Black Power/Black Panthers
The Black Panther Party (BPP), originally established as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in October 1966, arose during the so-called Black Power era. But the Panthe...
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Black Panthers
The Black Panther Party (BPP) came to represent the West Coast manifestation of Black Power as well as the angry mood within urban African American communities in the 1960s. The groups ...
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Black Panther Party
Founded 1966 Oakland, California Disbanded around 1980
African American self-defense and community improvement organization
The Black Panther Party (BPP) used arms and traditiona...
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If one were an Oakland Police officer in the late 1960's and was making an arrest in a black neighborhood not less than five feet away there would be black men and women dressed in black with black ...
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