Who were the Black Panthers?

The Black Panthers were formed in California in 1966 and they played a short but important part in the civil rights movement. They did not believe that Martin Luther’s peacefully protesting ways had made any lifestyle changes to the black community and using the ‘traditional’ civil rights movement, would take too long to be implemented or simply not introduced.

When were they prominent?

The party was founded on 15 October 1966, Oakland, California, United States

The party disbanded in 1982

What were they fighting against?

The Black Panther Party (BPP) had four desires: equality in education, housing, employment, and civil rights.

What events reflect the Black Panther Party today?

The unification of people after the events of George Floyd and the BLM movement.

Other Facts about the Black Panthers

The group would prepare 20,000 meals a week for schoolchildren in poor neighbourhoods for free as they started the free school meal regime.