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History Brief: the Black Panther Party [5:19 | May 14 2024 | Reading Through History] (youtu.be)
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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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Black Panther Party

US black power organization (1966–1982)

The Black Panther Party was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major American cities, including San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Philadelphia. They were also active in many prisons and had international chapters in the United Kingdom and Algeria. Upon its inception, the party's core practice was its open carry patrols designed to challenge the excessive force and misconduct of the Oakland Police Department. From 1969 onward, the party created social programs, including the Free Breakfast for Children Programs, education programs, and community health clinics. The Black Panther Party advocated for class struggle, claiming to represent the proletarian vanguard.

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