Black Self-Defense is Important, But Ideology is Paramount

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford

21 Jan 2020

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Yafeuh Balogun, a leader of the Dallas-based Huey P Newton Gun Club, which advocates armed Black self-defense, said the club was inspired by the “founding of the Black Panther Party, more than half a century ago. When armed white supremacists tried to stage a show of force in the Black section of Dallas in 2016, “we were able to drive them out,” However, “ideology is more important than the weapons,” said Balogun.

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