Black Panthers

1. A militant Black Power organization founded in the 1960s by Huey Newton and others. Newton proclaimed: “We make the statement, quoting from Chairman Mao , that Political Power comes through the Barrel of a Gun.”

Example Sentences

Whether it's breathless coverage of the New Black Panthers, or reports of vote buying in Mississippi, recent examples abound.

From The Daily Beast

He was also pretty concerned about race-relations on campus, and potential violence from Black Panthers.

From The Daily Beast

According to Steel, “there were Black Panthers on campus who had guns.”

From The Daily Beast

She returned to the United States and became involved with the Black Panthers and the Communist Party.

From The Daily Beast

What was new about the Black Panthers was their attempt to organize an armed militia within the law.

From The Daily Beast

Still others led leopards and black panthers on chains as an added protection to those they guarded.

From Project Gutenberg

The lions roared again, and the black panthers snarled behind their prison bars.

From Project Gutenberg

I felt the mangling of the appetites Of the black panthers, of the savage kites, That were so fain to rend and pick my flesh.

From Project Gutenberg

In these we often catch full-grown tigers, black panthers, and leopards.

From Project Gutenberg