Black Panther Party, History, Ideology, & Facts
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Black Panther Party, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Created to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality, the Panthers eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group.
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50 years later, who are the heirs of the Black Panthers? (Opinion)
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Black Panther Party, History, Ideology, & Facts
Walker, David F., Anderson, Marcus Kwame: 9781984857705: Books
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The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History
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How the Black Panthers Worked
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Black Panther Party - Wikipedia
Black Panther Party - Wikipedia
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29 Important Facts You Should Know About the Black Panther Party - Melanin Is Life
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Black Panther Party - Wikipedia
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BPP: The Black Panther Party – bridgeman blog
How the Black Panthers Worked
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Black Panther Party - Wikipedia
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The Black Panther Party: Challenging Police and Promoting Social Change
Bloom, Joshua, Martin Jr., Waldo E.: 9780520293281: Books
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Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (The George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies)
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The Black Panther Party - A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States - HUSL Library at Howard University School of Law