Black History in Two Minutes (or so)

Black History in Two Minutes (or so)


The Birth of the Black Panthers

December 13, 2019

Electrified by the rhetoric of Malcolm X, founding members Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale created an organization aimed at protecting the Black community from racism and violence. And thus, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was founded in Oakland, Calif., in October of 1966.