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Black Panther Party

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Founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was the era’s most influential militant black power organization.

Its members confronted politicians, challenged the police, and protected black citizens from brutality. The party’s community service programs - called “survival programs” - provided food, clothing, and transportation. Rather than integrating American society, members wanted to change it fundamentally. For them, black power was a global revolution.

Organizing a Revolutionary Party

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, young political activists in Oakland, California, were disappointed in the failure of the civil rights movement to improve the condition of blacks outside the South. They saw brutality against civil rights protesters as part of a long tradition of police violence and state oppression. They immersed themselves in the history of blacks in America. In 1966 they organized young, poor, disenfranchised African Americans into the Black Panther Party.^[[1] https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/black-panther-party-challenging-police-and-promoting-social-change]


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  1. The Black Panther Party was started by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in October 1966 as a response to police brutality and injustices faced by African Americans in urban ghettos.
  2. They organized armed patrols to monitor police officers and gained national attention after a protest in 1967.
  3. The party issued a list of ten beliefs and values, including full employment, decent housing, and an end to police brutality.
  4. By 1968, the party had a presence in over twenty major American cities with membership numbers as high as 10,000.
  5. They also started community-friendly programs such as the Free Breakfast for Children Program, providing services like free medical care and drug rehabilitation.
  6. However, the FBI viewed them as a threat and targeted them for investigation, leading to a decline in their influence by the 1970s.
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