African-American Militant Group: The Black Panthers

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The Black Panthers, a U.S. African-American militant group, was founded in 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The group's original purpose was aimed at armed self-defense against the local police, this often led to many African Americans patrolling black neighborhoods with the attempt at preventing police brutality. The party would increase its followers throughout the late 60s and into the 70s, many Black Americans supported the violent revolution as the only means of achieving black liberation. The Black Panthers called on African Americans to arm themselves for the liberation struggle. In the process of protecting minorities through armed defense they also demanded equal civil rights by creating their Ten-Point