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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. For similarly named organizations, see Black panther (disambiguation) § Political organizations. Political party New Black Panther Party Chairperson Krystal Muhammad Founder Aaron Michaels Founded 1989 ; 36 years ago (1989) Headquarters Dallas, Texas, U.S. Ideology Black nationalism ...
Alex Rackley (June 2, 1949 – May 20, 1969) [1] was an American activist who was a member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in the late-1960s. In May 1969, Rackley was suspected by other Panthers of being a police informant.
Black Panther Party leaders Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver, and Bobby Seale spoke on a 10-point program they wanted from the administration which was to include full employment, decent housing and education, an end to police brutality, and black people to be exempt from the military. Black Panther Party members are shown as they marched in ...
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On May 17, 1969, members of the Black Panther Party kidnapped fellow Panther Alex Rackley, who had fallen under suspicion of informing for the FBI. He was held captive at the New Haven Panther headquarters on Orchard Street, where he was tortured and interrogated until he confessed. His interrogation was tape recorded by the Panthers. [2]
Following a summit with members of the New Black Panther Party on April 19, 1997, the New African American Vanguard Movement agreed to formally change their name to the New Panther Vanguard Movement. The two groups endeavoured to build towards a national Black Panther movement by working with other "Panther-like" groups and sought to become ...
Director Stanley Nelson said of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panthers were founded in Oakland, California, in 1966 and upon their founding had a relatively simple goal — stop police brutality.
Carl Hampton (December 17, 1948–July 26, 1970) was a civil rights leader and head of the People's Party II, a precursor to the Houston chapter of the Black Panther Party. During his time leading the organization, the local chapter established community programs to offer food and medicine to Black Houstonians. [1]