Panthers Pillows
Description: The Louisville Panthers of the American Hockey League played at Freedom Hall from 1999 to 2001, and were an affiliate of the NHL's Florida Panthers. During their time in the AHL, the Panthers faced the Kentucky Thoroughblades, Hershey Bears, Albany River Rats, Syracuse Crunch, Rochester Americans, Worcester IceCats, Springfield Falcons, Portland Pirates, St. John's Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Phantoms, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, Hamilton Bulldogs, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Hartford Wolf Pack and more.
Description: The Black Panther Party fought against police brutality, promoted activism that organized, educated and fed their community while being mercilessly hunted by the FBI. While the Panthers fought against police brutality, they also invested heavily in community organizing and aid. Their free breakfast program fed thousands of hungry kids before school; they set up health clinics, child development centers and food pantries. They handled pest control, gave away coats and shoes in the winter, and started a free bus route to prisons for people to visit their incarcerated family members and loved ones.
Description: An Attack Against One Is An Attack Against All... The Black Panther Party fought against police brutality, promoted activism that organized, educated and fed their community while being mercilessly hunted by the FBI. While this history might be new to many, it isn’t to the activists who have inherited many aspects of their work from the Panthers: their socialist ideals and focus on grassroots organizing. On a larger scale, some of the ideas that the Black Panthers espoused—including prison abolition—have begun making their way into mainstream discourse. The Slaughter of Black People Must Be Stopped!
