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Black Panther Party (1966-1972)
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The Black Panther Party (BPP) was a revolutionary Black Nationalist organization that existed from 1966 to 1972. The party’s founders, Huey P Newton and Bobby Seale, were inspired by the work of Malcolm X and saw their party as the political successor to Malcolm X’s Afro-American Unity Association.
Comrades of the Panthers were inspired by the work of the Chinese and Bolshevik Revolution and at various times also raised the banner of Marxism-Leninism. During the party’s brief and spirited history, it quickly rose to the forefront of the US revolutionary movement and had supporters around the world. It was deeply engaged in community organizing in the Black community and the struggle against all forms of national oppression.A substantial archive of materical related to the Black Panther Party, including its newspaper, is available at the Marxist Internet Archive (https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/index.htm). Other key documents and further reading is provided below. Please reach out to BanendThought with suggestions to improve this page at: freespeech@bannedthought.net.
Party Program:
- “Black Panther's Ten-Point Program”, version found in War Against the Panthers, by Huey P. Newton (1980), 3 pages. English: PDF format (92 KB);
Party Documents:
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Party Newspaper:
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Writings of Huey P. Newton:
- “The Huey P. Newton Reader”, Huey P. Newton, edited by David Hilliard and Donald Weise, Seven Stories Press, 2003, 351 pages. English: PDF format (1,356 KB);
Party Member Biographies:
- “Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention”, Jamal Joseph, Algonquin Books, 2012, 197 pages. English: PDF format (1,264 KB);
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