive bomb in the U.S., is charged in Miami with being part of a support cell for Islamic extremists. Padilla’s trial is set for this fall. Associated Press reporter Mark Sherimn in Washington, D.C., contributed to this article. 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