Black Panthers

							Black Panther Party for Self-
         Defense
• Huey P. Newton; Bobby Seale; H.
  Rap Brown
• Founded 1966
• Black nationalism + revolutionary
  communism Destroy capitalism
  and violent oppression
• Survival Programs: free breakfast
  for children (10,000/day); free
  health clinics; schools; drug rehab
• Police violence: 1967-1969, 9
  police officers were killed and 56
  were wounded; 10 Panther deaths
  and an unknown number of
  injuries. 1969 alone: 348 Panthers
  arrested
  – COINTELPRO
            Fred Hampton
• Chicago
• Rainbow Coalition
  – AIM, Hispanics
• 1969: “Assassination” by
  police Weather
  Underground