... poor children. By the end of the year, the Panthers set up kitchens in cities across the nation, feeding over 10,000 children every day before they went to school. During this political movement hundreds of the Panthers were killed by the FBI, and county policemen. The Panthers efficiently eliminated ... in a film with Janet Jackson, called Poetic Justice (Tupac Shakur 1971-1996, by the editors of VIBE). The way people are brought up these day in ages, are cold and heartless. Their morals, instincts, and heart might tell them that it's not right, but because of their upbringings, they ....

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• Grade Level: High School

... Village, pregnant with Tupac. While defending herself in the Panther 21 case, she says she had to fight to receive "one egg and once glass of milk per day" for herself and her unborn son. Speaking of this today, Afeni still gets emotional, "I never thought he"d make it here alive." In May of 1971, ... Tupac as a bad guy, in reality this is far from the case. You don't need to look any farther than songs like Brenda's Got a Baby and Dear Mama to know Tupac had a gentle side. The CD cover to the Makaveli CD depicts Tupac on a cross. This was meant to show his crucification by the media. ....

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... be a result of his step father. Although the song makes the listener believe that Tupac had a bad mother, he then breaks into, "Even though you was a crack fiend, mama, you was always a black queen, mama." He then moves on to say, "I finally understand for a woman it ain't easy trying to raise a man. You always stayed committed, a poor black woman on welfare, tell ... a drug dealer and rapper. He speaks of how she made miracles on the holidays and was always working to make sure that he and his sister had food after a long day. As an orator, Tupac is giving the life of an inner city mot...

• Word Count: 3526
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School