Black Panther Party | |
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Leader | Huey P. Newton |
Founded | 1966 |
Dissolved | 1982 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-left |
Colors | Black, light blue, green |
The Black Panther Party or the BPP (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a revolutionary black power and Marxist-Leninist organization[1][2] active in the United States from 1966 until 1982, with international chapters operating in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s,[3] and in Algeria from 1969 until 1972.[4]
It was founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Founding members were Newton, Seale, Bobby Hutton, and Elbert Howard.