Black Panther Party

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The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary Black nationalist and socialist organization in the United States known for its armed self-defense against police brutality and its community social programs in the 1960s and 1970s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Black nationalist organization
political organization
revolutionary organization
socialist organization
activePeriod 1970s
late 1960s
country United States
dissolved 1982
ethnicGroupFocus African Americans
foundedBy Bobby Seale
Huey P. Newton
hasMember Assata Shakur
Bobby Hutton
David Hilliard
Elaine Brown
Eldridge Cleaver
Fred Hampton
Geronimo Pratt
Kathleen Cleaver
hasPart Free Breakfast for Children Program
community health clinics
education programs
free clothing programs
patrols monitoring police behavior
prisoner support programs
headquartersLocation Oakland, California
ideology Black nationalism
Marxism–Leninism
anti-imperialism
anti-racism
armed self-defense
revolutionary socialism
inception 1966
influenced Black Liberation Army
global Black Power movements
motto All Power to the People
movement Black Power movement
civil rights movement
notableEvent 1967 armed protest at California State Capitol
1969 killing of Fred Hampton by police
FBI surveillance and repression
notableWork Ten-Point Program
opposedBy COINTELPRO
Federal Bureau of Investigation
politicalPosition far-left
publication The Black Panther (newspaper)
purpose Black liberation
community empowerment
self-defense against police brutality


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