The activists helped create an independent political party for black voters to counteract suppression. The symbol used was a black panther. Watch Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise Nov. 15 ...

See Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party at Poster House through September 10, 2023. Poster House is the first museum in the United States dedicated to the global history ...

The Black Panther comic-book character debuted in the pages of a Fantastic Four comic in the summer of 1966. In the autumn of the same year, Carmichael gave a speech about black power at UC Berkeley ...

In 1969, the N.Y.P.D. arrested a group of Black Panther Party members in a series of predawn raids. Twenty-one people were charged with planning bombings across the city and assassinations of ...

In the late 1960s, Black Panther Party cofounder Huey P. Newton was immortalized in an iconic photo. Holding a spear in one hand and a rifle in the other, with traditional West African shields on ...

So this Black Panther Party came before the Panthers emerged in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. This Black Panther Party and its iconic symbol inspired that movement in Oakland.

Serving as a unifying symbol of freedom for Black people across the diaspora, Garvey’s design has been used throughout several Black liberation movements, including the Black Panther Party and ...

Explore the Black Panther Party’s legacy at the California Museum with the new ‘Revolutionary Grain’ exhibit, opening Saturday with a special event.

Huggins joined the Black Panther Party in 1968 and spent 14 years with the organization in Oakland, California. Chesson-Williams joined the Black Panther Party just before her 18th birthday and spent ...