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California 8, Oakland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...Chicago 1 6 .143 4.5 1-6 L 2 0-1 1-5 West W L Pct GB L10Streak Home Away Seattle 6 1 .857 -- 6-1 W3 3-1 3-0 California 4 3 .571 2 4-3 W1 1-2 3-1 Oakland 2 5 .286 4 2-5 L10-0 2-5 Texas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...Oakland at California...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

Contradictory to the vague popular idea that the Panthers were an outcropping of the Black Muslims, "Panther" portrays the Oakland Muslims as an indolent group of pretentious pseudo-Africans who have trouble accepting that they're not in Africa. Soon the women of the Black Muslims, led by the independent Alma (Nefertiti) tire of being asked to "bring more libations" to these self-important neo-old-worlders and join the Panthers...

Author: By Cicely V. Wedgeworth, | Title: Strong 'Panther' Delivers Barrage | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

...Black community. The policemen are unrelentingly brutal and mindless in their hatred. Hoover (Richard Dysart) and his aide (Beau Windham) are ridiculous in their suspicions of Communist influence behind the Panthers; the one black FBI agent is a robotic mouthpiece for integrationism. Like the Black people of Oakland, we can't fathom what fuels their intense hatred, and can only accept the police as an omnipresent menace. The film's interpretation depends on the individual viewer's ability to conceive of law enforcers as a malignant force...

Author: By Cicely V. Wedgeworth, | Title: Strong 'Panther' Delivers Barrage | 5/4/1995 | See Source »

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