Black Panther: The Cultural Bridge That United Black People Everywhere

Stephen Shames Highlights a Transformational Era in 'Black Panthers & Revolution'

Completed in 1940, California Highway 17—now Interstate 880—bulldozed a vast swath of Oakland’s African American community to make room for the route. Cut off from downtown, these neighborhoods were stripped of their economic connections to the commercial center, disrupting social cohesion and among other policies and attitudes at the time, setting in motion an era of increased unrest. One of these damaging policies took the form of the Federal …

Black Panther: The Cultural Bridge That United Black People Everywhere

As OkayAfrica marks our 15th anniversary, we're taking a look back at 15 defining African moments of the past 15 years that deserve to be remembered, and the impact they've had. In chronological order, here's Moment No. 8.Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther brought Black people everywhere to Wakanda, a fictional, dreamy paradise shaped by the gifts of primeval spirits, Afrofuturism, and harmony between environment and technology. Featuring an almost al…