In 1966, frustrated by the lack of progress in the fight for equal rights for blacks, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. Outraged by instances of police brutality and violence toward civil rights workers and even innocent citizens, the Party adopted a policy of self-defense and militancy recognizing that "All history has shown that this government will bring its police and military powers to bear on any group which truly seeks to free Afrikan people" (Acoli 2)...
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This new strategy of "fighting back" differed dramatically from the non-violent rebellion that leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated. These non-violent leaders had adopted a strategy of building a respectful coexistence with the rest of society, which they hoped would eventually lead to social change...
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Black Panther Party Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Albert, Peter and Hoffman, Ronald. We Shall Overcome. New York: Pantheon Books, 1990. Brooks, Thomas. Walls Come Tumbling Down...	1 / 167
Black Panther Party The symbol was chosen because the panther is a powerful image. To achieve their goals, Newton and Seale had a ten-point platform that demanded full employment, exemption of black men from the military and an end to police brutality among other things...	6 / 1535
Black Panthers Bibliography Albert, Peter and Hoffman, Ronald. We Shall Overcome. New York: Pantheon Books, 1990. Brooks, Thomas. Walls Come Tumbling Down. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc...	1 / 163
Black Panthers We want all black people brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their black community, as defined by the constitution of the United States...	3 / 833