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The New Black Panther Party is a virulently racist and anti-Semitic organization whose leaders have encouraged violence against  whites, Jews and Law enforcement officers.
Founded in Dallas the group portrays itself as a militant, modern day expression of the Black Power movement. Although it frequently engages in armed protests of alleged police brutality, non racist, left wing members have rejected the new panthers as a "Black racist hate group" and contested their hijacking of the Black Panther name and symbol.

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A history of the Black Panther Party, with original documents, described from a marxist perspective

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World Wide Pan-Afrikan Covention - Krystal Muhammad Speaks

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Personally, I already knew about the Black Panthers Movement when I was younger since I was taught about it from my family. As an African American you should know about Black History & ancestors. 

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Personally, I already knew about the Black Panthers Movement when I was younger since I was taught about it from my family. As an African American you should know about Black History & ancestors. 

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1. Oct 18 1969: A Panther is killed in a gunfight with police outside Los Angeles restaurant.
2. Nov 13 1969: A Panther is killed in a gunfight with police in Chicago.
3. Dec 4 1969: Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are killed by law enforcement in Chicago.

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The New Black Panther Party is currently led by Krystal Muhammad. Malik Zulu Shabazz announced on an October 14, 2013 online radio broadcast that he was stepping down and that Hashim Nzinga, then national chief of staff, would replace him. This proves that the Black Panthers are still alive today, even though it's not as popular then before.

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The New Black Panther Party is currently led by Krystal Muhammad. Malik Zulu Shabazz announced on an October 14, 2013 online radio broadcast that he was stepping down and that Hashim Nzinga, then national chief of staff, would replace him. This proves that the Black Panthers are still alive today, even though it's not as popular then before.

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1. Voting Rights Act (Aug 10 1965) passed
- This makes it easier for southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal.
2.( Oct 1 1966) Huey P. Newton Cleaver found the Black Panther Party.
- The Black Panther Party was formed and primarily based in Oakland, CA
3. (Oct 15 1966) 10 Point Program drafted Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale write the first draft of the Black Panther Party For Self-Defense(BPP) 10 Point Program
4. (Dec 1 1966) first member- Bobby Hutton
- 16 year old Bobby Hutton becomes the first male recruit of the BPP
5. (Jan 1 1967) Black Panther Party opens
- First BPP office opens at 5624 Grove street Oakland, CA
6.(Jan 1 1967) Black Panther members patrol streets in Oakland, CA

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The Black Panther Party launched more than 35 Survival Programs and provided community help, such as education, tuberculosis testing, legal aid, transportation assistance, ambulance service, and the manufacture and distribution of free shoes to poor people.

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The Black Panther Party launched more than 35 Survival Programs and provided community help, such as education, tuberculosis testing, legal aid, transportation assistance, ambulance service, and the manufacture and distribution of free shoes to poor people.

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The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. It was part of the Black Power movement, which broke from the integrationist goals and nonviolent protest tactics of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The BPP name was inspired by the use of the black panther as a symbol that had recently been used by the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, an independent Black political party in Alabama.

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The BPP's philosophy was influenced by the speeches of Malcolm X of the Nation of Islam, the teachings of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of the Communist Party of China, and the anti-colonialist book The Wretched of the Earth ( Les Damnés de la Terre, 1961) by the Martiniquan psychiatrist Frantz Fanon. The BPP's practice of armed self-defense was influenced by African American activist Robert Williams, who advocated this practice against anti-black aggression by the Ku Klux Klan in his book Negroes with Guns (1962). Newton and Seale canvassed their community asking residents about issues of concern. They compiled the responses and created the Ten Point Platform and Program that served as the foundation of the Black Panther Party. The ten points are:

We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community.

We want full employment for our people.

We want an end to the robbery by the Capitalists of our Black Community.

We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings.

We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.

We want all Black men to be exempt from military service.

We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of Black people.

We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails.

We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their Black Communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States.

We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.

Because of its practice of armed self-defense against police, as well as its Communistic and revolutionary elements, the BPP was frequently targeted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's COINTELPRO program as well as by state and local law enforcement groups. However, despite its militant stance, the BPP also provided free breakfast for school children, sickle cell anemia screening, legal aid, and adult education.

The National Archives and Records Administration contains over 2,400 records relating to the Black Panther Party. Most of these records are textual records, but there are also motion pictures, sound recordings, and photographs.

Barbara Easley

Barbara Easley-Cox began working with the Black Panther Party as a student at San Francisco State University. She met and married Donald L. Cox, the Field Marshal of the Black Panther Party, and immediately became more closely affiliated with the Party. In addition to leading the Oakland chapter, they also worked in the New York and Philadelphia chapters as well. After Donald was accused of conspiracy to murder a Panther who was found to be an informant, the couple fled to Algeria and then to North Korea. Easley is credited with helping to spread the international reach of the Party. She later moved to Germany, where she published the newspaper Voice of the Lumpen, worked with soldiers, and lived there until 1973. Upon her return to the United States, Easley moved to Philadelphia where she focused on community development work. After her retirement from social work, Easley continued to consult and volunteer in a variety of community-based capacities which she continues today.

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The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. It was a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality.

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The FBI viewed the Black Panther Party as an enemy of the U.S. government and sought to dismantle the party. To this end, its counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO) used agent provocateurs, sabotage, misinformation, and lethal force.

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The FBI viewed the Black Panther Party as an enemy of the U.S. government and sought to dismantle the party. To this end, its counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO) used agent provocateurs, sabotage, misinformation, and lethal force.

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The Black Panther Party: Crash Course Black American History #39

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After the Civil Rights movement had accomplished the both civil rights act of 1964 & the voting act a year later the movement lost most of it's political solemnity. After that most black people were ghettoized throughout the nation. Overall everything was still the same after Martin Luther King Died (In 1968) segregation & African American was still treated the same. Ronald Regan (Which was the 40th president of the United States was not willing to make any changes, so the following year that's when Huey Newton & Bobby Seal created a political organization called "The Black Panthers Party for self-defense" which they wrote down goals to accomplish for the next decade.

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After the Civil Rights movement had accomplished the both civil rights act of 1964 & the voting act a year later the movement lost most of it's political solemnity. After that most black people were ghettoized throughout the nation. Overall everything was still the same after Martin Luther King Died (In 1968) segregation & African American was still treated the same. Ronald Regan (Which was the 40th president of the United States was not willing to make any changes, so the following year that's when Huey Newton & Bobby Seal created a political organization called "The Black Panthers Party for self-defense" which they wrote down goals to accomplish for the next decade.

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The Black Panther Party was founded by Huey Newton, Elbert Howard, & Bobby Seale. All three came together & wanted a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. There were over 5,000 members between 1966-1989. Also, there are STILL Black Panthers today. 

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The Black Panther Party was founded by Huey Newton, Elbert Howard, & Bobby Seale. All three came together & wanted a revolutionary organization with an ideology of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. There were over 5,000 members between 1966-1989. Also, there are STILL Black Panthers today. 

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Most of the Black Panthers grown up in a segregated era, & while growing up becoming adults, wanted to make a group that's represents black power, & trying to tell people the importance of equality.

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Most of the Black Panthers grown up in a segregated era, & while growing up becoming adults, wanted to make a group that's represents black power, & trying to tell people the importance of equality.

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Started in October 15, 1966, in Oakland CA