Black Panther Party

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1960
Active 1970
Establishment 1966
Disestablishment 1982
Americans
English

History notes:

The Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland, California in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The philosophy of the Black Panthers, known as their ten-point program, combined Marxist socialism and black nationalism with demands for land, housing, education, justice and peace. By 1969 the Black Panthers had become known nationally.

From the guide to the Black Panther Party FBI file, 1967-1969, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

The Bay Area Black Panther Party Collection was donated on November 1, 1991 by Douglas Daniels, who was at the time an Associate Professor of Black Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The collection was gathered by Richard Aoki, a founding member of the Bay Area chapter and the only Asian American to hold a formal leadership position as Field Marshall. Particularly significant to this collection are several first issues of the Black Panther party newspaper, flyers from the Huey Newton Defense Fund (Committee), documents and handbills from Eldridge Cleaver's U.S. Presidential bid with the Peace and Freedom Party, and the political manifesto from the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (Alabama), the logo for which became the Black Panther's national symbol.

From the description of Bay Area Black Panther Party Collection, 1963-2000. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 56211795

The Black Panther Party was an African American political and activist organization founded in 1965 in Oakland, California by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. An outgrowth of the "Black Power" movement, the Black Panther Party focused its efforts on community activism and social community programs. The organization was most active during the 1960s and 1970s.

From the description of Black Panther Party collection, 1965-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458818665

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Subjects:

  • African American college students
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Antisemitism
  • Antisemitism
  • Black militant organizations
  • Black militant organizations
  • Black militant organizations
  • Black nationalism
  • Black nationalism
  • Black power
  • Black power
  • Black power
  • Black power
  • Political parties
  • Political parties
  • Racism
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Antisemitism
  • Black militant organizations
  • Black militant organizations
  • Black nationalism
  • Black power
  • Black power
  • Black power
  • Political parties

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • California--San Francisco--Oakland (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
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