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The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California.
The roots of the Black Panther Party logo go back to 1966, with the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) in Alabama (also called the Black Panther Party), a progressive political party formed to increase black representation in public office.
The Black Panther Party uniform was iconic for being eye catching and for its unisex appearance. During a time when gender roles were evolving and women presenting themselves as militant was modern, the imagery of Black Panther Party women wearing berets and carrying guns was revolutionary.
Dressed in black berets and black leather jackets, the Black Panthers organized armed citizen patrols of Oakland and other U.S. cities. At its peak in 1968, the Black Panther Party had...
Black Panther Party, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.
Without doubt, the most recognisable symbol associated with the Party is the black panther logo. The image originated from the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) in 1965 when a group of activists came together to organise for Black representation in public office.
As the panther would attack only after being attacked, it visually underscored the Party’s role to defend the black community from police harassment. “All Power to the People” was the Panthers’ central slogan.
Black Panther Logo An illustration from the interior panel of a brochure from the Lowndes County Freedom Organization and distributed in the fall of 1966. The African American political party chose the image of a black panther to represent courage and strength.
Black berets, black leather jackets and black power: these are the iconic symbols of the Black Panther Party, a nationalist movement that disrupted late 20th-century America. Founded by two students, the Black Panther Party was a successor to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and early ’60s.
A new exhibition at Poster House looks at the branding of the Black Panther Party.