1. Nich Caldwell
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2.  Also known as Black Panther Party for Self
Defense.
 Formed as a result of white oppression.
 Huey Newton and Bobby Seale were angry
about the brutality of Oakland Police Officers
treating black suspects.

3.  Equality of all discriminated
groups(specifically African Americans).
 Influenced by Malcolm X Practices.

4.  Fed over 10,000 children across the nation
everyday before school.
 From that they also continued on to say how it
was beneficial to education.
 Free Medical Clinics across the country.
 Convinced Chicago’s most powerful street
gangs to stop fighting one another.

5.  Equality comparable to white rights.
 Better Legal Representation

6.  J. Edgar Hoover considers Black Panthers the
greatest threat to the USA’s internal security.
 FBI raided almost every office of the
organization.
 J. Edgar Hoover creates COINTELPRO to break
up the group and any others following the
trend.
 Many members killed without a reason.
 More members killed then the group itself
actually killed.

7.  Many members killed without a reason.
 More members killed then the group itself
actually killed.

8.  5,000 full time members, 45 branches across the
nation.
 70% of the organization was women, however
men still took the leadership positions.
 Group numbers skyrocketed after Huey
Newton and Bobby Seale’s armed protest in
1967 for the black community;
Sacramento, California.
 90% of blacks supported the group in major
cities.

9.  Organized personal newspaper in 1967: The
Black Panther.
 At it’s peak the paper sold over 250,000 copies
a week.

10.  Was in operations from 1966 – 1982
 There is a new group today known as the New
Black Panther Party, however original Black
panther members deny any association with
the group.
 Original members met at Merritt Junior College
in West Oakland.
 Considered most violent group of Black Civil
Rights movement.