In 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, Calif. The group became widely known for the striking image its members cultivated: black ...

the Reverend Raymond Broshears formed the Lavender Panthers, an armed self-defense group, in 1973 Sonja Anderson Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam, who each served more than 20 years of a life ...

As a member of the original chapter of the group (then known as the Black Panther Party for Self Defense), which her late husband Huey P. Newton co-founded in Oakland in 1966, Newton spent long hours ...

"What we wanted, what we believed, dealing with quality-of-life issues." The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. "They wanted to have an ...

Thirty-eight percent of surveyed white Americans own a gun, compared with smaller shares of Black (24%), Hispanic (20%) and ...

As the first women chair of the Black Panthers, Brown continues to fight for women and black liberation today.

SEATTLE — Once a powerful force in Seattle, the Black ... Panthers. They attacked our offices, that's where the violence emanated from." Their movement grew from self-defense to survival.

The Black Panther Party, founded in 1966 initiated a number of community programs aimed at addressing issues faced by Black communities ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT)—On Saturday, Black Lives Matter Flint and the Revolutionary Black Panther Party ( RBPP) teamed up to hold ...

the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Panthers, in addition to their bold ideas about Black revolution and self-defense, made a significant (but often under-appreciated) contribution to society’s ...