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    "title": "Liberation Schools: The Black Panther Party’s Pursuit for Transgressive Education",
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    "abstract": "<p>The Black Panther Party’s (BPP) 10 point program aimed to empower Black communities, more specifically, point five of their program addressed the inequalities within educational institutions. This study focuses on the Black Panther Party’s creation of liberation schools and investigates how the Party’s alternative curriculum challenged the persistent censorship in conventional school systems of the 1960s and 1970s. Specifically, I analyze how these schools provided students with an education that was inclusive of Black experiences in the midst of educational suppression, fostering self-determination and political consciousness. Additionally, this paper probes how the party’s cultural and political beliefs were embedded in their pedagogy. Ultimately, I highlight important takeaways from the Panther’s pedagogy for modern educators to consider in their classrooms to ensure that every student’s basic right to a satisfactory education is met. This project explores the question: How did the Black Panther Party’s liberation school challenge persistent censorship and white supremacy in conventional school systems? Analyzing archival documents, I assess the impact of their educational strategies on students and explore whether these approaches can inform ongoing debates about educational equity and curriculum reform.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"
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            "first_name": "Janayah",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Applon",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "2026-05-07T12:00:00-07:00",
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