Black panthers movement

Black Panther Party

Six years down with a lifetime to go.

In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Searle, who had met at Merritt College, a public community college in Oakland, California, founded the Black Panther Party. Originally the Panthers were more about community organisation and could almost have been described as a neighbourhood watch scheme (the original name was the Black Panther Party of … Continue reading "Extraordinary Pictures, Posters and Flyers of the Black Panther Party, 1967-1972"

Miami gains a new artists’ collective with studios and a gallery in The Laundromat Art Space.

Remember Yesteryear: Black Panther Party and Dr. Huey P. Newton Dr. Huey Percy Newton was born Feb. 17, 1942, Monroe, Louisiana. Newton was an American political activist. Newton and Bobby Seale co…